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. The party was founded to compete in the 1996 election in Buenos Aires, in which Béliz was candidate to

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(mayor). Following moderate successes in Buenos Aires, the party joined the Front for Victory of President Néstor Kirchner, and Béliz was Kirchner's Justice Minister until 2004, when he denounced the government and left Argentina to work in the

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in the United States. The party has decreased in importance since then, and presently counts with legal recognition only in the City of Buenos Aires, in

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, and in

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. A request to grant the party recognition in Corrientes Province was rejected by the province's judiciary in 2017. It is currently part of the Juntos por el Cambio alliance.

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