The Republican League (''Liga Republicana'') was a

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movement in

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founded by Roberto Laferrere and

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in 1929. The party borrowed heavily from the ideology and structure of the French

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movement ''

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'' whose ideas had been disseminated in Argentina by polemicists such as

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'', Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 55 The ''Liga'' had its roots in a youth movement set up by Irazusta and Laferrere around 1927, the aim of which was to undermine the government.Sandra McGee Deutsch, ''Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939'', Stanford University Press, 1999, pp. 197-198 The group was united by the members′ hatred of

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although significant elements within the ''Liga'' were inspired by the

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as well as the ideas of

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.Sandra McGee Deutsch
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's idea, that the ''Liga'' should support the Independent Socialists, was endorsed and Irazusta resigned from the movement. Following the establishment of the

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in 1931, Laferrère began to wane in his support for

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and eventually withdrew his ''Liga Republicana'' from the movement, citing the "lumpen" nature of what was approaching a mass movement, as well as its ties to mainstream conservatism. As a consequence of de Laferrère's split other nationalist intellectuals followed suit.Deutsch, ''Las Derechas'', pp. 200-201 The fate of the ''Liga'' after this is unclear.

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