The Free of the South Movement ( es, Movimiento Libres del Sur) is a
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...
political party
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created in 2006 in
Argentina
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. It is made up of the ''Movimiento Barrios de Pie'', the ''Agrupación Martín Fierro'', the ''Frente Barrial 19 de Diciembre'' and the ''Corriente Patria Libre''.
History
In the
2007 Argentine general election
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, the movement had two of its members elected as national representatives in the Lower House of the
Argentine National Congress
The Congress of the Argentine Nation ( es, Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. Its composition is bicameral, constituted by a 72-seat Senate and a 257-seat Chamber of Deputies. The Senate, ...
,
Cecilia Merchan and
Victoria Donda
Victoria Analía Donda Pérez (born 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine human rights activist and legislator. She is the first daughter of a "disappeared" person, born in captivity, to become a member of the Argentine National Co ...
, daughter of ''
desaparecidos
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''. They were elected on the lists of the ruling
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner we ...
faction of the
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, serve ...
and sit in the block of the
Popular and Social Encounter.
See also
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Politics of Argentina
The politics of Argentina take place in the framework of what the Constitution defines as a federal presidential representative democratic republic, where the President of Argentina is both Head of State and Head of Government. Legislative pow ...
References
External links
Official website of the Movimiento Libres del SurOfficial website of the Movimiento Barrios de PieOfficial website of the Movimiento Universitario SurOfficial website of the Instituto de Investigación Social, Económica y Política CuidadanaOfficial website of Victoria Donda Pérez, national deputy of the Movimiento Libres del Sur Official website of Cecilia Merchán, national deputy of the Movimiento Libres del Sur
2006 establishments in Argentina
Political parties established in 2006
Progressive parties
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