La Cámpora is an Argentine left-wing

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supporting the governments of

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, and

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. It is named after former

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president Héctor José Cámpora. It was established by

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in 2006 and became politically prominent after the death of former president Néstor Kirchner. This organization also promotes awareness or activism of Human rights in Argentina.

History

''La Cámpora'' was created by

, son of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández. Its origins can be traced back to the

2003 Argentine general election Argentina held a presidential election on Sunday, 27 April 2003. Turnout was 78.2%. No one presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright, but the scheduled runoff was cancelled when former president and first-round winner Carlos Mene ...

, in order to support Néstor Kirchner, and has extended said support to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector, to counter the opposing demonstrations. La Cámpora's methodology bears no similarity to

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though, aiming instead to confront the discourse implemented by the political right wing through what it perceives as their dominance of the Argentine media that opposes any and all changes implemented by the Kirchner administration. They use new technologies, including

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and other social networks on the internet, La Cámpora confronts the media conglomerates that control the vast majority of Argentine media and work, according to La Cámpora, to undermine the Kirchner administration. Initially, the group had the usual low profile of most youth wings. After the death of Néstor Kirchner in 2010, the organization became one of the three factions struggling for power within the Kirchner administration, the others being the General Confederation of Labour and the traditional structure of the

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. Cristina Fernández instructed that the lists of candidates for provincial legislators included at least two or three members of the Cámpora among the first eight. A violent clash broke out between the group's members and those of the construction workers union UOCRA.

References

External links

Official site

Corruption in La Campora.

Corruption in La Campora.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campora, The Justicialist Party Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Youth wings of political parties in Argentina Political parties established in 2006 2006 establishments in Argentina Kirchnerism

History

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