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The Argentine Republic is a Federal Presidential Republic, though it is currently under a ultranationalist Military Junta after Manuel Carlés' Christmas Coup. It is host to a number of political parties of many different ideologies, although its democracy has been hindered by the aforementioned Christmas Coup and Uriburu's coup (1930 - 1932) which banned political parties and suspended elections.

Coup Plotters Group

This includes political organizations involved in orchestrating the 1935 Christmas Coup, for this reason this organizations boast great support and membership from the military establishment.

Liga Patriótica Argentina (LPA)

Emblem of the Argentine Patriotic League

A far-right paramilitary group similar to the Romanian Iron Guard, the Liga Patriótica Argentina has become the most influential political organization within Argentina since the Chistmas Coup. Many members of different Argentinian political parties, no matter the ideology, are counted among the organization's ranks, which has a very strict hierarchy and extremely elitist leadership. The LPA aspires to the salvation of Argentina, the return to former greatness and the removal of all hostile elements (within and outside the state) as their primary goal. Despite their strict hierarchy, the LPA present a populist face, claiming to serve the Argentinian people for a greater good. Though infamous for violence against strikers, Jews, socialists, and immigrants, the LPA is also among the most important supporters of the populace, providing capital for canteens, schools, workshops and insurances.

Leader: Manuel Carlés

Founded: 1919

Ideology:

• National populist
  • Corporatist capitalism
  • Nationalism
  • Scientific racism

Libertarios de Junio (LdJ)

Emblem of the GOU.

Also called the Group of United Officers (GOU), it is a secret society which represents and includes "the heart and soul of the military leadership". Although they oppose the conciliatory stance taken by ex-President Roca with the "godless socialists" in the FOP, they are weary of Carlés policies, thinking of him as a "dangerous radical", they would prefer a stronger hand, one which has the support of the Argentinian people behind it...

Leader: Pedro Pablo Ramírez.

Founded: 1930s

Ideology: Authoritarian Democrats.

• Militarism
• Corporatist capitalism
• Catholic conservatism

Partido Justicialista (PJ)

Portrait of Juan Domingo Perón, the Justicialist Party's leader.

Not technically a party, they comprise Juan Domingo Perón's political network consisting of a few radical Argentine officers and trade union leaders. Perón espouses a concept of a party in service of a strong and just leader who would unify the population into bringing about social justice. Marginal for now, these ideas hold great appeal to a population tiered of political squabbling and sterile dictatorships. It remains to be seen wether Perón's group hold any sway in the new Argentinian political climate...

Leader: Juan Domingo Perón

Founded: 1930s

Ideology:

• Paternal autocrat

• Corporatism
• Reformism
• Populism
• Pragmatism
• Personality Cult

• Progressive
  

Banned Political Parties

Previously the main political organs of the Argentine citizenship. This parties were banned with the 1935 Christmas Coup but still remain active within Argentina's political scene, at least as a weak underground opposition to the LPA.

Unión Cívica Radical (UCR)

The emblem that represents the Radical Civic Union (UCR).

Founded on June 26th, 1891, the party quickly became influential over Argentine politics as it organized the unsuccessful Radical Revolutions of 1893 and 1905, which contributed to Argentina's eventual adoption of fair elections with the 1912 Sáenz Peña Law. The UCR has since won all three presidential elections, with Hipólito Yrigoyen victorious in 1916 and 1928 and Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear serving between his two terms from 1922.

In 1924, the party split between the personalists and personalists, and has remained divided since.

Leader: Marcelo Torcuato.

Founded: 1891

Ideology: Social Liberal.

• Social liberal
  • Radicalism
  • Social Democracy
  • Liberalism

Union Civica Radical Anti-personalista (UCRA)

Emblem of the UCRA.

The UCRA was part of a broad movement questioning the leadership of Hipólito Yrigoyen (president from 1916-1922 / 1928-1930), whom they accused of being "personalist" and undemocratic. Created in 1924 from a rupture within the UCR, in the 1928 elections it nominated Leopoldo Melo, who lost to Hipólito Yrigoyen of the UCR. Starting in 1932, it joined the coalition called the Concordancia that won the 1931 elections. Many antipersonnelists actively participated in the military coup led by José Félix which overthrew Yrigoyen Uriburu on September 6, 1930. The party then expressed its support for the military government in a September 25 manifesto.

Leader: Roberto Marcelino Ortiz.

Founded: 1924

Ideology: Social Conservative.

• Liberalism

• Market capitalism

Partido Demócrata Progresista (PDP)

Emblem of the Democratic Progressive Party

After its creation in 1914, it gained some popularity and over 100,000 votes in the 1916 general elections. It became Argentina's third-most important party after the popular Radical Civic Union and the National Autonomist Party, battling the Socialist Party for the spot. After Uriburu's coup, the Democratic Progressive Party regained some popularity.

Leader: Nicolás Repetto

Founded: 1914

Ideology:

• Social democratic
  • Social liberalism
  • Protectionism
  • Federalism

Partido Demócrata Nacional (PDN)

Emblem of the National Democratic Party

Following Uriburu's death in early 1932, the National Democratic Party was founded for the upcoming 1932 elections, which were ultimately won by the Concordancia allianze, led by Julio Argentino Pascual Roca. The party is currently led by Ramón Antonio Castillo.

Leader: Ramón Antonio Castillo

Founded: 1932

Ideology:

• Market liberal
  • Liberal conservatism
  • Economic liberalism
  • Classical liberalism
  • Federalism
  • Fiscal conservatism

Banned Radical Socialist Parties

Main article: Patagonia/Parties

These parties were outlawed before the Christmas Coup, and as such operate mainly as insurgent cells inside the Argentine Republic, usually with loyalty to the Patagonian Worker's Front.

Partido Socialista (PS)

Logo of the Socialist Party of Argentina

A miniscule party compared to those present in Patagonia. Founded in 1896 by Nicolás Repetto, it became the first mass party in Argentina. It gained notoriety, gaining its first representative in 1903 and becoming the first socialist party in America to obtain a representative charge, and then in 1904 Alfredo palacios became the first socialist deputy in America. It gained more and more traction and then started participating in the general elections after the Roque Sáenz Peña Law was passed, being in 4th place in the 1916 and 1922 general elections and then 3rd in the 1928 general elections. But it soon found itself marginalized amid the growing Red Scare and finally banned. The PS continues to operate clandestinely.

Leader: Nicolás Repetto

Founded: 1896

Ideology:

• Syndicalist
  • Social Democracy
  • Democratic socialism
  • Progressivism
  • Marxism

La Internacional

Portrait of Ángel Borlenghi.

Very little is known about this party. It is mainly a satellite organization of Patagonia that has various strong ties with trade unions in Buenos Aires.

Leader: Ángel Borlenghi

Founded: ?

Ideology: Syndicalist

Totalismo, Trabajo, Templanza (TTT)

Portrait of José Peter.

José Peter has various strong ties with trade unions in Buenos Aires. He has been imprisoned since the Christmas Coup.

Leader: José Peter

Founded: ?

Ideology: Totalist

The main socialist representative bodies in Argentina are the:

Defunct Political Parties

This includes parties which are important for 20th century Argentinian history but are no longer existant.

Partido Autonomista Nacional (PAN)

Emblem of the National Autonomist Party (PAN) of Argentina

The PNA was one of Argentina's oldest political parties and closely connected to the Roca family, who provided to Argentinian Presidents in the last 50 years: Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (1880-1886, 1898-1904) and Julio Argentino Pascual Roca (1932-1935).

It was created on March 15th, 1874, after the union of the Autonomist Party and the National Party. It was since its inception a highly important party demonstrated by the 1874 elections which Nicolás Avellaneda managed to win by a comfortable margin. The Roca family became very influential within the party, importantly providing Argentinian President Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (1880-1886, 1898-1904). It later became the bedrock of la edad de oro (1880 - 1916), boasting a booming economy and a flood of immigrants from Europe which strengthened Argentina's industry, becoming one of the most prosperous contries in the world before the Weltkrieg. Meanwhile, its main rival became the Radical Civic Union (UCR). During this period, all of Argentina's presidents were politicians from the National Autonomist Party. But at the same time, it was criticized for its use of election fraud, which ended in 1912 when the Roque Sáenz Peña Law was passed (first implemented in the 1916 elections), following the introduction of the Sáenz Peña Law in 1912, much of PAN would reorganise as the Conservative Party. Another faction would be the descendant of the Democratic Progressive Party which still exists.

Leader: Julio Argentino Pascual Roca

Founded: 1874

Defunct: 1916

Ideology:

• Market Liberal
  • Nationalism
  • Economic liberalism
  • Conservatism
  • Conservative liberalism
  • Positivism