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37-399: It is a member of Cambiemos since 2015, along with centrist and centre-right parties. Many consider it a social liberal and an innovative party. It offers a political option located in the centre , where the defense of republican institutions and democratic freedoms prevails. It groups together modern social democrats , who accept the "Fundamentals of the economy" and publicly condemn

74-523: A ballotage . In lower-level posts, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta was elected as Macri's replacement, keeping the City of Buenos Aires under coalition control. Alfredo Cornejo and Gerardo Morales became governors of Mendoza and Jujuy Provinces, respectively. María Eugenia Vidal defeated Aníbal Fernández and became the governor of the populous Buenos Aires Province , ending 28 years of Peronist control. The 2017 Argentine legislative election renewed

111-480: A legacy of anti-corruption , and increasing Argentina's sovereign marketability . The members of Cambiemos were constituted to "promote economic development , the strengthening of democracy and the republican system , the independence of justice , the quality of education , social solidarity , and the personal happiness of the inhabitants of the Argentine Republic ." Mauricio Macri received

148-578: A broader coalition ahead of the 2007 elections, Carrió reached out to centre-right figures such as Patricia Bullrich and María Eugenia Estenssoro , who was elected Senator for Buenos Aires. This proved controversial in ARI ranks and some national legislators formed a separate block called the Autonomous ARI in Congress. In May 2008, the block, led by Eduardo Macaluse , announced that they were forming

185-643: A conservative. Macri said he would tear up Argentina's memorandum of understanding with Iran , seek Venezuela ’s exclusion from the regional free trade association Mercosur and ease away from a fixed exchange rate with the dollar. This is the "change of an era we need to be in the world", he declared at a press conference. He aligned the country with gradualist neoliberalism and re-opened Argentina to international markets by lifting currency controls , restructuring sovereign debt , and pressing free-market solutions . Macri said he would seek more sweeping reforms for Argentina after his governing coalition scored

222-597: A convention to decide what to do, and Sanz's proposal prevailed. Thus, the UCR left UNEN and joined the PRO-CC. The new coalition was named "Cambiemos", suggesting a change from the 12-year long rule of center-left Kirchnerists . Macri, Sanz, and Carrió ran to be the nominee in the primary elections with Macri winning by a wide margin. He won the presidential election against the Kirchnerite candidate Daniel Scioli in

259-419: A country with huge economic problems, and sought to reverse things. Quickly, moved from a fixed exchange-rate system to a floating one, removed taxes on exports and reduced subsidies on energy , to reduce the fiscal deficit . Macri avoided the use of shock therapy and introduced the changes in a gradual way. In April 2016, he negotiated with the vulture fund and ended the default to return to

296-811: A joint investigation into the 1994 bombing with AMIA , a terrorist attack on a Jewish organization for which Argentina blamed Hezbollah and Iran . Mar%C3%ADa Rosa D%C3%ADaz María Rosa Díaz de Vazquez (born 28 February 1953, Firmat ) is an Argentine politician, formerly of the Support for an Egalitarian Republic (ARI) party. She sat in the Argentine Senate representing Tierra del Fuego Province from 2007 to 2013. A teacher, Díaz moved to Tierra del Fuego in 1987. She began teaching in Ushuaia in 1990, working until her retirement in 2007. From December 2001 until December 2004, she served as part of

333-421: A new party, Solidarity and Equality ( Solidaridad e Igualdad – SI ). Others who left ARI were Carlos Raimundi , Leonardo Gorbacz , Delia Bisutti , Nélida Belous , Verónica Venas , Emilio García Méndez , Lidia Naim and María América González . Senator María Rosa Díaz also appeared at the launch of SI. Several of the legislators that created the new party had won their seats in the 2007 election as part of

370-465: A resounding victory in 2017 congressional elections. Macri told reporters Argentinians should expect reforms in tax, education and labor, without providing details. The conservative leader had been pushing a free-market reform agenda to try to overhaul Argentina's economy. His presidency has been criticized for failing to materially reform the Argentine economy , while receiving praise for leaving

407-792: A restoration of democracy in the country. It recognized Juan Guaidó , who was elected President of Venezuela by the National Assembly during the Venezuelan presidential crisis of 2019 . Macri improved the relations with the United States and from Mercosur achieved a free trade agreement with the European Union and closer ties with the Pacific Alliance . Macri and his Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton in

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444-488: A second behind Cristina Fernández de Kirchner . She won the majority vote in two of the three largest cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires and Rosario , but she suffered a larger defeat in Buenos Aires Province , the most populated district, and could not force a run-off election. ARI did however win four Senate seats (2 of the City of Buenos Aires and 2 of Tierra del Fuego) and a considerable number of seats in

481-523: A separate block called the Autonomous ARI in Congress. In May 2008, the block, led by Eduardo Macaluse , announced that they were forming a new party, Solidarity and Equality ( Solidaridad e Igualdad Sí ). Díaz also appeared at the launch of Sí, although she did not officially join. She did not join the Civic Coalition block either, however, sitting in an ARI block. In early 2009, Argentine politics has seen rising tensions, with defections from

518-603: A third of the seats in the Senate and half in the Chamber of Deputies. The result was a victory for the ruling Cambiemos alliance, being the most voted force in 13 of the 24 districts. In June 2019, an extension of the Cambiemos alliance was made: it is renamed Together for Change, by adding to Federal Peronism led by Miguel Ángel Pichetto , who would share the presidential formula of space together with Mauricio Macri . In

555-449: Is currently (as of 2008) the first and only province ruled by ARI. The party has established itself as a major force in the City of Buenos Aires , in Buenos Aires Province , and in the aforementioned Province of Tierra del Fuego . In the presidential elections of 2007, Carrió came second, heading the Civic Coalition with Rubén Giustiniani . She obtained about 23% of the vote, coming in

592-555: Is the countryside." Cambiemos Juntos por el Cambio (English: Together for Change ) is a political coalition in Argentina . A liberal coalition, it was created in 2015 as Cambiemos (English: Let's Change ), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal , Radical Civic Union , Civic Coalition ARI and United Republicans . These three parties respectively nominated Mauricio Macri , Ernesto Sanz , and Elisa Carrió as their representatives in

629-614: The 2016 US presidential election , which was won by Republican Donald Trump . Mauricio Macri said he wanted to start a "new kind of relationship" with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands as he tried to move his country towards a centrist position in world affairs. During the first week in office, Macri annulled the Memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran , which would have established

666-560: The Argentine Chamber of Deputies , with further Congress seats for other members of the Coalition. On 31 January 2015, through their personal accounts on social networks, Mauricio Macri and Elisa Carrió simultaneously announced that they "sealed the unity." Each one headed a formula of his same party in the primaries of August; the winner of the internship competed in the national generals on October. As part of building

703-817: The Radical Civic Union and the Socialist Party to the district alliance and is reelected as Chief of Government with 56% of the votes in the first round. On 10 December 2019 , the Centre-Left Alberto Fernández of the Justicialist Party was inaugurated President, after defeating the incumbent Mauricio Macri in the 2019 Argentine general election . On 14 November 2021, the center-left coalition of Argentina's ruling Peronist party, Frente de Todos (Front for Everyone), lost its majority in Congress for

740-949: The energy sector , and combatted public corruption . Macri named two Supreme Court justices. President Mauricio Macri encouraged the discussion of an abortion law during the 2018 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina . The bill, called " Voluntary termination of pregnancy ", divided the coalition, that had no official position and the legislators voted according their beliefs. Mauricio Macri , Maria Eugenia Vidal , Horacio Rodríguez Larreta , Elisa Carrió , and ministers Marcos Peña , Rogelio Frigerio , Esteban Bullrich , etc., are anti-abortion ; Martin Lousteau , Mario Negri , Luis Petcoff Naidenoff and ministers Sergio Rubinstein, Patricia Bullrich , Sergio Bergman , Juan José Aranguren , etc.; are pro-abortion . In this coalition of 108 members,

777-479: The international capital markets . Until January 2018, the gradualist system was working well, although at a slower pace than needed. Since May 2018, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund , the government accelerated the austerity plans, aiming to completely remove the fiscal deficit . Domestically, he pursued moderate socially liberal policies, liberalized

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814-489: The 2019 presidential elections, JxC was in second place, with 40% of the votes, behind Alberto Fernández , who won first round with 48% of the votes. In the province of Buenos Aires , Governor María Eugenia Vidal sought re-election but was defeated by the candidate of the Frente de Todos , Axel Kicillof , who won 52% of the votes against 38% obtained by JxC. In the City of Buenos Aires , Horacio Rodríguez Larreta joins

851-420: The 257 seats in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies , and one senator . Carrió got a 14.1% share of the vote in the 2003 presidential elections . In the 2005 elections , ARI won eight seats. In the 2007 elections , ARI won the governorship of the deep-south Province of Tierra del Fuego , when Fabiana Rios , an ARI deputy, defeated the pro-government candidate Hugo Cóccaro , on June 24, 2007. Tierra del Fuego

888-466: The August 2015 primary elections , which were held to choose which candidate would run in the 2015 presidential election on 25 October. On 9 August, Macri was elected as the candidate who would represent Cambiemos in the presidential election ; on 22 November, where he won in second round by 51%. Initially, the pre-candidates Mauricio Macri , Daniel Scioli , and Sergio Massa had a triple tie in

925-516: The Civic Coalition, which they later opposed. The ARI deputies from Tierra del Fuego sit with the SI members in a separate block in the Chamber of Deputies. Subsequently, Senators María Rosa Díaz and José Carlos Martínez left ARI altogether in March 2009. In October 2009, the official name was changed into Partido Coalición Cívica para la Afirmación de una República Igualitaria (Civic Coalition Party for

962-679: The Support of an Egalitarian Republic). Usually it is shortened to Coalición Cívica ARI (Civic Coalition ARI). According to Maximiliano Ferraro , its national chairman, "the Civic Coalition and Lilita Carrió represent values and ideas that are linked to the republic , liberal democracy , humanism , the ethics of otherness and ecumenism ." Elisa Carrió is considered a liberal , Christian and heterodox politician in Argentina. Gregorio Hernández Maqueda, chairman of CC-ARI in

999-449: The bill was brought up again in late 2020, the coalition split, with 69 voting against and 42 in favour. In the PRO 40 members voted against while only 11 voted in favour, while in the Civic Coalition 4 supported the bill and 9 voted against. In contrast the radicals saw a greater endorsement of the bill, having 27 of its members in support and only 18 against. In the senate, the coalition

1036-644: The candidate of Juntos por el Cambio, was defeated in the first round. After the election, Patricia Bullrich returned to government as security minister in president Javier Milei's Cabinet in December 2023. Bullrich also stated that she will step down both as the leader of Juntos por el Cambio and her own Republican proposal (PRO) party. Cambiemos is a big tent coalition, variously described as centrist , to centre-right . The coalition describes itself as anti- populist and liberal . Former President and coalition leader Mauricio Macri has been described as

1073-432: The dictatorship of Fidel Castro; together with democratic liberals , supporters of civil liberties that clearly separate them from conservatives, primarily defenders of the rule of law and pragmatists. Elisa Carrió, a former Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, created the ARI after the breakup of the government alliance that brought Fernando de la Rúa to the presidency in 1999 . The 2001 elections gave ARI 17 of

1110-461: The directorate of the provincial institute of social security (IPAUSS). She stood to be national deputy in 2005 and was elected as Senator in 2007, assuming office in December of that year. As part of building a broader coalition ahead of the 2007 elections, ARI's leader Elisa Carrió , reached out to centrist figures such as Patricia Bullrich and María Eugenia Estenssoro . This proved controversial in ARI ranks and several national legislators formed

1147-458: The first time in almost 40 years in midterm legislative elections . The election victory of Juntos por el Cambio meant a tough final two years in office for President Alberto Fernández. Losing control of the Senate made it difficult for him to make key appointments, including to the judiciary. It also forced him to negotiate with the opposition every initiative he sends to the legislature. In 2023 Argentine general election , Patricia Bullrich ,

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1184-731: The polls for the 2015 presidential election . Scioli was the candidate of the Front for Victory , the ruling party at the time. The other parties created a political coalition, the Broad Front UNEN . Elisa Carrió , leader of the Civic Coalition, left UNEN and joined a coalition with Macri's PRO instead. Both of them would run in the primary elections. The Radical Civic Union was divided: Ernesto Sanz proposed to join Macri as well, and Julio Cobos proposed to stay in UNEN. The party held

1221-488: The province of Córdoba, declared that his vigilance is the fulfillment of the maximum alliance agreed by the people and for the people: the Constitution . He affirms that the other side of poverty is not lack of resources or wars, but corruption . He believes that Mauricio Macri has achieved a government that "brought freedom where there was only authoritarianism , truth where there was only lies and hope where there

1258-458: The rejection of the project was imposed, with 65 negative votes compared to 42 positive. Within the ruling alliance, the PRO prevailed with the negative vote (37) - it should be remembered that President Mauricio Macri had expressed himself "in favor of life" - while 17 voted for the positive. In radicalism , 24 supported the initiative, 16 rejected it. In the Civic Coalition , of its 10 members, only Juan Manuel López voted in favor. When

1295-459: The ruling Front for Victory block and fierce debate over the President's proposal to move legislative elections forward by several months. Carrió was one of those leading the opposition to the move and there was speculation Congress would vote against the proposals. However, in a surprise move, María Rosa Díaz and her colleague José Martínez announced in March 2009 that they would be supporting

1332-538: Was divided more evenly, with 11 members voting in favour and 14 against. It also resulted in an inversion of party support, with a majority of PRO voting favourably (5 yes and 3 no), while the radicals voted 9 against and 5 in favour. Other minor parties in JxC on both chambers also voted in different positions. Cambiemos opposes strongly the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela for human rights abuses and calls for

1369-407: Was only resignation." In the Civic Coalition, of its 10 members, only one Juan Manuel López voted in favor of legalization of abortion . The most outraged by the result of the vote was Elisa Carrió, who threatened to break the coalition. His words fell lousy in the leadership of Cambiemos . Being an opponent, during the conflict between ruralists and the government, Carrió said that the "way out

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