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14-1007: Broad Front (which is the translation from Spanish of both Frente Grande and Frente Amplio ) may refer to: Broad Front (Argentina) , Argentine political party Broad Front UNEN , Defunct Argentine political coalition Broad Front (Chilean political coalition) , defunct Chilean coalition of parties Broad Front (Chilean political party) , Chilean party Broad Front (Costa Rica) , Costa Rican political party Broad Front (Dominican Republic) , Dominican Republic political party Broad Front (Paraguay) , Paraguayan political party Broad Front (Peru) , Peruvian political party Broad Front (Uruguay) , Uruguayan coalition of parties Broad Front for Democracy , Panamanian political party Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador , Ecuadorian political party Broad front versus narrow front controversy in World War II Topics referred to by

28-815: A Country in Solidarity The Front for a Country in Solidarity ( Spanish : Frente País Solidario or FREPASO ) was a center-left political coalition in Argentina . It was formed in 1994 out of the Broad Front ( Frente Grande ), which had been founded mainly by progressive members of the Peronist Justicialist Party who denounced the policies and the alleged corruption of the Carlos Menem administration;

42-583: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Broad Front (Argentina) The party was set up by a group of left-wing Justicialist Party members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies , most notably Carlos Álvarez , and other left-wingers who were dissatisfied with the neo-liberal policies of President Carlos Menem , including dissident Christian Democrats led by Carlos Auyero and also figures such as Graciela Fernández Meijide . In 1990,

56-591: The Alianza ticket - the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education . The alliance was effectively broken the next year, when vice-president Chacho Álvarez resigned amidst public intra-party accusations of bribery in the Senate, followed shortly after by other leading members. After the 2001 elections FrePaSo became the joint third largest party in the federal Chamber of Deputies , with 17 of 257 deputies. Subsequently,

70-558: The Christian Democratic Party joined the coalition. Bordón later resigned after a leadership battle and returned to the Justicialist Party. The FrePaSo campaigned for the 1999 elections in an alliance with the larger Radical Civic Union (UCR) and a few provincial parties, which won the presidency for Fernando de la Rúa . Frepaso activist Aníbal Ibarra was elected Mayor of Buenos Aires in 2000 on

84-520: The 1993 elections, the party's list in the city of Buenos Aires gained 38% of the vote and several deputies were elected around the country, including Álvarez, Meijide and Solanas. Solanas left the party a short while later over personal differences. In spring 1994, Álvarez led the Frente Grande into a new alliance, creating the Front for a Country in Solidarity (FrePaSo). FrePaSo would continue

98-534: The Frente joined with other dissenting Peronists, the Unidad Socialista ( Popular and Democratic Socialist Party ) and several other leftist parties and individuals. Its leading figures were José Octavio Bordón , Carlos "Chacho" Álvarez and Graciela Fernández Meijide . Shortly after the founding of the party, Bordón stood for President at the 1995 elections with Álvarez as running mate. The campaign

112-487: The Front for Victory. Of its leading figures, Nilda Garré serves as Minister of Defense and party leader Eduardo Sigal is a junior official in the sub-secretariat of American Economic Integration and Mercosur . In 2012, the party had 161,050 members, making it the third largest party nationwide. This article about an Argentine political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Front for

126-587: The Front swung behind the Kirchners' ruling Front for Victory . At the 2005 legislative elections , however, some sections of the Front joined the Encuentro Amplio with other left-wing parties in Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province . The coalition did badly and lost its existing national representation. In 2007, members of the Front including María José Bongiorno were elected as part of

140-553: The party disintegrated. Many members re-joined the Peronist movement within the centre-left Front for Victory faction of President Néstor Kirchner , with others supporting the ARI party of Elisa Carrió . Until 2007 the party nominally retained one senator , Vilma Ibarra , who sat as a lone 'Party for Victory' member but in practice supported the Front for Victory, for which she became a national deputy in 2007. Her brother Aníbal Ibarra

154-526: The rebel Justicialists, having formed FredeJuSo , came together with the Communist Party of Argentina and others in a loose coalition. Álvarez proposed forming a unified party and dissolving the constituent members, thus automatically excluding the Communists, who left. In May 1993, they joined with Frente del Sur , a party set up by film-maker Pino Solanas , to form the Frente Grande . In

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168-419: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Broad Front . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broad_Front&oldid=1235111282 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

182-590: The success of the Frente Grande and propel Álvarez to be vice-president of the country. The Frente Grande continued to be a force in Buenos Aires politics, but has become largely marginalised with the collapse of FrePaSo; its members have largely joined the new Support for an Egalitarian Republic (ARI) party or returned to the Peronists under centre-left Presidents Néstor Kirchner and his wife and successor Cristina Fernández de Kirchner . What remained of

196-514: Was very successful, and Bordón came second with 33 percent of the vote. Subsequently, Bordón proposed converting FrePaSo into a unified party, while Álvarez wanted a loose confederation of different parties. On May 17, 1995, Bordón and Álvarez announced the formation of a confederation, with a unified political platform and leadership, with the third largest block in the Argentine National Congress . The Intransigent Party and

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