Union for the Homeland Unión por la Patria | |
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Leaders | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Sergio Massa Juan Grabois |
Senate leader | Juliana Di Tullio (UC) José Mayans (FNyP) |
Chamber of Deputies leader | Germán Martínez |
Founded | 14 June 2023 |
Preceded by | Frente de Todos |
Ideology | Peronism[1][2] Left-wing populism[3][4] Factions: Kirchnerism[2] Federal Peronism[5] |
Political position | Centre-left[1][6][7][8][A] |
Colours | Blue White Yellow (Argentine national colours) |
Slogan | La patria sos vos. Vamos a defenderla. ("You are the Homeland. Let's defend it.")[9] |
Chamber of Deputies | 99 / 257 |
Senate | 33 / 72 |
Governors | 7 / 24 |
Website | |
porlapatria.org | |
^ A: A centre-left coalition,[6][7][8] it has also been described as big tent.[10] It is formed by parties ranging from the left to the right.[11] However, a majority is centre-left (Kirchnerism),[12][6] with left-wing,[13] centre-right[14][15] and centrist factions.[16][17] |
The Union for the Homeland (Spanish: Unión por la Patria, UP) is a political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023.
The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 general election,[18] and is a successor to the previous Frente de Todos coalition, whose candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Alberto Fernández, was successfully elected President of Argentina.[19] The coalition is centred on the Justicialist Party and its allies both on the federal and provincial levels, including the Renewal Front of Sergio Massa, who was the coalition's candidate for president in the 2023 presidential election.[20][21]
The candidates in the main opposition coalition, United for Change (a conservative centre-right movement), obtained 28% and the current governing coalition Union for the Homeland (Peronist, centre left coalition) 27% of the votes, respectively.
For instance, in January, the nation's largest union, CGT, called for a general strike. The CGT is closely tied to the populist left-wing, Peronist Union por la Patria (Union for the Homeland).
Voters punished Union for the Homeland (Unión por la Patria, UP), the ruling left-wing populist coalition of President Alberto Fernández, who has presided over a crushing cost-of-living crisis that's left 40% of Argentines in poverty amid 116% inflation.
The big losers in the primaries were the Peronists, the ruling centre-left 'Union for the Homeland' (Union por la Patria/UP), who gained just 27.3 % of the votes – a historically bad result (compared to 47 % in 2019).
Unlike in past years, when political alliances had no real internal competition, this time there are battles for the nominations of the two main groupings: Union for the Homeland, the Peronist centre-left alliance that is currently in government, and Together for Change, the centre-right opposition alliance founded by former president Mauricio Macri.
The traditional right-of-centre coalition Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change) earned 28 percent of the vote in the primaries, while the ruling centre-left Peronist coalition, known as Union por la Patria (Union for the Homeland), clinched 27 percent.
Union for the Homeland – Unión por la Patria – UP – Peronist, centre-left/left-wing – Founded: 2023 – Chamber of Deputies: 118/257 – Senate: 31/72.
Alliance: Union for the Homeland (Unión por la Patria) – UP – Peronism, centre-left, centrism, Kirchnerism.