Union of the Argentine People

Union of the Argentine People
Unión del Pueblo Argentino
AbbreviationUdelPA
LeaderPedro Eugenio Aramburu (1962–1970)
FounderPedro Eugenio Aramburu
Founded1st: 2 January 1962
2nd: 24 August 1972
Dissolved1st: 28 June 1966 (prohibited)
2nd: 1987
Succeeded byPopular Federalist Alliance
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
IdeologyBefore 1973: Militarism
Liberal conservatism[1]
Conservatism[2][3]
Economic liberalism[4]
Anti-Peronism[5]
Antipopulism[6]
After 1973:
Anti-Imperialism[7]
Socialization[7]
Political positionBefore 1973: Right-wing
After 1973: Left-wing
ColorsBlue
Party flag

The Union of the Argentine People was an Argentine Right-wing political party founded in 1962 by Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, aiming to establish an antiperonist centrist alternative. Led by him and in a coalition with the Democratic Progressive Party, it could reach the third place in 1963 Presidential election, getting 17.81% of the votes. The party was dissolved by the 1966 Coup, which declared the abolition of all political parties. Though the party had a rebirth in 1972, the assassination of Aramburu and the lack of a strong leadership forced them to merge in a coalition with the Popular Federalist Alliance, led by ex-Navy Captain Francisco Manrique.

  1. ^ Serie de cuadernos - Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Facultad de Ciencias Políticos y Sociales Centro de Investigaciones. 1974. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ Mazzei, Daniel Horacio (30 May 2016). Bajo el poder de la caballería: El ejército argentino (1962-1973) (in Spanish). EUDEBA. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  3. ^ Criterio (in Spanish). Editorial Surgo. 1965. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. ^ Oca, Ignacio Montes De (1 August 2018). El fascismo argentino: La matriz autoritaria del peronismo (in Spanish). SUDAMERICANA. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. ^ Cavallo, Domingo Felipe; Runde, Sonia Cavallo (6 August 2020). Historia económica de la Argentina (in Spanish). Editorial El Ateneo. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. ^ Semán, Ernesto (26 June 2021). Breve historia del antipopulismo: Los intentos por domesticar a la Argentina plebeya, de 1810 a Macri (in Spanish). Siglo XXI Editores. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b Ferrari, Marcela (7 January 2020). "El Partido Intransigente en la reconstrucción democrática. Perspectiva microanalítica y aproximaciones de escala. Mar del Plata, Argentina (c. 1982-1991)". Quinto Sol (in Spanish). 24 (1). doi:10.19137/qs.v24i1.3414. ISSN 1851-2879. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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