Evita Movement

Evita Movement
Movimiento Evita
Secretary-GeneralEmilio Pérsico
FoundedJune 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06)
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
Youth wingEvita Peronist Youth
IdeologyKirchnerism[1][2][3]
Political positionLeft-wing[4]
National affiliationUnión por la Patria
Regional affiliationSão Paulo Forum
Mercosur Parliament groupGrupo Progresista [es]
ColorsWhite, Blue
Senators[5]
0 / 72
Deputies[6]
2 / 257
Governors
0 / 24
Mercosur Parliamentarians
1 / 43
Website
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The Evita Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Evita) is a social, piquetero and political movement of Argentina, which is defined by Peronist, national, popular, and revolutionary ideology.[7] Its name was adopted as a tribute to the Argentine popular political leader and First Lady Eva Perón.

It was created in 2004 and was part of the Front for Victory. Its general secretary is Emilio Pérsico.[8] Other major figures of the movement are National Deputies Leonardo Grosso (former chairman of the Movement's in the lower house), the journalist Fernando "Chino" Navarro, Gildo Onorato, Silvia Horne, Remo Carlotto, Lucila De Ponti, and Araceli Ferreyra, former senators Juan Manuel Abal Medina Jr. and Teresita Luna, and Evita-UTEP liaison Esteban Castro.[8]

In 2016, it separated from the parliamentary bloc Front for Victory, forming one of its own called Peronism for Victory.[9] Now, it supports Alberto Fernández and is part of Frente de Todos, a new Peronist coalition.[10] In 2023 it created a new political party, "La Patria de los comunes", to be part of the Frente de Todos in a more formal capacity.[11]

  1. ^ Caminos, Mauricio (12 October 2016). "Movimiento Evita, la organización kirchnerista que aún crece durante el macrismo". La Nación.
  2. ^ Sued, Gabriel (17 January 2012). "El Movimiento Evita, otro polo de poder en el kirchnerismo". La Nación.
  3. ^ Sued, Gabriel (24 February 2013). "La isla del Evita: Una escuela para aprender a ser kirchnerista". La Nación.
  4. ^ Lacour, Pedro; Marin, Lucila (15 July 2021). "Los movimientos sociales aliados al Gobierno buscan resistir a las presiones de las bases y reclaman más trabajo que subsidios". La Nación.
  5. ^ "Bloques Politicos" [Political Blocs] (in Spanish). Argentine Senate. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Interbloques" (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ^ Boyanovsky Bazán, Christian (1 February 2012). "Epílogo" [Epilogue]. El aluvión: Del Piquete al Gobierno: Los movimientos sociales y el Kirchnerismo [The Alluvium: From the Picket to the Government: Social Movements and Kirchnerism] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789500735612. Retrieved 27 June 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b Caminos, Mauricio (12 October 2016). "Movimiento Evita, la organización kirchnerista que aún crece durante el macrismo" [Evita Movement, the Kirchnerist Organization that Still Grows During Macrism]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  9. ^ "El Movimiento Evita abandona el bloque kirchnerista en Diputados" [The Evita Movement Abandons the Kirchnerist Bloc in Deputies]. Perfil (in Spanish). 23 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. ^ Lacour, Pedro (25 July 2021). "Los movimientos sociales y los gremios, con lugares confirmados en las listas del oficialismo". La Nación.
  11. ^ "Los Movimientos sociales lanzaron el partido La Patria de los Comunes: críticas al Gobierno y respaldo a CFK" [Social movements started the party "La patria de los comunes": criticism to the government and support to CFK] (in Spanish). TN. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.