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Argentine Political Parties: 1957-1958

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert A. Potash
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Since Perón's ouster in 1955, Argentine political parties have been in a state of flux with traditional groups fragmenting and organizations wholly unknown during the Perón era making their appearance on the political scene. This process of political realignment is still under way and it would be idle to claim as definitive or even as valid for the next few years any listing of political groups. Nevertheless, for those who must rely on U. S. press coverage or comparably limited sources to follow the Argentine political scene, a description of the political party spectrum as it existed in 1957-1958 can serve as a guide to the current political maze and as a bench mark from which to measure subsequent change.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1959 , pp. 515 - 524
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1959

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References

1 The principal sources for this article are Argentina's daily newspapers and its political press. Among the former, La Prensa (since its resumption of publication under non-Peronist management on February 3, 1956), La Nación and Clarín were most useful. The political press consulted included Afirmación, Azul y Blanco, Intransigencia, Linea Dura, Norte, Nuestra Palabra, Tribuna Cívica, La Vanguardia, Viento Norte and Voz de Mayo.

2 A11 references in this paper to the July 28, 1957, election results are to official figures of the Ministry of Interior as published in La Prensa (Buenos Aires) of February 21, 1958; the February 23, 1958, general election figures cited in the text are the unofficial results published in the Review of the River Plate (Buenos Aires), March 21, 1958.

3 Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, World Strength of the Communist Party Organizations, Intelligence Report No. 4489 R-ll, January 1959, pp. 90-91.