Union for the Homeland

Union for the Homeland
Unión por la Patria
LeadersCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Sergio Massa
Juan Grabois
Senate leaderJuliana Di Tullio (UC)
José Mayans (FNyP)
Chamber of Deputies leaderGermán Martínez
Founded14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)
Preceded byFrente de Todos
IdeologyPeronism
Left-wing populism
Factions:
Kirchnerism
Federal Peronism
Political positionCentre-leftA[›]
Colours  Blue   White   Yellow
(Argentine national colours)
SloganLa patria sos vos. Vamos a defenderla.
("You are the Homeland. Let's defend it.")
Chamber of Deputies
99 / 257
Senate
33 / 72
Governors
7 / 24
Website
porlapatria.org[usurped]
^ A: A centre-left coalition, it has also been described as big tent. It is formed by parties ranging from the left to the right. However, a majority is centre-left (Kirchnerism), with left-wing, centre-right and centrist factions.

The Union for the Homeland (Spanish: Unión por la Patria, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of peronist political parties in Argentina.

In the 2023 presidential elections, they presented Sergio Massa and Agustín Rossi as candidates for president and vice president respectively. After the electoral defeat in these elections, and the subsequent dissolution of Juntos por el Cambio, when members of said coalition allied themselves with the current ruling party, Union for the Homeland remained the main opposition coalition in Argentina.

Member parties

Party Leader Ideology
Justicialist Party Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Peronism
Renewal Front Sergio Massa Federal Peronism
Syncretism
Party of Culture, Education and Labour Hugo Moyano Federal Peronism
Labourism
Federal Commitment Alberto Rodríguez Saá Federal Peronism
Kolina Alicia Kirchner Kirchnerism
Victory Party Diana Conti Social democracy
Kirchnerism
New Encounter Martín Sabbatella Progressivism
Somos Victoria Donda Socialist feminism
Proyecto Sur Jorge Selser Progressivism
Broad Front Adriana Puiggrós Kirchnerism
Social democracy
Peronism
Solidary Party Carlos Heller Co-operatism
Socialism
Popular Unity Víctor De Gennaro [es] Socialism of the 21st century
Left-wing nationalism
National Alfonsinist Movement Leopoldo Moreau Social democracy
K Radicalism
FORJA Gustavo Fernando López [es] Social democracy
K Radicalism
Communist Party Victor Kot Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Guevarism
Communist Party (Extraordinary Congress) Pablo Pereyra Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Revolutionary Communist Party Juan Carlos Alderete Communism
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Intransigent Party Enrique Gustavo Cardesa Democratic socialism
Patria Grande Front Juan Grabois Socialism of the 21st century
Feminism
Kirchnerism
La patria de los comunes Emilio Pérsico Kirchnerism
Protector Political Force José Luis Ramón Social democracy
Conservative People's Party Marco Michelli Federal Peronism

References

  1. 1 2 Iglesias Seifert, Demian (18 August 2023). "Has Right-Wing Populism Reached Argentina?". Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional (342): 1. doi:10.17176/20230818-182853-0. 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.
  2. 1 2 Benavides, Sofía (2023-08-02). "Unión por la Patria: cuál es el origen de la coalición y quién la compone". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  3. ↑ Walter, Jan D. (25 April 2024). "Amid Argentina's protests, are Javier Milei's days numbered?". Deutsche Welle. 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).
  4. ↑ Moore, Dominic (14 August 2023). "Trump-Supporting Libertarian Outsider Scores Shock Win in Argentina's Presidential Primary". Spangld. 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.
  5. ↑ Sourtech. "Elecciones de Argentina 2023: del hartazgo al miedo hubo un(a) PASO - El Economista". eleconomista.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  6. 1 2 3 Jütten, Marc (27 November 2023). "Argentina: Outcome of the 2023 elections – Beginning of a new era?" (PDF). At a Glance. European Parliament: 1. 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).
  7. 1 2 Elman, Juan (9 August 2023). "Young people's anger fuels far-right populist as Argentina's election nears". openDemocracy. 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.
  8. 1 2 Alcoba, Natalie (15 August 2023). "Argentina primary results reflect frustrations, desire for change: Experts". Al Jazeera. 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.
  9. ↑ "Uno por uno, todos los spots de campaña de los precandidatos a Presidente". www.cronista.com (in Spanish). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  10. ↑ Mauri, Odile Gaset. "La Argentina camino al Balotaje 2023" (PDF). Public and Corporate Solutions LATAM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-06-11.«El actual oficialismo es una versión más clásica del peronismo catch-all. y se presenta en estas elecciones encabezado por el actual ministro de Economía Sergio Massa, bajo el rótulo de Unión por la Patria, llevando unidas a tres grandes corrientes peronistas: el kirchnerismo, el massismo y el peronismo más tradicional del interior del país, encarnado en los gobernadores y las organizaciones gremiales. »
  11. ↑ Estado, Agência (2023-11-05). "Eleições na Argentina: PT formaliza apoio a Massa em disputa contra Milei". Política (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  12. ↑ "Ministro de Economía será el candidato del oficialismo a la presidencia de Argentina". France 24. 2023-06-24. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  13. ↑ Lake, Tom (August 2023). "MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS-Argentina PASO Preview" (PDF). Political Risk (55245). London: 2. Union for the Homeland – Unión por la Patria – UP – Peronist, centre-left/left-wing – Founded: 2023 – Chamber of Deputies: 118/257 – Senate: 31/72.
  14. ↑ Pascual, Rodrigo Federico (November 2023). "Argentina, al fondo a la derecha. El escenario nacional post PASO 2023". Conicet. 5 (9): 529–566. doi:10.32399/ICSYH.bvbuap.2954-4300.2023.5.9.664. ISSN 2954-4300. Archived from the original on 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11.«[..] la centroderecha de Juntos por el Cambio (Bullrich y Larreta) alcanzó el 28% y el centro(derecha) representado por Unión por la Patria (Massa y Grabois) logró el 27,28 [..]»
  15. ↑ Molina, Federico Rivas (2023-11-18). "Sergio Massa, el político incombustible". El País Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  16. ↑ Ansaldi, Waldo. "Si ven el futuro, díganle que no venga" (PDF). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-06-11.«Invirtiendo las posiciones, la fórmula Sergio Massa-Agustín Rossi (UxP, centro) obtuvo 36.7% contra Javier Milei-Victoria Villarruel (LLA, extrema derecha), 30%, y Patricia Bullrich Luro Pueyrredón-Luis Petri (JxC, derecha, ahora virando a la extrema), 23.8%. »
  17. ↑ Lake, Tom; Lewis, Jack. "MINI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS-Argentina PASO Preview" (PDF). Market News. Alliance: Union for the Homeland (Unión por la Patria) – UP – Peronism, centre-left, centrism, Kirchnerism.
  18. ↑ "El PJ apoya la fórmula Alberto Fernández-Cristina Kirchner: "La unidad es el camino"". 18 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Proyecto Sur. Movimiento político, social y cultural". 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009 – via proyecto-sur.org.
  20. ↑ "El ascenso de Moreau, la nueva figura del universo kirchnerista". 16 August 2017.
  21. ↑ Arias, Mariela (17 June 2019). "Tierra del Fuego: Melella se impuso a Bertone en primera vuelta". La Nación.
  22. ↑ "Un frente antineoliberal". Página/12 (in Spanish). 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  23. ↑ "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.
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  25. ↑ "Quiénes son los 'dueños' de los 16 partidos que integran UP, Unión por la Patria". Memo (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.