Radical Civic Union information

Radical Civic Union

Unión Cívica Radical
Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical
Abbreviation	UCR
President	Martin Lousteau
Vice President	Olga Inés Brizuela y Doria
Chamber Leader	Rodrigo de Loredo
Senate Leader	Eduardo Vischi
Founded	26 June 1891; 132 years ago
Split from	Civic Union
Headquarters	Adolfo Alsina 1786; Buenos Aires - Argentina
Think tank	Alem Foundation
Student wing	Franja Morada
Youth wing	Juventud Radical (Suspended from International Union of Socialist Youth)
Membership (2022)	1,852,571 (2nd)
Ideology	Radicalism; Liberalism; Social liberalism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	Juntos por el Cambio
Regional affiliation	COPPPAL
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colors	Red White
Anthem	Marcha Radical
Seats in the ; Chamber of Deputies	35 / 257
Seats in the ; Senate	13 / 72
Governors	5 / 24
Party flag
Website
	www.ucr.org.ar
	Politics of Argentina; Political parties; Elections;

The Radical Civic Union (Spanish: Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and liberal political party in Argentina.^[7] It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from conservatism to social democracy,^[8]^[9] but since 1995 it has been a member of the Socialist International.^[10]

Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, the UCR is the second oldest political party active in Argentina, after the Liberal Party of Corrientes.^[11] The party's main support has long come from the middle class.^[12]^[13] For many years, the UCR was either in opposition to Peronist governments or illegal during military rule.^[14] The party has stood for liberal democracy, secularism, free elections and civilian control of the military. Especially during the 1970s and 1980s, it was perceived as a strong advocate for human rights.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

The UCR had different fractures, conformations, incarnations and factions, through which the party ruled the country seven times with the presidencies of Hipólito Yrigoyen (1916–1922 and 1928–1930), Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1922–1928), Arturo Frondizi (1958–1962), Arturo Illia (1963–1966), Raúl Alfonsín (1983–1989) and Fernando de la Rúa (1999–2001).^[19] After 2001, the party has been particularly fragmented. As the Justicialist Party led by Nestor and Cristina Kirchner moved to the left, the UCR aligned itself with anti-Peronist centre-right parties.

Since 2015, the UCR has been a member of the centre-right Cambiemos / Juntos por el Cambio coalition, along with Republican Proposal and Civic Coalition ARI, and supported Mauricio Macri in the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections.^[20]^[21] For the 2023 elections, the party supported the candidacy of Patricia Bullrich.^[22]

^ "Relanzamos la Fundación Alem". www.ucr.org.ar. 16 November 2017.
^ "Parece que Cambiemos no es progresista". Página/12. March 7, 2016.
^ "Cámara Nacional Electoral".
^ "Las 8 alianzas que competirán en las próximas elecciones" [The 8 alliances that will run in the next elections]. La Nación (in Spanish). June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
^ "Países y Partidos Miembros de la COPPPAL – Copppal".
^ "Full list of member parties and organisations".
^ Storani, Federico (1998), "Legitimacy and Transition in Latin America: Social Forces and the New Agenda of Consensus", Argentina: The challenges of modernization, Scholarly Resources, p. 51
^ Ares, Carlos (January 15, 1983). "Raúl Alfonsín: "quiero crear un amplio movimiento popular para acabar con el autoritarismo"". El País.
^ "El centrismo radical". 22 March 2015.
^ "Debuta De la Rúa en el consejo de la Internacional Socialista". La Nación. January 12, 1999.
^ "Ezequiel Gallo: "Hubo otra década del 70 en la que pudo cambiar la historia argentina"".
^ "Acerca de la relacion entre el Radicalismo argentino y la "clase media" (una vez mas)". www.researchgate.net.
^ http://anuarioiehs.unicen.edu.ar/Files/2020%201/11%20Anuario%20IEHS%2035(1)%202020.%20Gimenez.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Radical Civic Union." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 14 Nov. 2006 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389399>.
^ Sabatini, Christopher (2005), "Advocacy, Ideology and Partisanship: Human Rights in the Electoral Arena", (Un)civil Societies: Human Rights and Democratic Transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin America, Lexington Books, p. 272
^ Ameringer, Charles D. (1992), "Argentina", Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America and the West Indies, Greenwood Press, p. 25
^ "Por Twitter, la UCR subrayó su "compromiso en la defensa de los derechos humanos"".
^ "El radicalismo y la Iglesia".
^ "UCR | Lo que somos". ucr.org.ar. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
^ Peregil, Francisco (March 16, 2015). "El gran partido opositor argentino se une a la derecha en las presidenciales". El País.
^ "Macri celebró la permanencia de la UCR en Cambiemos: "Es un ejemplo de la importancia que tienen los debates"". Infobae. May 28, 2019.
^ "Bullrich recibió el apoyo de la UCR, tras las dudas expresadas por otros dirigentes radicales".

[1] "Relanzamos la Fundación Alem". www.ucr.org.ar. 16 November 2017.

[pagina12.com.ar-2] "Parece que Cambiemos no es progresista". Página/12. March 7, 2016.

[3] "Cámara Nacional Electoral".

[4] "Las 8 alianzas que competirán en las próximas elecciones" [The 8 alliances that will run in the next elections]. La Nación (in Spanish). June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.

[5] "Países y Partidos Miembros de la COPPPAL – Copppal".

[6] "Full list of member parties and organisations".

[Storani_1998_51-7] Storani, Federico (1998), "Legitimacy and Transition in Latin America: Social Forces and the New Agenda of Consensus", Argentina: The challenges of modernization, Scholarly Resources, p. 51

[Ares-8] Ares, Carlos (January 15, 1983). "Raúl Alfonsín: "quiero crear un amplio movimiento popular para acabar con el autoritarismo"". El País.

[El_centrismo_radical-9] "El centrismo radical". 22 March 2015.

[lanacion.com.ar-10] "Debuta De la Rúa en el consejo de la Internacional Socialista". La Nación. January 12, 1999.

[11] "Ezequiel Gallo: "Hubo otra década del 70 en la que pudo cambiar la historia argentina"".

[12] "Acerca de la relacion entre el Radicalismo argentino y la "clase media" (una vez mas)". www.researchgate.net.

[13] ttp://anuarioiehs.unicen.edu.ar/Files/2020%201/11%20Anuario%20IEHS%2035(1)%202020.%20Gimenez.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[14] "Radical Civic Union." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 14 Nov. 2006 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389399>.

[Sabatini-15] Sabatini, Christopher (2005), "Advocacy, Ideology and Partisanship: Human Rights in the Electoral Arena", (Un)civil Societies: Human Rights and Democratic Transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin America, Lexington Books, p. 272

[16] Ameringer, Charles D. (1992), "Argentina", Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America and the West Indies, Greenwood Press, p. 25

[17] "Por Twitter, la UCR subrayó su "compromiso en la defensa de los derechos humanos"".

[18] "El radicalismo y la Iglesia".

[19] "UCR | Lo que somos". ucr.org.ar. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

[20] Peregil, Francisco (March 16, 2015). "El gran partido opositor argentino se une a la derecha en las presidenciales". El País.

[21] "Macri celebró la permanencia de la UCR en Cambiemos: "Es un ejemplo de la importancia que tienen los debates"". Infobae. May 28, 2019.

[22] "Bullrich recibió el apoyo de la UCR, tras las dudas expresadas por otros dirigentes radicales".

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