The National Fascist Union (Union Nacional Fascista, UNF) was a fascist political party formed in Argentina

Argentina

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 in 1936, as the successor to the Argentine Fascist Party

Argentine Fascist Party

The Argentine Fascist Party was a fascist political party in Argentina from 1932 until its official disbandment in 1936, when it was succeeded by the National Fascist Union...

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In August 1936, UNF leader Nimio de Anquín

Nimio de Anquín

Nimio de Anquín was an Argentine Thomist writer and fascist politician.A native of Córdoba, Argentina, de Anquín studied law at National University of Córdoba. With his studies in Argentina completed he travelled to Germany to study philosophy under Ernst Cassirer...

 attempted to force students at law school in Cordoba to pledge a statement of support for the Spanish

Spain

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 dictator Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

. Police responded with a crackdown against Argentine nationalists. Support for the UNF surged after two nationalists were shot in the Colegio Montserrat in 1938. In the aftermath of the Montserrat murders, Anquin denounced the bourgeoisie for complicity and cowardice and claimed that "communism

Communism

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, Judaism

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

, and degenerate Radicalism" were responsible for causing the murders. Anquin called for the mourners to swear "by God, honour, and the Fatherland, to return the homicidal bullet".