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The Movement for a New Country is a political party
in Argentina
founded by Élida Vigo
and made up of left-wingers and dissident peronists
in Misiones Province
.
The party is one of those making up the Front for the Renewal of Concordia
, formed to support then governor of Misiones, Carlos Rovira
, and which supports the Front for Victory
and the national government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
founded by Élida Vigo
Élida Vigo
Élida María Vigo is an Argentine politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate representing Misiones Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory....
and made up of left-wingers and dissident peronists
Peronism
Peronism , or Justicialism , is an Argentine political movement based on the programmes associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Eva Perón...
in Misiones Province
Misiones Province
Misiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamiсa region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest.- History :The province was...
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The party is one of those making up the Front for the Renewal of Concordia
Front for the Renewal of Concordia
The Front for the Renewal of Concord is a provincial political party in Argentina, based in Misiones Province.The front was put together in 2003 by supporters of the province's governor, Carlos Rovira, to ensure his re-election...
, formed to support then governor of Misiones, Carlos Rovira
Carlos Rovira
Carlos Eduardo Rovira is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, until 2007 governor of Misiones Province at the head of the Front for Renewal....
, and which supports the Front for Victory
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
and the national government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...
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