New Triumph Party
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Partido del Nuevo Triunfo (New Triumph Party) was a minor far right
Neo-Nazi group in Argentina
banned on 17 March 2009 by ruling of the Argentine Supreme Court of Justice.
. The party leader anticipated economic crisis in the country which he felt would set up the basis for a takeover by revolutionary nationalism. Biondini is a veteran of the international neo-nazi scene, having established a group called Alerta Nacional in 1984, which he described as 'a small part of the great worldwide socialist movement'. This group has attempted to build links between the country's various extreme right groups.
by fringe political groups was limited but growing in popularity the New Triumph Party's online publication Libertad de Opinión broke new ground in Argentina by providing a regular forum for Argentine neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism
. Ricardo Brinzoni
was briefly associated with the group as his lawyer Juan Enrique Torres Bande was a member.
The party has consistently attempted to gain legal recognition but has been rejected. Nonetheless in the Argentine legislative election, 2005
two members of the party, Biondini's wife and son, featured as candidates for Acción Ciudadana, a group headed by Jorge Colotto, the general commissioner of the Policía Federal Argentina
.
had identified Argentina as the future of Nazism
. He has claimed that in the final days in the Führerbunker
Hitler pointed to Argentina on a map and stated that 'from there the new leader will come'.
The party has also been vocal in its criticism of the major political parties and leaders, denouncing Fernando de la Rúa
as a puppet of the Zionist Occupation Government
. As part of this rhetoric it also emphasises its grounding in Christianity
.
Far right
Far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. Far-right politics may involve anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are...
Neo-Nazi group 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...
banned on 17 March 2009 by ruling of the Argentine Supreme Court of Justice.
Origins
The party was formed by Alejandro Biondini in 1990 as the Partido Nacionalista de los Trabajadores (Nationalist Party of the Workers), initially as a breakaway from the Justicialist PartyJusticialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
. The party leader anticipated economic crisis in the country which he felt would set up the basis for a takeover by revolutionary nationalism. Biondini is a veteran of the international neo-nazi scene, having established a group called Alerta Nacional in 1984, which he described as 'a small part of the great worldwide socialist movement'. This group has attempted to build links between the country's various extreme right groups.
Development
The party was re-launched as the New Triumph Party in November 1997, identifying itself as 'the political, militant and electoral expression of Argentine national socialism'. At a time when use of the internetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
by fringe political groups was limited but growing in popularity the New Triumph Party's online publication Libertad de Opinión broke new ground in Argentina by providing a regular forum for Argentine neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism
Antisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
. Ricardo Brinzoni
Ricardo Brinzoni
Ricardo Brinzoni was an Argentine military officer, serving as Argentina's Chief-of-staff.Born in Buenos Aires, Brinzoni entered Military School on 1963, and trained as a paratrooper, qualifying in December 1964. He built a career in the military and reached the rank of Brigadier General in 1990...
was briefly associated with the group as his lawyer Juan Enrique Torres Bande was a member.
The party has consistently attempted to gain legal recognition but has been rejected. Nonetheless in the Argentine legislative election, 2005
Argentine legislative election, 2005
Argentina held national parliamentary elections on Sunday, 23 October 2005. For the purpose of these elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts....
two members of the party, Biondini's wife and son, featured as candidates for Acción Ciudadana, a group headed by Jorge Colotto, the general commissioner of the Policía Federal Argentina
Policía Federal Argentina
The Policía Federal Argentina is a police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country, but its main responsibility is policing the Federal District of Buenos Aires...
.
Ideology
The party supports Neo-Nazism and seeks to use Argentina as the new Nazi base. It has been claimed that Biondini believes that Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
had identified Argentina as the future of Nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
. He has claimed that in the final days in the Führerbunker
Führerbunker
The Führerbunker was located beneath Hitler's New Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex which was constructed in two major phases, one part in 1936 and the other in 1943...
Hitler pointed to Argentina on a map and stated that 'from there the new leader will come'.
The party has also been vocal in its criticism of the major political parties and leaders, denouncing Fernando de la Rúa
Fernando de la Rúa
Fernando de la Rúa is an Argentine politician. He was president of the country from December 10, 1999 to December 21, 2001 for the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education ....
as a puppet of the Zionist Occupation Government
Zionist Occupation Government
Zionist Occupation Government or Zionist Occupied Government is an antisemitic conspiracy theory which holds that Jews secretly control a given country, while the formal government is a puppet regime....
. As part of this rhetoric it also emphasises its grounding in Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
.
Platform
The ideas of the party have been summed up by them in declaration of policies which states five aims for the Argentine people. These are listed as:- The reaffirmation of the values of Argentina, based on God and country with a firm stance taken against all who would seek to damage these values.
- Dignity for the Argentine worker, through the establishment of a corporatistCorporatismCorporatism, also known as corporativism, is a system of economic, political, or social organization that involves association of the people of society into corporate groups, such as agricultural, business, ethnic, labor, military, patronage, or scientific affiliations, on the basis of common...
parliament. - Defence of national sovereigntySovereigntySovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...
at all costs, with a systematic programme of rearmament in order to recover the Falkland IslandsFalkland IslandsThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
and PatagoniaPatagoniaPatagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...
. - The establishment of a purely Argentine economic system which would eliminate usuryUsuryUsury Originally, when the charging of interest was still banned by Christian churches, usury simply meant the charging of interest at any rate . In countries where the charging of interest became acceptable, the term came to be used for interest above the rate allowed by law...
and unite classes under corporatism. - A much stricter legal code, including punishments for those it feels have benefitted from Argentina's struggles.