Workers Left Front
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The Workers' Left Front is an alliance of three Trotsykist
parties in Argentina
formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conference in April.
They are the Workers' Party
(PO), the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS), and Socialist Left
(IS). They are standing Jorge Altamira
of the PO for president and Christian Castillo
of the PTS for vice-president on 23 October.
On 12 June they won a provincial deputy in Neuquén Province
with 3.60% of the vote. The post will be held in rotation by Alejandro López
, Raúl Godoy (PTS), Angélica Lagunas (IS) and Gabriela Suppicich (PO).
On 24 July, in the town of Capitán Bermúdez
in Santa Fe Province
, the PO had a councillor elected, Jorgelina Signa, with 17% of the vote.
On 7 August Liliana Olivero
of IS was re-elected to the Córdoba provincial legislature, this post will be rotated with Cintia Frencia (PO) and Laura Vilches (PTS). The list won 3.12% of the vote, this was largely concentrated in the provincial capital where it won 5.45%.
On 14 August Altamira and Castillo won 527 237 votes, 2.46%, in a primary election.
On 23 October they came very close to winning a national deputy in two areas. In Buenos Aires
city their vote was only 0.2% short. In Buenos Aires Province
their share of the vote would have entitled them to a deputy, but they fell at a second hurdle where they needed to win 3% of the number of voters on the electoral register.
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
parties 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...
formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conference in April.
They are the Workers' Party
Workers' Party (Argentina)
The Workers' Party is an Argentine Trotskyist political party. It is the largest national section of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International....
(PO), the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS), and Socialist Left
Socialist Left (Argentina)
Socialist Left is a Trotskyist political group in Argentina.It is the Argentine section of International Workers' Unity .It is one of three groups participating in the Workers Left Front....
(IS). They are standing Jorge Altamira
Jorge Altamira
Jorge Altamira , is an Argentine activist and politician leading the Workers' Party in Argentina.He was born José Saúl Wermus in Buenos Aires, in 1942. Son of a printing worker active in the Graphist Union, Altamira began participating in the labor movement at an early age, and took part in a...
of the PO for president and Christian Castillo
Christian Castillo
Christian Giovanni Castillo Martínez is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Alianza of the Primera División. He also plays internationally for the El Salvador national team....
of the PTS for vice-president on 23 October.
On 12 June they won a provincial deputy in Neuquén Province
Neuquén Province
Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west...
with 3.60% of the vote. The post will be held in rotation by Alejandro López
Alejandro López (Argentina)
Alejandro Elias López is a member of the provincial legislature in Neuquén Province in Argentina, elected in 2011.He is the first person elected from the Workers Left Front.He was a ceramist worker and a trade unionist....
, Raúl Godoy (PTS), Angélica Lagunas (IS) and Gabriela Suppicich (PO).
On 24 July, in the town of Capitán Bermúdez
Capitán Bermúdez
Capitán Bermúdez is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario, , on the western shore of the Paraná River. It has a population of about 27,000 inhabitants per the .The town was founded in 1889, and officially became a city in 1970...
in Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
, the PO had a councillor elected, Jorgelina Signa, with 17% of the vote.
On 7 August Liliana Olivero
Liliana Olivero
Maria Liliana Olivero is a member of the provincial legislature in Córdoba Province, Argentina.She is a member of the Socialist Left ....
of IS was re-elected to the Córdoba provincial legislature, this post will be rotated with Cintia Frencia (PO) and Laura Vilches (PTS). The list won 3.12% of the vote, this was largely concentrated in the provincial capital where it won 5.45%.
On 14 August Altamira and Castillo won 527 237 votes, 2.46%, in a primary election.
On 23 October they came very close to winning a national deputy in two areas. In Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
city their vote was only 0.2% short. In Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
their share of the vote would have entitled them to a deputy, but they fell at a second hurdle where they needed to win 3% of the number of voters on the electoral register.