Radical Civic Union and Related Topics

Argentina

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Country in the southern half of South America.

The surrender of Beresford to Santiago de Liniers during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata

Portrait of General José de San Martin, Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru.

People gathered in front of the Buenos Aires Cabildo during the May Revolution

Julio Argentino Roca was a major figure of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the "Conquest of the Desert". During his two terms as President many changes occurred, particularly major infrastructure projects of railroads; large-scale immigration from Europe and laicizing legislation strengthening state power.

Official presidential portrait of Juan Perón and his wife Eva Perón, 1948

Admiral Emilio Massera, Lieutenant General Jorge Videla and Brigadier General Orlando Agosti (from left to right) – observing the Independence Day military parade on Avenida del Libertador, 9 July 1978.

Two members of the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers guarding the Constitution of the Argentine Nation inside the Palace of the Congress.

Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia, at 6960.8 m, and the highest point in the Southern Hemisphere.

The national animal of Argentina is the Rufous hornero, a small songbird native to South America

Argentina features geographical locations such as this glacier, known as the Perito Moreno Glacier

The National Congress composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

G 20 leaders gathered in Argentina for the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.

Argentine destroyer ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)

A proportional representation of Argentina exports, 2019

The Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies.

Atucha Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear power plant in Latin America. The electricity comes from 3 operational nuclear reactors: The Embalse Nuclear Power Station, the Atucha I and II.

Buenos Aires Underground is the oldest underground railway in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere and the Spanish speaking world.

"Estudio País 24, the Program of the Argentines" in Channel 7, the first television station in the country

SAC-D is an Argentine earth science satellite built by INVAP and launched in 2011.

President Macri in the INVAP with the SAOCOM A and B, two planned Earth observation satellite constellation of Argentine Space Agency CONAE. the scheduled launch dates for 1A and 1B were further pushed back to 2018 and 2020.

The cacique Qom Félix Díaz meets with then president Mauricio Macri.

Over 25 million Argentines have at least one Italian immigrant ancestor.

Dialectal variants of the Spanish language in Argentina

Francis, the first pope from the Americas, was born and raised in Argentina.

Argentina has historically been placed high in the global rankings of literacy, with rates similar to those of developed countries.

The University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, alma mater to many of the country's 3,000 medical graduates, annually

El Ateneo Grand Splendid was named the second most beautiful bookshop in the world by The Guardian.

Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813

Four of the most influential Argentine writers. Top-left to bottom-right: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares

Martha Argerich, widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century

Andy Muschietti, director of It, the highest-grossing horror film of all-time.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical centre. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts, and modernist architecture.

Diego Maradona, one of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century

Lionel Messi, seven times Ballon d'Or winner, is the current captain of the Argentina national football team.

Argentine beef as asado, a traditional dish

The Cave of the Hands in Santa Cruz province, with artwork dating from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago.

Carlos Gardel, the most prominent figure in the history of tango

Civilian casualties after the air attack and massacre on Plaza de Mayo, June 1955

Juan Perón and his wife Isabel Perón, 1973

Argentinians soldiers during the Falklands War

Néstor Kirchner and his wife and political successor, Cristina Kirchner

Argentina map of Köppen climate classification

Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk operated by the Argentine Air Force

Argentine provinces by population (2010)

Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires

In 1912, President Roque Sáenz Peña enacted universal and secret male suffrage, which allowed Hipólito Yrigoyen, leader of the Radical Civic Union (or UCR), to win the 1916 election.

Raúl Alfonsín

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Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989.

The house where Alfonsín lived during his childhood in Chascomús

Alfonsín during his successful 1963 congressional campaign

"Ahora Alfonsín" ("Now Alfonsín"), advertisement used during the campaign for the 1983 general elections

Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983

Heads of the National Reorganization Process attend the Trial of the Juntas.

Alfonsín announces the end of the 1987 Carapintada mutiny.

Raúl Alfonsín with Saúl Ubaldini, leader of the CGT

Pope John Paul II with Alfonsín, at the Casa Rosada

Alfonsín met with U.S President Ronald Reagan.

Minister Juan Vital Sourrouille announces the Austral plan.

Alfonsín (center) with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (right) and First Gentleman Néstor Kirchner (left)

Alfonsín's memorial service at the Argentine National Congress.

Ideologically, he identified as a Radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001, with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism".

Néstor Kirchner

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Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and the first gentleman during the first tenure of his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Kirchner (second-from-right) during a political rally, after the National Reorganization Process allowed political activity.

Presidential ballot of the Néstor Kirchner – Daniel Scioli ticket.

Kirchner and Roberto Lavagna, Minister of Economy during most of his presidency

Kirchner and Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil at a 2006 summit in Brasília

Kirchner oversees the removal of military portraits from the National Reorganization Process at the National Military College.

Kirchner returns to Argentina after the unsuccessful Operation Emmanuel.

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Hugo Moyano at Kirchner's funeral

The Mausoleum of Néstor Kirchner in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz was built by Lázaro Báez.

Raúl Alfonsín, who was running for president for the Radical Civic Union (UCR), denounced an agreement between the military and the Peronist unions which sought an amnesty for the military.

Fernando de la Rúa

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Advertisement for the September 1973 general elections, for the Ricardo Balbín-Fernando de la Rúa ticket

Fernando de la Rúa takes the oath of office next to his vice-president Carlos Álvarez.

De la Rúa prepares a speech after the resignation of his vice president, Carlos Álvarez. He is with his son Antonio de la Rúa and the secretary Darío Lopérfido.

De la Rúa and US president George W. Bush in the White House in April 2001.

De la Rúa, Mireya Moscoso and US president George W. Bush during the 3rd Summit of the Americas.

de la Rúa with his new Minister, Cavallo in March 2001.

De la Rúa collects his personal belongings after his resignation, 21 December 2001

President Mauricio Macri at the state funeral of Fernando de la Rúa.

Fernando de la Rúa (15 September 19379 July 2019) was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001.

Hipólito Yrigoyen

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Constitution Plaza station in 1920. Yrigoyen lived on the nearby Avenida Brasil until his death in 1933. Years later, his house was demolished to make way for the Arturo Frondizi Highway

Ruins of Las Flores estancia, nearby one of Yrigoyen's properties

Plaque in the Constitución neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where Yrigoyen's house was located

Hipólito Yrigoyen, revolutionary leader 1893. Sketch by Eduardo Sojo, published in the magazine Don Quijote.

Revolutionary Army Troops after their training in Temperley (1893)

Leandro N. Alem, the uncle of Yrigoyen, and a role model that he followed. In 1896, after Alem's suicide, Yrigoyen would become more isolated than ever.

Commissary Julián Bourdeu of the Policía de la Capital (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and part of the staff of the 27th precinct, days after the Radical Party revolution, a photo published by the Argentine magazine Caras y Caretas in its 11 February 1905 issue.

Results of the 1916 Argentine General Election

1916 Argentine Elections, the first in the country's history to feature guaranteed secret, universal, and mandatory male suffrage

Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second term from 1928 to 1930.

2007 Argentine general election

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Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 28 October 2007, and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year.

President Néstor Kirchner (2nd from right) backs winning Front for Victory candidates (from L to R)
Daniel Scioli (Governor), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (President) and Julio Cobos (Vice President).

Acknowledging the support of a growing number of UCR figures ("K Radicals") to the populist policies advanced by Kirchnerism, the FpV nominated Mendoza Province Governor Julio Cobos as her running mate.

Carlos Menem

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Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999.

Carlos Menem (right) meets the elected president Héctor Cámpora in 1973.

Carlos Menem and outgoing president Raúl Alfonsín, during the presidential transition.

Car and related exports (1983–2003) in millions of USD. During the 1990s, Argentina experienced growth in vehicle export revenue.

Carlos Menem and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1997).

Menem meeting with U.S Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the Casa Rosada on 15 November 1999.

Demonstration during an anniversary of the AMIA bombing.

Menem with the new president, Fernando de la Rúa, on December 10, 1999.

Menem y Jacques Chirac en Alvear Palace Hotel (1997).

The Peronist victory in the 1993 midterm elections allowed him to persuade Alfonsín (by then leader of the opposition party UCR) to sign the Pact of Olivos for the 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution.

Republican Proposal

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Centre-right

Macri was re-elected Mayor of Buenos Aires together with María Eugenia Vidal as Vice-Chief of the city.

President Macri and Vicepresident Gabriela Michetti, in their Inauguration Ceremony in Argentine Parliament, on 10 December 2015

PRO has governed the Buenos Aires since 2007 and formed Cambiemos with the Radical Civic Union and the Civic Coalition ARI with which they won the 2015 general election.

Justicialist Party

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The Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista, ; abbr.

First emblem of the Peronist Party, used from 1946 to 1955

In return, the support of Peronism historically has been smaller between the urban middle class, who more identify with the Radical Civic Union party and other more democratic, liberal parties.