The Broad Progressive Front (, FAP) was a

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coalition in

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, created in 2011, integrated of progressive and

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political parties focusing on an advanced and transparent

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. In 2013, it was replaced by UNEN, which in turn was replaced by the

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in 2015.

History

Creation

The FAP emerged on Saturday June 11, 2011, after the V Extraordinary National Congress of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. Until that moment, the PS had not yet defined its policy of alliances at the national level, having tried to achieve a Progressive Front that would integrate the center-left forces at the national level since the end of 2009. The tension in which the PS found itself had two fronts: on the one hand, its relationship with the UCR, with which it formed the

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in Santa Fe (a coalition that had led Binner to govern the province). and on the other hand, different center-left forces headed by the South Project Movement, which wanted to move away from the Argentine bipartisanship towards a third alternative position. This tension increases with the running of 2011, as both sides pressured the PS for a definition.

2011 general elections

The primary elections of August 14, 2011 were the electoral debut of the Frente Amplio Progresista with the presidential candidacy of

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Dissolution

The front ceased to exist in 2013, when some of its members, together with the

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and the

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, formed the

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. After the failure of this project, the parties that had formed the FAP regrouped under the

coalition.

Members

The Broad Progressive Front was composed of:

Proposals

Some of the main proposals of the Broad Progressive Front are: *

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. *

Gender identity Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent and consistent with the in ...

law. *

Assisted reproduction Assisted reproductive technology (ART) includes medical procedures used primarily to address infertility. This subject involves procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and cryopreservation of gamet ...

law. *

Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

law. * End of gay blood donation ban. *

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and eradication of

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. *

Drug liberalization Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing, legalizing, or repealing laws that prohibit the production, possession, sale, or use of prohibited drugs. Variations of drug liberalization include drug legalization, drug releg ...

. *

Sex education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, birth ...

. * Universal and free

reproductive health Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a field of research, health care, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's Human reproductive system, reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life. Se ...

access. * Complete

nationalization Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization contrasts with p ...

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. * Special policies for the reduction of

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. * Recognition of the

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(CTA). * Institutional development of the

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. *

Participatory budgeting Participatory budgeting (PB) is a type of citizen sourcing in which ordinary people decide how to allocate part of a municipal or public budget through a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making. These processes typically begin ...

. * Analysis of the

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. * Revision of

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References

External links

Website of

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