El Encuentro Amplio () was a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

electoral front in

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formed ahead of the 2005 legislative elections. Based on the Frente Amplio of

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, the alliance was formed of the

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, the

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and the

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with sections of the Broad Front and the Front for Change, plus representatives of social organisations such as Apyme. It contested the seats for senator, with Ariel Basteiro as its first candidate, and for

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and

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City deputies in alliance with the ''Autogestión Liberadora Buenos Aires'' (ALBA).http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/08/16/um/m-1034794.htm The alliance performed badly in the election, gaining less than 1% in the capital and losing all its legislators at a national level.

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