The Evita Movement () is a social,

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and political movement of

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, which is defined by

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, popular, and

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ary ideology. Its name was adopted as a tribute to the Argentine popular political leader and First Lady

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. It was created in 2004 and was part of the

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. Its general secretary is Emilio Pérsico. Other major figures of the movement are National Deputies Leonardo Grosso (former chairman of the Movement's in the lower house), the journalist Fernando "Chino" Navarro, Gildo Onorato, Silvia Horne, Remo Carlotto, Lucila De Ponti, and Araceli Ferreyra, former senators Juan Manuel Abal Medina Jr. and Teresita Luna, and Evita-UTEP liaison Esteban Castro. In 2016, it separated from the parliamentary bloc Front for Victory, forming one of its own called Peronism for Victory. Now, it supports

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and is part of

Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") was a centre-left political coalition of political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gen ...

, a new

coalition. In 2023 it created a new political party, "La Patria de los comunes", to be part of the Frente de Todos in a more formal capacity.

History

The Evita Movement emerged in 2004, as a result of the union of diverse groups from the Quebracho Revolutionary Patriotic Movement and the Anibal Verón Current of Unemployed Workers, with roots mainly in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. In its first year, the Evita Movement organized itself as a piquetero unemployed movement (MTD), but later redefined its purpose to reorganize itself as a popular revolutionary wing of

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, acting with ample autonomy both inside and outside the

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei. Fo ...

(PJ). In 2007, Emilio Pérsico was named secretary of Territorial Organizations of the PJ. One of the unusual characteristics of the Evita Movement is that its electoral secretary has lacked interest in holding political office. The Evita Movement, like other movements of the unemployed, grants a central role to the organization of its members to work cooperatively, mainly in the construction of popular housing, financed by the state. The popular power policy of the Evita Movement was explained in these terms by one of its members: It participated in the 2017 legislative election, joining the

Citizen's Unity Citizen's Unity () was a centre-left Kirchnerist political coalition in Argentina for the 2017 legislative elections led by the former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. This coalition existed in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catama ...

electoral front.

Electoral performance

President

Chamber of Deputies

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* {{Peronism 2004 establishments in Argentina Justicialist Party Kirchnerism Left-wing parties in Argentina Peronist parties and alliances in Argentina Political parties established in 2004 São Paulo Forum Social movements in Argentina