Self-determination and Freedom (, AyL) is a
leftist political party
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in
Argentina
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, with
Luis Zamora as its most prominent member.
Many of its leading members were part of the
Trotskyist
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Movement for Socialism ( or MAS) active in the 1980s and one of the more successful of its many splinter groups, the
Socialist Workers' Party.
Luis Zamora and
José Roselli were elected as
National Deputies for AyL in the
2001 elections with 10% of the votes in
Buenos Aires
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, a record for a party of the hard left. Roselli was ejected from the Party the following year. In
2003, the party was particularly successful in the elections to the Buenos Aires city legislature, gaining eight seats. However, all but one, Zamora's then wife
Noemí Oliveto, soon defected. Zamora left Congress in 2005.
References
External links
Official web site
Socialist parties in Argentina
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