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Alliance for Work, Justice and Education Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación
Logo Alianza.svg
AbbreviationAlianza
LeaderFernando De la Rua
Founded4 August 1997
Dissolved20 December 2001
Merger ofRadical Civic Union,
FREPASO
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
IdeologyRadicalism
Reformism
Social liberalism
Social democracy
Political positionCenter-left[1]
ColoursLight blue

The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education (in Spanish: Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación) was a center-left[2] political coalition in Argentina around the turn of the third millennium. It was born of the alliance of the Radical Civic Union, the Front for a Country in Solidarity and a number of smaller provincial parties in 1997.

History

President De la Rua (UCR Leader) and Vice President Carlos "Chacho" Alvarez (FREPASO leader) in their inauguration day on December 10, 1999

The Alliance presented itself as a progressive, moderate center-left alternative to the neoliberal government of Carlos Menem, with a mandate to end corruption and unemployment. It first took part in the 1997 legislative elections. In the 1999 elections it took Fernando de la Rúa (UCR) to the presidency, together with Carlos Álvarez as his vice president, defeating the Justicialist Party.[3]

Boleta electoral 1999 - Alianza - De La Rúa-Álvarez.jpg

However, De la Rúa soon revealed himself as unable or unwilling to tackle corruption and to revive the Argentine economy, which was in a recession, with innovative measures. In 2000, amid a scandal caused by accusations of bribery involving UCR senators and members of the cabinet, Álvarez resigned from the vice presidency, gravely hurting the unity of the Alliance. The socio-economic situation worsened, and De la Rúa was forced to resign by the December 2001 riots. The Alliance soon disintegrated, its members returning to their former parties or finding new ones.

References

  1. ^ https://www.infobae.com/historia/2017/08/06/a-20-anos-de-la-alianza-la-apuesta-electoral-que-termino-en-colapso/
  2. ^ https://www.infobae.com/historia/2017/08/06/a-20-anos-de-la-alianza-la-apuesta-electoral-que-termino-en-colapso/
  3. ^ Daniel K. Lewis (15 October 2003). The History of Argentina. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 179–181. ISBN 978-1-4039-6254-6.

See also

  • Politics of Argentina
  • December 2001 riots in Argentina