Freemen of the South Movement

Freemen of the South Movement
Movimiento Libres del Sur
President Humberto Tumini
Founded 2006
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina
Student wing Movimiento Universitario Sur
Membership 47,596 (2016)[1]
Ideology Democratic socialism
Progressivism
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Progresistas
International affiliation Foro de São Paulo
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
3 / 257
Website
http://libresdelsur.org.ar

The Free of the South Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Libres del Sur) is a leftist political alliance created in 2006 in Argentina, made up of the Movimiento Barrios de Pie, the Agrupación Martín Fierro, the Frente Barrial 19 de Diciembre and the Corriente Patria Libre.

History

In the Argentine general election, 2007, the movement had two of its members elected as national representatives in the Lower House of the Argentine National Congress, Cecilia Merchan and Victoria Donda, daughter of desaparecidos. They were elected on the lists of the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party and sit in the block of the Popular and Social Encounter.

It is led by Humberto Tumini, Jorge Ceballos, Jorge "Quito" Aragón (Agrupación Martín Fierro), Cecilia Merchan (Red de Mujeres Solidarias) and Isaac "Yuyo" Rudnik.

See also

References

  1. ↑ «Cámara Nacional Electoral - Estadística de Afiliados Primer Semestre 2016 - Secretaría de Actuación Judicial - Unidad de Recopilación y Producción de Datos - Registro Nacional de Partidos Políticos» https://www.electoral.gov.ar. 2016.


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