Tag: Justicialist block

• Friday, February 5th 2016 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina's main opposition force will attempt unity with party elections on May 8

  

  Argentina's main political force, Peronism, under the Justicialista party banner, announced that the party's elections will be held on 8 May, while the members of the electoral board set to oversee the election would be chosen during a meeting in Buenos Aires on February 24.

• Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 07:21 UTC

  Kirchnerite opposition splits; Macri now has the main block in the Lower House

  

  Argentina's main opposition party suffered a split on Wednesday after an estimated fifteen of its lawmakers quit, party leaders admitted, handing a boost to newly-elected President Mauricio Macri's hopes of pushing his legislative agenda through Congress. In effect, Macri's political alliance in the Lower House becomes the majority grouping.