Evita Movement

{{Infobox political party

| name = Evita Movement

| native_name = Movimiento Evita

| logo = File:Movimiento Evita vectorial.svg

| colorcode = #008FC3

| colors = White, Blue

| leader1_title =

| leader1_name =

| secretary_general = Emilio Pérsico

| foundation = {{start date and age|2004|06}}

| ideology = {{Nowrap|Kirchnerism{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/movimiento-evita-la-organizacion-kirchnerista-que-aun-crece-durante-el-macrismo-nid1945322/|title = Movimiento Evita, la organización kirchnerista que aún crece durante el macrismo|newspaper = La Nación|date = 12 October 2016|last1 = Caminos|first1 = Mauricio}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-movimiento-evita-otro-polo-de-poder-nid1441126/|title=El Movimiento Evita, otro polo de poder en el kirchnerismo|newspaper=La Nación|date=17 January 2012|last1=Sued|first1=Gabriel}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/la-isla-del-evita-una-escuela-de-kirchnerismo-nid1557471/|title = La isla del Evita: Una escuela para aprender a ser kirchnerista|newspaper = La Nación|date = 24 February 2013|last1 = Sued|first1 = Gabriel}}}}

| position = Left-wing{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/los-movimientos-sociales-aliados-al-gobierno-buscan-resistir-a-las-presiones-de-las-bases-y-reclaman-nid15072021/|title=Los movimientos sociales aliados al Gobierno buscan resistir a las presiones de las bases y reclaman más trabajo que subsidios|newspaper=La Nación|date=15 July 2021|last1=Lacour|first1=Pedro|last2=Marin|first2=Lucila}}

| headquarters = Buenos Aires

| international =

| national = Unión por la Patria

| regional = São Paulo Forum

| youth_wing = Evita Peronist Youth

| affiliation1_title = Mercosur Parliament group

| affiliation1 = {{ill|Grupo Progresista del Parlamento del Mercosur|es|lt=Grupo Progresista}}

| website = {{Official URL}}

| country = Argentina

| seats1_title = Senators{{Cite web |url=http://www.senado.gov.ar/parlamentario/bloques/ |title=Bloques Politicos |trans-title=Political Blocs |publisher=Argentine Senate |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321051822/http://www.senado.gov.ar/parlamentario/bloques/ |archive-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 June 2018}}

| seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|72|hex=#008FC3}}

| seats2_title = Deputies{{Cite web |url=http://www.diputados.gov.ar/secparl/dclp/bloques/presi_interbloque_dclp.html |title=Interbloques |publisher=Argentine Chamber of Deputies |language=es |access-date=27 June 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209044724/https://www.diputados.gov.ar/secparl/dclp/bloques/presi_interbloque_dclp.html |url-status=dead }}

| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|2|257|hex=#008FC3}}

| seats3_title = Governors

| seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|24|hex=#008FC3}}

| seats4_title = Mercosur Parliamentarians

| seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|1|43|hex=#008FC3}}

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The Evita Movement ({{langx|es|Movimiento Evita|links=no}}) is a social, piquetero and political movement of Argentina, which is defined by Peronist, national, popular, and revolutionary ideology.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3lLcGDAzhwC&pg=PP203 |title=El aluvión: Del Piquete al Gobierno: Los movimientos sociales y el Kirchnerismo |trans-title=The Alluvium: From the Picket to the Government: Social Movements and Kirchnerism |chapter=Epílogo |trans-chapter=Epilogue |first=Christian |last=Boyanovsky Bazán |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9789500735612 |language=es |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=27 June 2018 |via=Google Books}} Its name was adopted as a tribute to the Argentine popular political leader and First Lady Eva Perón.

It was created in 2004 and was part of the Front for Victory. Its general secretary is Emilio Pérsico.{{Cite news |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1945322-movimiento-evita-la-organizacion-kirchnerista-que-aun-crece-durante-el-macrismo |title=Movimiento Evita, la organización kirchnerista que aún crece durante el macrismo |trans-title=Evita Movement, the Kirchnerist Organization that Still Grows During Macrism |first=Mauricio |last=Caminos |work=La Nación |language=es |date=12 October 2016 |access-date=28 June 2018}} 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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-movimiento-evita-abandona-el-bloque-de-diputados-del-frente-para-la-victoria-20160623-0041.phtml |title=El Movimiento Evita abandona el bloque kirchnerista en Diputados |trans-title=The Evita Movement Abandons the Kirchnerist Bloc in Deputies |work=Perfil |language=es |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=27 June 2018}} Now, it supports Alberto Fernández and is part of Frente de Todos, a new Peronist coalition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/los-movimientos-sociales-y-los-gremios-con-lugares-confirmados-en-las-listas-del-oficialismo-nid25072021/|title = Los movimientos sociales y los gremios, con lugares confirmados en las listas del oficialismo|newspaper = La Nación|date = 25 July 2021|last1 = Lacour|first1 = Pedro}} 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.{{cite web |url= https://tn.com.ar/politica/2023/03/17/los-movimientos-sociales-lanzaron-el-partido-la-patria-de-los-comunes-criticas-al-gobierno-y-respaldo-a-cfk/|title= Los Movimientos sociales lanzaron el partido La Patria de los Comunes: críticas al Gobierno y respaldo a CFK|trans-title= Social movements started the party "La patria de los comunes": criticism to the government and support to CFK|language= Spanish|author= |date= March 17, 2023|publisher= TN|accessdate=March 20, 2023}}

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.{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OkkwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 |title=Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America |chapter=Beyond Clientelism: The Piquetero Movement and the State in Argentina |first=Federico M. |last=Rossi |editor1-first=Paul |editor1-last=Almeida |editor2-first=Allen |editor2-last=Cordero Ulate |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789401799126 |pages=117–127 |date=14 July 2015 |access-date=27 June 2018 |via=Google Books}}

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 Kirchnerism, acting with ample autonomy both inside and outside the Justicialist Party (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:

{{Blockquote|The popular organization determines the possibility for participants' appropriation of public policy decisions and of the allocation of resources. And this generates a much more solid relationship of public policy [with the beneficiaries] that makes this process more difficult to reverse. When a person in a cooperative builds fifty houses, how can you tell him that he no longer has his job? On the other hand, when the houses are built by a company, the company just submits another tender to the state. This does not produce a relationship of power in which the active participants are the people. We call this social policy, as Evita [Perón] called it: "the organized popular force", "the popular power".{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ov-qCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 |title=Social Movement Dynamics: New Perspectives on Theory and Research from Latin America |chapter=Conceptualizing Strategy Making in a Historical and Collective Perspective |editor1-first=Federico M. |editor1-last=Rossi |editor2-first=Marisa |editor2-last=von Bülow |editor-link2=Marisa von Bülow |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317053712 |page=36 |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=28 June 2018 |via=Google Books}}}}

It participated in the 2017 legislative election, joining the Citizen's Unity electoral front.{{Cite news |url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/efecto-cristina-taiana-pide-licencia-movimiento-evita-enojado-dan-apoyo-randazzo_0_B123g0M4W.html |title=Efecto Cristina: Taiana se enojó con el Movimiento Evita porque apoya a Randazzo y pidió licencia |trans-title=Cristina Effect: Taiana Got Angry with the Evita Movement Because She Supports Randazzo and Asked for Leave |first=Jazmín |last=Bullorini |work=Clarín |language=es |date=29 June 2017 |access-date=28 June 2018}}

Electoral performance

=President=

class=wikitable
rowspan=2\|Election year ! rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Candidate ! rowspan=2\|Coalition ! colspan=2\|1st round ! colspan=2\|2nd round ! rowspan=2\|Result
# of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote
2011 \| Cristina Kirchner \| bgcolor={{party color\|Justicialist Party}} \| \| Front for Victory \| 11,865,055 \| 54.11 (1st) \| colspan="2" {{N/A}} \| {{Y}} Elected
2015 \| Daniel Scioli \| bgcolor={{party color\|Justicialist Party}} \| \| Front for Victory \| 9,338,449 \| 37.08 (1st) \| 12,198,441 \| 48.60 (2nd) \| {{N}} 2-R Defeated
2019 \| Alberto Fernández \| bgcolor={{party color\|Justicialist Party}} \| \| Frente de Todos \| 12,473,709 \| 48.10 (1st) \| colspan=2 {{N/A}} \| {{Y}} Elected

class=wikitable

rowspan=2|Election year

! rowspan=2 colspan=2|Candidate

! rowspan=2|Coalition

! colspan=2|1st round

! colspan=2|2nd round

! rowspan=2|Result

# of overall votes

! % of overall vote

! # of overall votes

! % of overall vote

2011

| Cristina Kirchner

| bgcolor={{party color|Justicialist Party}} |

| Front for Victory

| 11,865,055

| 54.11 (1st)

| colspan="2" {{N/A}}

| {{Y}} Elected

2015

| Daniel Scioli

| bgcolor={{party color|Justicialist Party}} |

| Front for Victory

| 9,338,449

| 37.08 (1st)

| 12,198,441

| 48.60 (2nd)

| {{N}} 2-R Defeated

2019

| Alberto Fernández

| bgcolor={{party color|Justicialist Party}} |

| Frente de Todos

| 12,473,709

| 48.10 (1st)

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

| {{Y}} Elected

=Chamber of Deputies=

class="wikitable" ! Election year ! Votes ! % ! seats won ! total seats ! position ! presidency ! notes
2009 \| 5,544,069 \| 28.70 (#2nd) \| 2 \| {{Composition bar\|5\|257\|hex=#008FC3}} \| Minority \| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) \| within Front for Victory
2011 \| 10,793,689 \| 52.46 (#1st) \| 5 \| {{Composition bar\|7\|257\|hex=#008FC3}} \| Minority \| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) \| within Front for Victory
2013 \| 7,422,451 \| 32.82 (#1st) \| 1 \| {{Composition bar\|6\|257\|hex=#008FC3}} \| Minority \| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) \| within Front for Victory
2015 \| 8,797,279 \| 37.41 (#1st) \| 4 \| {{Composition bar\|6\|257\|hex=#008FC3}} \| Minority \| Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) \| within Front for Victory
2017 \| 5,265,069 \| 21.03 (#2nd) \| 0 \| {{Composition bar\|4\|257\|hex=#008FC3}} \| Minority \| Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) \| within Citizen's Unity
2019 \| 11,359,508 \| 45.50 (#1st) \| 1 \| {{Composition bar\|2\|257\|hex=#008FC3}} \| Minority \| Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) \| within Frente de Todos

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! Election year

! Votes

! %

! seats won

! total seats

! position

! presidency

! notes

2009

| 5,544,069

| 28.70 (#2nd)