Liberal Libertarian Party
{{short description|Political party in Argentina}}
{{update|date=August 2016}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox political party
|name = Liberal Libertarian |native_name=Partido Liberal Libertario
|colorcode = #0080FF
|logo = Partido Liberal Libertario Logo.svg
|logo_size = 150px
|president = Gonzalo Blousson
|foundation = {{Start date and years ago|2009|06|22}}{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2009 |title=Exitosa presentación del Partido Liberal Libertario |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/gacetillas-de-prensa/46-exitosa-presentacion-del-partido-liberal-libertario |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|dissolution = 2014
|successor = Libertarian Party
|ideology = Libertarianism
Classical liberalism{{Cite web |last=Scharager |first=Andrés |last2=Goldman |first2=Brian Leonel |last3=Trovero |first3=Juan Ignacio |last4=Navarro Rocha |first4=Leandro Ezequiel |year=2013 |title=Hacia una asociación "voluntaria": El Partido Liberal Libertario y la nación como imposición del Estado |url=https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-038/60 |language=es}}
Laissez-faire
Non-aggression principle{{Cite web |title=Un partido basado en principios |url=https://liberallibertario.org/principios/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215111600/http://liberallibertario.org/principios/ |archive-date=2015-02-15 |website=Partido Liberal Libertario |language=es}}
|headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina
|international = Interlibertarians
|website = {{URL|http://www.liberallibertario.org}}
|country=Argentina}}
The Liberal Libertarian Party ({{langx|es|Partido Liberal Libertario}}) was a political party from Argentina founded in 2009. It defines itself both as a classical liberal and libertarian party. Its political platform advocates limited government, free markets and individual liberties including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, right to privacy and strong civil liberties. It advocates the values of the 1853 Constitution.{{Cite web |last=Jaroslavsky |first=Marcelo |date=October 8, 2011 |title=157 años después. ¿Qué queda de su espíritu? |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/articulos/todos-los-articulos/84-157-anos-despues-que-queda-de-su-espiritu |language=Spanish}}
Its goals are to limit the government intrusion on individual liberty, reduce government spending, lower taxes for Argentinians, balance the budget, reduce regulations and promote free trade. Their slogan is "Individual rights, free market and non-aggression."{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez Petersen |first=Javier |date=6 September 2012 |title=El curioso partido político que "clausuró" la AFIP |url=http://www.clarin.com/politica/desconocido-partido-politico-clausuro-AFIP_0_769123259.html |website=Clarín}}
The party emphasizes the role of free markets and individual achievement as the primary factors behind economic prosperity. To this end, they favor laissez-faire economics, fiscal conservatism, and the promotion of personal responsibility over welfare programs. A leading economic theory advocated is supply-side economics. The party has been morally opposed to increasing the public debt and raising taxes, and proposed to reduce government spending as an alternative.{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2012 |title=El PRO sube impuestos en lugar de bajar el gasto |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/429-el-pro-sube-impuestos-en-lugar-de-bajar-el-gasto |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2012 |title=Proponen juntar dinero en forma privada para levantar el embargo de la Fragata Libertad |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1520860-proponen-juntar-dinero-en-forma-privada-para-levantar-el-embargo-de-la-fragata-libertad |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102003/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1520860-proponen-juntar-dinero-en-forma-privada-para-levantar-el-embargo-de-la-fragata-libertad |url-status=dead }}
History
The party started after a group of people discussed in a Facebook group called "I want a liberal party in Argentina" ({{langx|es|Quiero que exista un partido liberal en la Argentina}}).{{Cite web |last=Caminos |first=Mauricio |date=June 9, 2012 |title=Jóvenes buscan instalar un nuevo partido liberal en Argentina |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1479310-jovenes-buscan-instalar-un-nuevo-partido-liberal-en-argentina |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102009/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1479310-jovenes-buscan-instalar-un-nuevo-partido-liberal-en-argentina |url-status=dead }} Note that the word "liberal" referred to classical liberalism as opposed to modern liberalism. Because of the lack of representation in the country's government, the group decided to create their own party.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
Judge María Romilda Servini de Cubría is handling the legal recognition of the newly created party.{{Cite journal |date=June 23, 2010 |title=Segunda Sección |url=http://es.scribd.com/doc/33656066/Boletin-Oficial-23-06-10-Segunda-Seccion |journal=Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina |volume=31 |issue=929 |accessdate=May 27, 2011}} The party campaigned to get 4000 members in order to be able to take part in the 2013 election.
Protests
The Liberal Libertarian Party has been criticizing the policies implemented in Argentina since their foundation (e.g., doing a parody of an advertisement about taxes{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2011 |title=El PL repudió la publicidad televisiva de AFIP |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/272-el-pl-repudio-la-publicidad-televisiva-de-afip |language=Spanish}}), but the party acquired media attention in March 2011 when they asked Buenos Aires governor Mauricio Macri to lift a ruling on motels which doesn't allow the entrance of more than two people per room, arguing it was a violation of private property rights. The party said it should be up to the owner to decide the admission policies of his business, and not the State.{{Cite web |last=Carnevali |first=Angie |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Piden a Macri que permita el sexo grupal en "telos" porteños |url=http://www.noticiasurbanas.com.ar/info_item.shtml?sh_itm=2448713483f7fba9c529be055ca39975 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905213413/http://www.noticiasurbanas.com.ar/info_item.shtml?sh_itm=2448713483f7fba9c529be055ca39975 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |website=Noticias Urbanas |language=Spanish}}
The party suggested closing the CONEAU (National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation) arguing it's not only a misuse of taxpayers money but also an affront to academic independence.{{Cite web |last=Ercolano |first=Clarisa |date=March 5, 2011 |title=Partido Liberal porteño propone cerrar la Coneau |url=http://www.noticiasurbanas.com.ar/info_item.shtml?sh_itm=6b9883f732b54e3479f593244ec7f6a4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904092840/http://www.noticiasurbanas.com.ar/info_item.shtml?sh_itm=6b9883f732b54e3479f593244ec7f6a4 |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |website=Noticias Urbanas |language=Spanish}} They also protested against the state public founding of the TV program named "6,7,8" alleging taxpayers should not fund official propaganda.{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2011 |title=Pequeño escrache a "6,7,8" en TV Pública |url=http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2011/04/14/noticia_0042.html |website=Diario Perfil |language=Spanish |access-date=May 28, 2011 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102013/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2011/04/14/noticia_0042.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Fernández Echegaray |first=Luis |date=April 15, 2011 |title=Protesta frente a la puerta de Canal 7 en contra del programa 6,7,8 |url=http://www.cadena3.com/contenido/2011/04/15/74304.asp |website=Cadena 3 |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2011 |title=Mini escrache a 6-7-8 |url=http://www.mdzol.com/mdz/nota/288238-mini-escrache-a-6-7-8-apoyado-por-el-polemico-guillermo-cherashny/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728005116/http://www.mdzol.com/mdz/nota/288238-mini-escrache-a-6-7-8-apoyado-por-el-polemico-guillermo-cherashny/ |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |publisher=MDZ Online |language=Spanish}}
In April 2011, a controversy rise when Horacio González, director of the national library, ask to avoid choosing Nobel Prize in Literature Mario Vargas Llosa as the inaugural speaker at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair after Vargas Llosa criticized the Argentine government.{{Cite web |date=March 16, 2011 |title=Vargas Llosa en la Feria del Libro: sigue la polémica |url=http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Vargas-Llosa-Feria-Libro-polemica_0_445155588.html |website=Clarín |language=Spanish}} On the inauguration day, party members show up and held a demonstration in support of Vargas Llosa, who gave the inaugural speech without incidents.{{Cite web |date=April 11, 2011 |title=Llega la Contra-Cámpora y defiende a Vargas Llosa |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1364646-la-oposicion-dividida-hasta-en-una-boda |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=May 28, 2011 |archive-date=May 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515062529/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1364646-la-oposicion-dividida-hasta-en-una-boda |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Emanuel |date=April 22, 2011 |title=Vargas Llosa no criticó, y no fue escrachado |url=http://www.lavoz.com.ar/noticias/politica/vargas-llosa-no-critico-no-fue-escrachado |website=La Voz del Interior |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2011 |title=Pensamiento liberal, un contrapunto |url=http://weblogs.clarin.com/diariodelaferia/2011/04/21/pensamiento_liberal_un_contrapunto/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701104939/http://weblogs.clarin.com/diariodelaferia/2011/04/21/pensamiento_liberal_un_contrapunto/ |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |website=Clarín |language=Spanish}}
In May 2011, party members took part in the Global Marijuana March in Buenos Aires under the slogan The State is a bad trip ({{langx|es|El Estado pega mal}}).{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2011 |title=El Estado pega mal |url=http://lavaca.org/notas/el-estado-pega-mal-marcha-por-la-despenalizacion-de-la-tenencia-de-drogas/ |website=lavaca.org |language=Spanish}} The Liberal Libertarian Party support marijuana legalization claiming the State should respect individual actions as long they do not harm another individual's freedom.{{Cite web |date=May 6, 2012 |title=Despenalización de la marihuana: marcha de la libertad |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/376-despenalizacion-de-la-marihuana-marcha-de-la-libertad |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}} The party argue that prohibition violates article 19 of the constitution{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2011 |title=El PL en marcha por la despenalización de la marihuana: "el Estado pega mal" |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/277-el-pl-en-marcha-por-la-despenalizacion-de-la-marihuana-qel-estado-pega-malq |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}} They also demanded dismissal of the charges against Matías Faray, who was detained for cannabis cultivation.{{Cite web |last=Juan Diego Britos and Martín Sassone |date=April 21, 2011 |title=Un arresto reaviva el debate por la despenalización de la marihuana |url=http://tiempo.infonews.com/notas/arresto-reaviva-debate-despenalizacion-de-marihuana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102139/http://tiempo.infonews.com/notas/arresto-reaviva-debate-despenalizacion-de-marihuana |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |website=Tiempo Argentino |language=Spanish}}
On July 1, the party went to the main building of Argentina's tax agency AFIP ({{langx|en|Federal Administration of Public Income}}) to protest in a pacific way against the high tax rate. They did a symbolic closure of the tax agency as a celebration of Tax Freedom Day.{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2011 |title=(Simbólica) Clausura de la AFIP |url=http://www.urgente24.com/10793-simbolica-clausura-de-la-afip |website=Urgente 24}} Also the party criticized the Federal Coparticipation law, the use of taxpayers money on funding bankrupted{{Cite web |last=Dattilo |first=Sergio |date=September 26, 2008 |title=Aerolíneas Argentinas, en quiebra técnica |url=http://www.ambito.com/diario/noticia.asp?id=418954 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116220202/http://www.ambito.com/diario/noticia.asp?id=418954 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |website=Ámbito Financiero |language=Spanish }} airline Aerolíneas Argentinas and the use of retiree's money on Soccer for Everybody ({{langx|es|Fútbol para todos}}).{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2011 |title=El PL celebra el Día de la Liberación de Impuestos clausurando la AFIP |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/284-el-pl-celebra-el-dia-de-la-liberacion-de-impuestos-clausurando-la-afip |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}}
In January 2012, the party criticized the government's smart card SUBE ({{langx|es|Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico}}, {{langx|en|Unique Electronic Ticket System}}), a card used to travel by bus, train, and subway. A citizen who doesn't use the government's SUBE card is required to pay a higher price for the ticket.{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Tarjeta SUBE: la juventud del PL llamó a intercambiarlas para preservar la intimidad |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/341-tarjeta-sube-la-juventud-del-pl-llamo-a-intercambiarlas-para-preservar-la-intimidad |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2012 |title=El plástico para viajar con subsidio |url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/economia/2-186817-2012-02-03.html |website=Página/12 |language=Spanish}} As people are required to give personal information to the government in order to obtain these cards, and as the card logs the date, time, and location of each ride, the Liberal Libertarian Party said the card constitutes an encroachment by the government against the privacy of citizens. They proposed an exchange of cards between users as a form of peaceful protest.{{Cite web |last=Caminos |first=Mauricio |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Proponen intercambiar entre usuarios la SUBE para evitar el registro personal de viajes |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1444834-proponen-que-los-usuarios-intercambien-sus-tarjetas-sube |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621214829/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1444834-proponen-que-los-usuarios-intercambien-sus-tarjetas-sube |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2012 |title=Una forma de protesta que puede causar problemas |url=http://www.perfil.com/ediciones/2012/2/edicion_647/contenidos/noticia_0031.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903112938/http://www.perfil.com/ediciones/2012/2/edicion_647/contenidos/noticia_0031.html |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2012 |website=Perfil |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2012 |title=Entrevista a Gonzalo Blousson por la SUBE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8glDDK0hUY |website=Banda 3.0 |language=Spanish}} (Video) Months later, controversy arose when an independent newspaper found irregularities in the call for bids process of SUBE as it cost $10 million (ARS) more than the second most expensive bid.{{Cite web |last=Ruiz |first=Iván |date=May 21, 2012 |title=Pagan $ 10 millones más caro el control del sistema SUBE |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1475046-pagan-10-millones-mas-caro-el-control-del-sistema-sube |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102222/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1475046-pagan-10-millones-mas-caro-el-control-del-sistema-sube |url-status=dead }} After the press found fake employees with fake résumés and a fake office address,{{Cite web |date=July 9, 2012 |title=Lanata, tras el "fantasma" que controla la tarjeta SUBE |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1489002-lanata-tras-el-fantasma-que-controla-la-tarjeta-sube |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102230/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1489002-lanata-tras-el-fantasma-que-controla-la-tarjeta-sube |url-status=dead }} the government decided to cancel the contract with the company that supervised the card.{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2012 |title=El Gobierno suspendió el contrato con la empresa que supervisaba la SUBE |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1489935-randazzo-suspendio-la-supervision-de-la-sube |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102232/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1489935-randazzo-suspendio-la-supervision-de-la-sube |url-status=dead }}
From May 2012, Argentina's tax agency (AFIP) forced banks to ask authorization in order to sell United States dollars to citizens. The buyer must notify to AFIP his income and they decide how many dollars he can buy.{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2011 |title=La AFIP deberá habilitar cada adquisición de dólares en base a los ingresos declarados por los compradores |url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/economia/2-180062-2011-10-29.html |website=Página/12 |language=Spanish}} Also, the foreign currency market is restricted to entities approved by the Central Bank. This restrictions to buy dollars led to an increase in black market activity.{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2012 |title=En el mercado negro avanza la timba. |url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/economia/2-194769-2012-05-24.html |website=Página/12}} The party believes the people has the constitutional right to use and dispose their private property as they wish,{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2012 |title=El PL sale a la calle a vender dólares |url=http://www.liberallibertario.org/home/index.php/prensa/archivo/383-el-pl-sale-a-la-calle-a-vender-dolares |website=Liberal Libertarian Party |language=Spanish}} so they protested against the restrictions by buying/selling dollars in small units to the public, without proper government authorization, at Buenos Aires Central Business District. AFIP security agents were present at the beginning of the protest but left when the media arrived.{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2012 |title=Curiosa protesta en Lavalle y Florida: venden dólares sin permiso y a 5 pesos. |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1477081-curiosa-protesta-en-lavalle-y-florida-venden-dolares-sin-permiso-y-a-5-pesos |website=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408102242/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1477081-curiosa-protesta-en-lavalle-y-florida-venden-dolares-sin-permiso-y-a-5-pesos |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2012 |title=Un partido vendió dólares a $5 en plena Florida |url=http://www.infobae.com/notas/650176-Un-partido-politico-vendio-dolares-a-5-en-Florida.html |website=Infobae |language=Spanish |access-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530233725/http://www.infobae.com/notas/650176-Un-partido-politico-vendio-dolares-a-5-en-Florida.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2012 |title=Corralito verde |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbvgawge4kU |website=Crónica TV |language=Spanish}} (Video) The original protest won the attention of the national press and a few news agencies from other countries.{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2012 |title=Venden dólares en peatonal de Buenos Aires para protestar por restricciones |url=http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/73389-venden-dolares-en-peatonal-de-buenos-aires-para-protestar-por-restricciones-.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530013902/http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/73389-venden-dolares-en-peatonal-de-buenos-aires-para-protestar-por-restricciones-.html |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |website=La Nación (Paraguay) |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |title=Miembros de grupo político liberal venden dólares en calles de Buenos Aires en protestas por restricciones |url=http://www.ntn24.com/videos/miembros-de-grupo-politico-lib-050358-050358 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316224827/http://www.ntn24.com/videos/miembros-de-grupo-politico-lib-050358-050358 |archive-date=2014-03-16 |access-date=2012-06-16 |website=NTN24 (Colombia) |language=Spanish}}
References
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External links
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