| Afirmación para una República Igualitaria | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Elsa Quiroz |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Official ideology/ political position |
Progressivism, Social democracy |
| International affiliation | none |
| Official color(s) | Light blue |
| Website | www.ari.org.ar |
Support for an Egalitarian Republic (Spanish: Afirmación para una República Igualitaria, ARI) also known as Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Spanish: Alternativa por una República de Iguales) is a centre-left Argentine political party, founded in 2001 by Elisa Carrió.
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Creation and political representation
Elisa Carrió, a former Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, created the ARI after the breakup of the government alliance that brought Fernando de la Rúa to the presidency in 1999. It gathered members from UCR, the left-wing FrePaso and provincial parties. The 2001 elections, gave ARI 17 of the 257 seats in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, and one senator. Carrió got a 14.1% share of the vote in the 2003 presidential elections. In the 2005 elections, ARI won eight seats. The party has established itself as a major force only in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (where center-progressive middle-class vote has traditionally been important) and in Buenos Aires Province. In Santa Fe Province, where the Socialist Party has the only significant presence in the country, ARI has allied with it and with the local Radical Civic Union as part of the Progressive Front, to present joint proposals and candidates for the 2007 elections [1]. The Coalition's Socialist candidate, Hermes Binner, won the seat of governor of Santa Fe. Fabiana Ríos, an ARI deputy, was also elected governor of Tierra del Fuego Province in 2007.
