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Frente Despertar

Frente Despertar ('Wake up front') is a political coalition in Argentina. It participated in the 2019 general election, formed by Unite for Freedom and Dignity, the Union of the Democratic Centre, the Libertarian Party and the Democratic Party.

Wake Up Front
Frente Despertar
LeaderJosé Luis Espert[1]
PresidentJosé Luis Espert
Vice PresidentLuis Rosales
Founded12 June 2019; 4 years ago (2019-06-12)
Dissolved7 December 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-07)
Succeeded byAvanza Libertad
La Libertad Avanza
IdeologyClassical liberalism[2][3][4]
Economic liberalism[5][6]
Libertarianism[7][8]
Political positionRight-wing[9][10][11][12] to far-right[13][14]
Colors  Blue
 
Members
Union of the Democratic Centre[15]
Unite por la Libertad y la Dignidad[16]
Democratic Party[17]
Autonomist Party[18]
Libertarian Party[19]
Website
https://despertarargentina.com/

Its presidential candidate was the economist José Luis Espert, who announced on December 23 of 2018 his intention to participate in the presidential elections.[20][21]

History edit

The alliance was about to be disbanded because Alberto Asseff's party, UNIR Constitutional Nationalist Party (the only party in the alliance that met the requirements to nominate a presidential candidate), stopped supporting the front. But a few days later, UNITE backed Espert's candidacy[22] and ended up participating in the elections.

On July 14, 2021, the closing day for the presentation of alliances for the 2021 legislative elections, the Avanza Libertad coalition with parties from the center-right sector became official in the Province of Buenos Aires. The UCEDE, the Democratic Party and the Autonomist Party will participate in the coalition, as well as groups that are not yet, legally, political parties in the province, such as Republicans United and the Republican Libertarian Movement.[23]

Following doubts related to the financing of the 2019 Argentine presidential election campaign of the Frente Despertar and the links with the drug trafficking detainee Federico "Fred" Machado,[24] Milei was denounced along with José Luis Espert; Milei did not take part to the 2019 campaign.[25] Luis Rosales, Jimena Aristizabal, and Nazareno Etchepare also entered the complaint before the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 8, for the crimes of concealment and illicit association.[26][27]

Proposals edit

Frente Despertar's electoral platform has thirteen proposals; they were announced at the same time as Espert's candidacy, and posted on the coalition's website, where they are explained with more detail.[28]

  1. Eliminate or reduce tariffs on imports to a low and uniform minimum
  2. Sign free trade agreements with any region or country that desires to access the local market.
  3. Remove tariffs on exports (called "retenciones")
  4. Focus on the most unprotected sectors.
  5. Transform welfare programs into disbursements in things like health and education plans and community kitchens.
  6. Lower the tax burden by eliminating and reducing taxes.
  7. Keep fiscal responsibility.
  8. Reduce political spending.
  9. End coparticipation and propose a political regionalization of the provinces to make more jurisdictions self-financing.
  10. End every industrial or regional promotion regime.
  11. End syndicalism and collective labour agreements.
  12. Reform the education system.
  13. Reform the Penal Code and the Procedure Code, imposing sentences of effective compliance and eliminate constitutional guarantees that favour criminals.

Electoral results edit

Presidential elections edit

Year Formula Primaries First round Result
President Vice president votes % votes % Not elected Position
2019 José Luis Espert Luis Rosales 550.593
2.16%
 394,206
1.47%
 6º

National Congress elections edit

Chamber of Deputies edit

Year Votes % Seats won Total seats
2019 113,812
0.44%
0 / 130
0 / 257

Senate edit

Year Votes % Seats won Total seats
2019 38,970
0.69%
0 / 24
0 / 72

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Struminger, Brenda (30 September 2019). "Elecciones 2019: ¿quiénes son los candidatos de la derecha que podrían entrar al Congreso y cuántos puntos necesitan?". La Nación.
  2. ^ "Liberales y libertarios, en la hora del realismo". El Cronista. 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ Lacour, Pedro (25 July 2021). "Los partidos liberales presentan sus candidaturas de cara a las PASO". La Nación.
  4. ^ Vassolo, Inés Beato (11 March 2021). "Los liberales ratifican su distancia con Cambiemos: "No hay acercamiento, competiremos con ellos", afirmó José Luis Espert". La Nación.
  5. ^ "Referentes liberales formalizaron la presentación del Frente Despertar" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Finalmente José Luis Espert va con su propia alianza en la provincia de Buenos Aires". 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ "José Luis Espert presentó el Partido Libertario y lanzó su candidatura presidencial". www.clarin.com. 23 December 2018.
  8. ^ Gilbert, Carolina Millan y Jonathan (October 8, 2020). "José Luis Espert: el libertario que busca acabar con la 'decadencia' en Argentina". Perfil.com.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Elecciones 2019: así quedaron los siete frentes que competirán en las PASO | Tras el cierre de alianzas, la mayoría ya tiene definida su fórmula presidencial". PAGINA12 (in Spanish). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. ^ "El vice de José Luis Espert será el periodista Luis Rosales". Cba24n (in Spanish). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  11. ^ Lacour, Pedro (25 July 2021). "Los partidos liberales presentan sus candidaturas de cara a las PASO". La Nación.
  12. ^ "Finalmente José Luis Espert va con su propia alianza en la provincia de Buenos Aires". 14 July 2021.
  13. ^ Gaceta, La. "Ocho fórmulas competirán por la Casa Rosada". www.lagaceta.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  14. ^ "Circo Espert: un show desbordado de pirotecnia dura para vender un Bolsonaro argentino". LetraP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  15. ^ "Presentaron oficialmente el Frente Despertar que lleva como candidato presidencial a José Luis Espert" (in Spanish).
  16. ^ "Espert da pelea para ser candidato, usara el mismo sello de Granata" (in Spanish). 25 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Portazo con festejo: Castello celebró el pase del Partido Demócrata al frente de Espert". Diputados Bonaerenses. 13 July 2019.
  18. ^ @jlespert (February 12, 2020). "Documento firmado. Gran logro de @grcastello Este es el camino" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "El Frente Despertar definió su lista para la ciudad" (in Spanish).
  20. ^ "Estos son los frentes electorales que competirán en las elecciones presidenciales". Infobae.com (in Spanish).
  21. ^ "El economista José Luis Espert lanzó su candidatura a presidente: "Argentina es decadente por el modelo populista"". infobae.com (in Spanish).
  22. ^ Clarín (25 June 2019). "José Luis Espert consiguió otro sello y lo presentó en la Justicia para sostener su candidatura". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  23. ^ "Espert logra unir al liberalismo en Provincia de Buenos Aires por fuera de Juntos por el Cambio - la Derecha Diario". 15 July 2021.
  24. ^ Fahsbender, Federico (18 April 2021). "La caída de 'Fred' Machado, el empresario argentino acusado de estafas millonarias y de importar cocaína a Estados Unidos". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  25. ^ "La nueva grieta entre Milei y Espert por su apoyo a Larreta: qué le dijo". El Cronista (in Spanish). 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  26. ^ "Denuncian a Espert por su vínculo con un empresario acusado por narcotráfico". Perfil (in Spanish). 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  27. ^ "La justicia electoral apunta al vínculo entre Espert y un empresario narco". Perfil (in Spanish). 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  28. ^ "PROPUESTAS | Frente Despertar". Despertar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

External links edit

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