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Weekly Report - 24 April 2014 (WR-14-16)

ARGENTINA: Opposition forces unite in show of unity

It is rare in the history of electoral campaigning, particularly in Latin America, to launch a political project without speeches from any of the main actors. Yet this is how the opposition Frente Amplio-Unen coalition started life, in a somewhat bizarre show of unity at a theatre in Buenos Aires. None of the leaders of the eight, predominantly left-wing, parties gave a speech. Instead, the actor, Luis Brandoni, read out the text of the coalition’s political platform which stressed such shared values as “the pursuit of freedom and equality” and a “strong yet efficient state”. With organisers fearing to jeopardise the coalition’s fragile unity by allowing speeches, the question remains whether this alliance can hold until the elections in October 2015. Already, there are strong differences over whether the grouping should seek to include Mauricio Macri, the right-wing mayor of Buenos Aires, to bolster its efforts to defeat Peronism.

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