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Argentina

Justicialist Party

Peronism

Logo of Justicialist Party.

The party Juan Perón founded, and the dominant force in Argentine politics since. Its factions range widely, but its core commitments are organised labour, social justice and national sovereignty.

Founded
1947
Positions as of
2023 presidential election platform
Last verified
01

What does it believe?

  • Wealth and inequality

    Built around organised labour: collective bargaining, price controls, subsidies and universal child allowance.

  • Nation and the world

    Perón’s "third position" between capitalism and communism remains the party’s stated foreign policy tradition.

02

Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

22

Evidence: Well documented

The state in the economy

26

Evidence: Well documented

Tradition and change

62

Evidence: Documented

Nation and the world

80

Evidence: Well documented

Power and its limits

45

Evidence: Documented

Sources

Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.

  • Plataforma Electoral de Unión por la Patria · Unión por la Patria · 2023
  • Carta Orgánica del Partido Justicialista · Partido Justicialista

Logo: PJ-logo.png · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons. Registered trademark of its owner.