Civic Coalition ARI

{{Short description|Political party in Argentina}} {{About|the political party|the former coalition|Civic Coalition (Argentina)}} {{Infobox political party | name = Civic Coalition ARI | native_name = Coalición Cívica ARI | abbreviation = CC-ARI | colorcode = {{party color|Civic Coalition ARI}} | logo = CCARI Logo.svg | logo_size = 150px | leader1_title = Leader | leader1_name = [[Elisa Carrió]] | leader2_title = President | leader2_name = [[Maximiliano Ferraro]]<ref name="infobae.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2020/12/13/maximiliano-ferraro-fue-reelegido-como-presidente-de-la-coalicion-civica/|title=Maximiliano Ferraro fue reelegido como presidente de la Coalición Cívica|date=December 13, 2020|website=infobae}}</ref> | leader3_title = Vice President | leader3_name = [[Mariana Zuvic]]<ref name="infobae.com"/> | leader4_title = Chamber Leader | leader4_name = [[Juan Manuel López (politician)|Juan Manuel López]] | foundation = {{start date and age|2002}} | split = [[Radical Civic Union]] | headquarters = Av. Rivadavia 1479, C1033AAE, [[Buenos Aires]] | membership_year = 2017 | membership = {{increase}} 51,646 (6th)<ref name=electoral>{{cite web|url=https://www.electoral.gob.ar/nuevo/paginas/datos/afiliacionesdatos.php|title=AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS|website=electoral.gob.ar|language=es|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electoral.gov.ar/pdf/afiliados_1er_semestre_2016.pdf|website=electoral.gob.ar|language=es|title=Estadística de Afiliados|date=2016|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref> | ideology = [[Liberalism]]<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34899223|title= Change ahead: Mauricio Macri's vision for Argentina|date= 10 December 2015|newspaper= [[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2007/09/internacional/elecciones_argentina/candidatos/carrio.html|title=ELECCIONES ARGENTINA 2007 | Especiales | elmundo.es|website=www.elmundo.es}}</ref> [[Civic humanism]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/en-el-cierre-de-campana-elisa-carrio-hablo-de-los-derechos-humanos-y-apunto-contra-hebe-de-bonafini-nid1816876 |title=Elisa Carrió: "No soy de derecha ni de izquierda, soy humanista" - LA NACION|date=7 August 2015 }}</ref> [[Anti-corruption]]<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/opinion/que-quiere-coalicion-civica-ari/|title=¿Qué quiere la Coalición Cívica ARI?|date=January 16, 2019|website=www.lavoz.com.ar}}</ref> [[Developmentalism]]<ref name= ideología /> [[Social liberalism]]<ref name= ideología /> [[Conservatism]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-30 |title=El país de la buena onda |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/el-pais-de-la-buena-onda-nid1806090/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> | position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref name="ideología" >{{cite journal|date=9 December 2014|first=Matías Gabriel|last=Murias|periodical=Vaneduc|title=El partido Argentinos para una República de Iguales como una alternativa emergente en la crisis de representación argentina entre el 2001-2003|url=https://imgbiblio.vaneduc.edu.ar/fulltext/files/TC116392.pdf}}</ref><ref name="perfil.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/maximiliano-ferraro-presidente-de-la-cc-ari-ratificamos-la-pertenencia-a-cambiemos.phtml |title=Maximiliano Ferraro, presidente de la CC-ARI: "Ratificamos la pertenencia a Cambiemos" {{!}} Perfil|date=19 December 2018 }}</ref> '''Factions:''' [[Center-right]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Milenio |date=2015-03-16 |title=Gobierno argentino compara pacto opositor con el que apoyó a De La Rúa |url=https://www.milenio.com/internacional/gobierno-argentino-compara-pacto-opositor-apoyo-rua |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Grupo Milenio |language=es-MX}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fabiana Ríos se convierte en la primera gobernadora de una provincia argentina {{!}} elmundo.es |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/06/25/internacional/1182742932.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.elmundo.es}}</ref> to [[center-left]]<ref name= ideología /> | international = | seats1_title = Seats in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|257|hex={{party color|Civic Coalition ARI}}}} | seats2_title = Seats in the [[Argentine Senate|Senate]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Civic Coalition ARI}}}} | seats3_title = [[Provinces of Argentina|Province]] [[List of Governors in Argentina|Governors]] | seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Civic Coalition ARI}}}} | colors = [[Blue|Light blue]] | website = [http://coalicioncivicaari.org.ar/ CoalicionCivicaARI.org.ar] | country = Argentina | affiliation1_title = Parliamentary group | affiliation1 = [[Hacemos Federal Coalition]] (HCF) }}

'''Civic Coalition ARI''' ({{langx|es|Coalición Cívica ARI}}, CC-ARI), until October 2009 known as '''Support for an Egalitarian Republic''' ({{langx|es|Afirmación para una República Igualitaria}}, ARI), is a [[Centrism|centrist]]<ref name="perfil.com"/> [[political party]] in [[Argentina]] founded in 2002 by [[Elisa Carrió]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cajén|first=Facundo|title=Nuestras ideas y valores|url=https://ccaribuenosaires.org.ar/nuestras-ideas-y-valores/|access-date=2021-11-11|language=es}}</ref>

It is a member of [[Cambiemos]] since 2015, along with [[centrism|centrist]] and [[centre-right]] parties.<ref>{{cite news|title=El desafío que la nueva alianza opositora debe pasar en Diputados|url=https://www.ambito.com/politica/el-desafio-que-la-nueva-alianza-opositora-debe-pasar-diputados-n3883720|publisher=[[Ámbito Financiero]]|date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>

Many consider it a [[Social liberalism|social liberal]]<ref>{{Cite web| title=El partido Argentinos para una República de Iguales (ARI) como alternativa emergente en la crisis de representación argentina entre el 2001-2003 | language=es | trans-title=The Argentinians for a Republic of Equals (ARI) party as an emerging alternative in the Argentine representation crisis between 2001-2003 | url=https://imgbiblio.vaneduc.edu.ar/fulltext/files/TC116392.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811134108/https://imgbiblio.vaneduc.edu.ar/fulltext/files/TC116392.pdf | archive-date=2021-08-11}}</ref> and an innovative party. It offers a political option located in the [[centrism|centre]], where the defense of republican institutions and democratic freedoms prevails. It groups together modern [[Social democracy|social democrats]], who accept the "Fundamentals of the economy" and publicly condemn the dictatorship of Fidel Castro; together with democratic [[Liberalism|liberals]], supporters of civil liberties that clearly separate them from conservatives, primarily defenders of the rule of law and pragmatists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cadal.org/publicaciones/articulos/?id=1759|title=¿Nace un partido liberal progresista en la Argentina?|website=CADAL.ORG}}</ref>

== Creation and history == Elisa Carrió, a former [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR) politician, created the ARI after the breakup of [[Alliance for Work, Justice and Education|the government alliance]] that brought [[Fernando de la Rúa]] to the [[1999 Argentine general election|presidency in 1999]].

The [[Elections in Argentina, 2001|2001 elections]] gave ARI 17 of the 257 seats in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies]], and one [[Argentine Senate|senator]]. Carrió got a 14.1% share of the vote in the [[Elections in Argentina, 2003|2003 presidential elections]]. In the [[Elections in Argentina, 2005|2005 elections]], ARI won eight seats. In the [[Elections in Argentina, 2007|2007 elections]], ARI won the governorship of the deep-south [[Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province|Province of Tierra del Fuego]], when [[Fabiana Rios]], an ARI deputy, defeated the [[Front for Victory|pro-government]] candidate [[Hugo Cóccaro]], on June 24, 2007. Tierra del Fuego is currently (as of 2008) the first and only [[Provinces of Argentina|province]] ruled by ARI.

The party has established itself as a major force in the [[Buenos Aires|City of Buenos Aires]], in [[Buenos Aires Province]], and in the aforementioned [[Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province|Province of Tierra del Fuego]].

In the presidential elections of 2007, Carrió came second, heading the Civic Coalition with [[Rubén Giustiniani]]. She obtained about 23% of the vote, coming in a second behind [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]]. She won the majority vote in two of the three largest cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires and [[Rosario]], but she suffered a larger defeat in [[Buenos Aires Province]], the most populated district, and could not force a run-off election.<ref>''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]'', 29 October 2007. [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/10/29/um/m-01529064.htm Cristina Kirchner conserva casi 22 puntos de diferencia sobre Carrió] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825070502/http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2007/10/29/um/m-01529064.htm |date=2011-08-25 }}.</ref> ARI did however win four Senate seats (2 of the City of Buenos Aires and 2 of Tierra del Fuego) and a considerable number of seats in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies]], with further Congress seats for other members of the Coalition.

===Current status=== On 31 January 2015, through their personal accounts on social networks, [[Mauricio Macri]] and [[Elisa Carrió]] simultaneously announced that they "sealed the unity." Each one headed a formula of his same party in the primaries of August; the winner of the internship competed in the national generals on October.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/mauricio-macri-vamos-a-competir-en-las-internas-abiertas-con-elisa-carrio-nid1764749/|title= Mauricio Macri y Elisa Carrió anunciaron que van a competir en las primarias|date= 31 January 2015|publisher= [[La Nación]]}}</ref>

== 2007 split == As part of building a broader coalition ahead of the 2007 elections, Carrió reached out to centre-right figures such as [[Patricia Bullrich]] and [[María Eugenia Estenssoro]], who was elected Senator for Buenos Aires. This proved controversial in ARI ranks and some national legislators formed a separate block called the Autonomous ARI in Congress. In May 2008, the block, led by [[Eduardo Macaluse]], announced that they were forming a new party, [[Solidarity and Equality]] (''Solidaridad e Igualdad – SI''). Others who left ARI were [[Carlos Raimundi]], [[Leonardo Gorbacz]], [[Delia Bisutti]], [[Nélida Belous]], [[Verónica Venas]], [[Emilio García Méndez]], [[Lidia Naim]] and [[María América González]].<ref>[http://www.parlamentario.com/noticia-14812.html El ARI Autónomo mutó a Solidaridad e Igualdad SI], parlamentario.com, 18 May 2008.</ref> Senator [[María Rosa Díaz]] also appeared at the launch of SI.<ref>[http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-104392-2008-05-18.html Dígale SI al nuevo partido opositor], ''[[Página/12]]'', 18 May 2008.</ref> Several of the legislators that created the new party had won their seats in the 2007 election as part of the Civic Coalition, which they later opposed. The ARI deputies from Tierra del Fuego sit with the SI members in a separate block in the Chamber of Deputies. Subsequently, Senators [[María Rosa Díaz]] and [[José Carlos Martínez (politician)|José Carlos Martínez]] left ARI altogether in March 2009.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231117064656/https://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=139661&id=283108&dis=1&sec=1 Two opposition Senators side with the Government on eve of crucial vote to anticipate mid-term elections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705092545/http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=139661&id=283108&dis=1&sec=1 |date=2009-07-05 }}, [[Telam]] news agency, 25 March 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=585276&hideIntro=true Senate votes today on early election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705143329/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=585276&hideIntro=true |date=2009-07-05 }}, ''[[Buenos Aires Herald]]'', 26 March 2009.</ref>

In October 2009, the official name was changed into ''Partido Coalición Cívica para la Afirmación de una República Igualitaria'' (Civic Coalition Party for the Support of an Egalitarian Republic). Usually it is shortened to ''Coalición Cívica ARI'' (Civic Coalition ARI).

==Ideology and values== According to [[Maximiliano Ferraro]], its national chairman, "the ''Civic Coalition'' and [[Elisa Carrió|Lilita Carrió]] represent values and ideas that are linked to the [[republic]], [[liberal democracy]], [[humanism]], the ethics of [[Alterity|otherness]] and [[ecumenism]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/periodismopuro/maxi-ferraro-jxc-no-tiene-por-que-ser-gorila-o-antiperonista.phtml|title=Maxi Ferraro: "JxC no tiene por qué ser gorila o antiperonista" | Perfil|website=www.perfil.com}}</ref>

Elisa Carrió is considered a [[Liberalism|liberal]], [[Christianism|Christian]] and [[Heterodoxy|heterodox]] politician in Argentina.<ref name="auto"/>

Gregorio Hernández Maqueda, chairman of CC-ARI in the province of Córdoba, declared that his vigilance is the fulfillment of the maximum alliance agreed by the people and for the people: the [[Constitution of Argentina|Constitution]]. He affirms that the other side of poverty is not lack of resources or wars, but [[corruption]]. He believes that [[Mauricio Macri]] has achieved a government that "brought [[freedom]] where there was only [[authoritarianism]], truth where there was only lies and hope where there was only resignation."<ref name="auto1"/>

In the Civic Coalition, of its 10 members, only one [[Juan Manuel López (politician)|Juan Manuel López]] voted in favor of [[abortion in Argentina|legalization of abortion]].<ref name="lanacion.com.ar">{{cite web |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/uno-por-uno-como-voto-cada-diputado-el-proyecto-de-legalizacion-del-aborto-nid2143835/ |title=Uno por uno, cómo votó cada diputado el proyecto de legalización del aborto - LA NACION|date=14 June 2018 }}</ref> The most outraged by the result of the vote was Elisa Carrió, who threatened to break the coalition. His words fell lousy in the leadership of [[Cambiemos]].<ref name="lanacion.com.ar"/>

Being an opponent, during the conflict between ruralists and the government, Carrió said that the "way out is the countryside."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/carrio-camino-salida-campo_0_SJEVNd9ApKe.html |title=Para Carrió, el "camino de salida es el campo" |website=www.clarin.com|date=8 March 2009 }}</ref>

== See also == * [[:Category:Civic Coalition ARI politicians]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://coalicioncivicaari.org.ar/}}

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