Juntos por el Cambio

Juntos por el Cambio (sometimes abbreviated as JxC) (English: Together for Change) is an Argentine political coalition created to participate in the 2019 Argentine national elections. It is currently the largest opposition political space in Argentina.

Juntos por el Cambio
LeaderHoracio Rodríguez Larreta, Mauricio Macri, Patricia Bullrich[1]
Party PresidentsPatricia Bullrich (PRO)
Alfredo Cornejo (UCR)
Maximiliano Ferraro (CC-ARI)
Miguel Ángel Pichetto (PF)
Deputies LeaderMario Negri
Senate LeaderLuis Petcoff
Ideology
Political positionCentre[6] to centre-right[7]
Member parties
Chamber of Deputies
116 / 257
Senate
33 / 72
Governors
4 / 24
Website
jxc.com.ar

The coalition competed in the 2019 presidential elections with the formula made up of the then president of the Nation, Mauricio Macri, who was seeking his re-election, and the Peronist senator, who had been head of the Kirchnerist bench in the Senate, Miguel Ángel Pichetto. Macri did not achieve re-election and the front was in second place, with 40.28% of the votes, behind the formula of the Frente de Todos, made up of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, which prevailed in the first round with 48.24% of the votes.

On 14 November 2021, the center-left coalition of Argentina's ruling Peronist party, Frente de Todos (Front for Everyone), lost its majority in Congress for the first time in almost 40 years in midterm legislative elections. The election victory of Juntos por el Cambio meant a tough final two years in office for President Alberto Fernández. Losing control of the Senate made it difficult for him to make key appointments, including to the judiciary. It also forced him to negotiate with the opposition every initiative he sends to the legislature.[8][9]

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References

  1. González, Enric (2021-04-21). "El alcalde de Buenos Aires desobedece un decreto del presidente Fernández y asume el liderazgo de la oposición argentina". El País (in español). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  2. "Macri y el social liberalismo". Horacio Minotti (in español). Retrieved 2021-09-26.|Sebastián Fest (18 October 2020). "Mauricio Macri: "El kirchnerismo y Podemos caen en la irracionalidad"". El Mundo.
  3. Luis Gregorich (16 March 2016). "Macri, ante el desafío de salir del corto plazo". La Nación.
  4. de 2021Sociólogo, PorGonzalo Arias7 de Febrero; libro "Gustar, autor del; Gobernar", Ganar Y. "Por el centro o por derecha: el dilema en Juntos por el Cambio". infobae (in español). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  5. "Peronists may lose Argentina Congress for first time in 40 years".
  6. Bronstein, Hugh; Misculin, Nicolás (15 November 2021). Argentina's Peronists on the ropes after bruising midterm defeat. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentines-vote-midterm-trial-by-fire-president-fernandez-2021-11-14/.