Freemen of the South Movement

For the 19th century rebellion, see Freemen of the South.

The Free of the South Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Libres del Sur) is a centre-left political party created in 2006 in Argentina. It is made up of the Movimiento Barrios de Pie, the Agrupación Martín Fierro, the Frente Barrial 19 de Diciembre and the Corriente Patria Libre.

Freemen of the South Movement Movimiento Libres del Sur
President	Humberto Tumini
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Student wing	Movimiento Universitario Sur
Membership	47,596 (2016)[1]
Ideology	Progressivism Democratic socialism Social democracy Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Latinamericanism[2]
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing[3][4][5]
National affiliation	Federal Consensus
International affiliation	São Paulo Forum
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	0 / 257
Website
http://libresdelsur.org.ar
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History

In the 2007 Argentine general election, the movement had two of its members elected as national representatives in the Lower House of the Argentine National Congress, Cecilia Merchan and Victoria Donda, daughter of desaparecidos. They were elected on the lists of the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party and sit in the block of the Popular and Social Encounter. ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Politics of Argentina