Intransigent Party

The Intransigent Party (Spanish: Partido Intransigente) is a leftist political party in Argentina, founded in 1963 by Oscar Alende. Its membership came from the Intransigent Radical Civic Union, one of the two factions of the Radical Civic Union.

Intransigent Party Partido Intransigente
Abbreviation	PI
President	Enrique Gustavo Cardesa
Founder	Oscar Alende
Founded	24 June 1972
Preceded by	Intransigent Radical Civic Union
Headquarters	Buenos Aires
Ideology	Democratic socialism[1] Progressivism[2]
Political position	Left-wing[3]
National affiliation	Unión por la Patria
Regional affiliation	COPPPAL[4] São Paulo Forum[5]
Colors	Red, Black
Slogan	La izquierda popular en el frente
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	1 / 257
Seats in the Senate	0 / 72
Website
www.pi.org.ar
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History

The party was for a long time allied with Peronism in elections. Alende was presidential candidate in 1963, 1973, and 1983 without much success.

The party had its most successful period in 1985, becoming the third-largest party. It fell into oblivion after allying with the Justicialist Party from 1987.

The party was part of the FrePaSo coalition from the 1990s and entered government in 1999 as part of the Alianza between FrePaSo and the Radical Civic Union that brought Fernando de la Rúa to the presidency. The Alianza collapsed in 2001 and FrePaSo effectively disappeared.

For the 2003 Presidential Election, the Intransigent Party was allied to ARI, the party of Elisa Carrió, supporting her for President, and allowing her to be candidate (because her party did not have members in all the provinces). For 2005 legislative elections, the Intransigent Party allied with the Broad Front, Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Argentina, forming the coalition called Encuentro Amplio.

In 2007, the Party backed the Front for Victory and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as candidate for President of Argentina.

The party was part of the Frente de Todos coalition that supported presidential candidate Alberto Fernández during the 2019 Argentine general election until its dissolution in 2023.

It is now part of the Unión por la Patria coalition, formed in 2023 to support Sergio Massa's presidential campaign.