Republican League
TheRepublican League(Liga Republicana) was afascistmovement inArgentinafounded byRoberto LaferrereandRodolfo Irazustain 1929.[1]The party borrowed heavily from the ideology and structure of theFrenchintegristmovementAction Françaisewhose ideas had been disseminated in Argentina by polemicists such asJuan Carulla.[2]
TheLigahad its roots in a youth movement set up by Irazusta and Laferrere around 1927, the aim of which was to undermine the government.[3]The group was united by the members′ hatred ofHipólito Yrigoyenalthough significant elements within theLigawere inspired by thefascismofBenito Mussolinias well as the ideas ofMiguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella.[4]Laferrère was insistent that theLigashould not become a political party and he clashed with Irazusta over the issue when the latter suggested presenting a list for the1930 election.De Laferrère andJuan Carulla's idea, that theLigashould support the Independent Socialists, was endorsed and Irazusta resigned from the movement.[4]
Following the establishment of theArgentine Civic Legionin 1931, Laferrère began to wane in his support forJosé Félix Uriburuand eventually withdrew hisLiga Republicanafrom the movement, citing the "lumpen" nature of what was approaching a mass movement, as well as its ties to mainstream conservatism. As a consequence of de Laferrère's split other nationalist intellectuals followed suit.[5]The fate of theLigaafter this is unclear.
References[edit]
- ^Larsen, Stein Ugelvik (ed.).Fascism Outside of Europe.New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.ISBN0-88033-988-8.P. 255.
- ^Philip Rees,Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890,Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 55
- ^Sandra McGee Deutsch,Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939,Stanford University Press, 1999, pp. 197-198
- ^abSandra McGee Deutsch,Social origins of counterrevolution in Argentina, 1900-1932.
- ^Deutsch,Las Derechas,pp. 200-201
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