Support for an Egalitarian Republic

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Support for an Egalitarian Republic (Spanish: Afirmación para una República Igualitaria) also known as Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Spanish: Alternativa por una República de Iguales) is a center-left Argentine political party. It is commonly referred to by its acronym, ARI.

ARI was founded in 2001 by Elisa Carrió, a former Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, after the breakup of the government alliance that brought Fernando de la Rúa to the presidency. It gathered members from UCR and left-leaning parties.

The 2001 elections, gave ARI 17 of the 257 seats in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, and one senator. Carrió got a 14.1% share of the vote in the 2003 presidential elections. In the 2005 elections, ARI won eight seats.

The party has established itself as a major force only in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (where center-progressive middle-class vote has traditionally been important) and in Buenos Aires Province. In Santa Fe Province, where the Socialist Party has the only significant presence in the country, ARI has allied with it and with the local Radical Civic Union as part of the Progressive Front, to present joint proposals and candidates for the 2007 elections. [1]