The Birth of a United Conservative Movement?
In the 2019 elections, Juan Jose Gomez Centurión’s new political party NOS – coming from “nosotros”, the first word of the Argentinian constitution – came 5 th , with 2.5 per cent of the vote. This was a terrific result, considering that it had only been formed in February the same year. Gomez Centurión has since hinted at the possibility of an alliance with Lopez Murphy, an ex-presidential candidate and a key figure of the classical liberal movement in Argentina, in order to form a united conservative political movement. This is a promising first step for NOS, considering that the task ahead is to unite classical liberals, conservatives, nationalists, traditionalists, right-wing Peronists and all other political organisations who espouse conservative values. Why is this necessary, given that there is already a supposedly “centre-right” party led by Mauricio Macri? His party, unfortunately, is not conservative. It is founded upon an eclectic mix of developmentalist policies, and has...