Federal Peronism

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Federal Peronism (Spanish: Peronismo Federal), also known as Dissident Peronism (Spanish: Peronismo Disidente), is the faction or branch of either moderate, centrist, or right-wing Peronism (a political movement in Argentina), that is currently identified mostly by its opposition to Kirchnerism, the left-wing faction of Peronism. The term "Federal Peronism", as opposed to "metropolitan Peronism" (mainly from Greater Buenos Aires), was informally used since the 1980s to identify the more traditional and conservative Peronists from the Provinces of Argentina, whose governors grew in number and influence during the administration of President Carlos Menem. Federal Peronists are not an internal faction in the national Justicialist Party (PJ), and instead either control provincial PJ parties or form their own parties and alliances, including entering coalitions with the anti-Peronist right. "Dissident Peronism" is more properly used to refer to the Peronist opposition to the administrations...

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