Intransigent UCR

The "Intransigent UCR" was a faction that emerged from Argentina's Radical Civic Union (UCR) in the 1950s. The UCR itself is a major center-left political party, historically a primary opposition to the Peronists. Founded in 1890, the UCR championed liberal democratic values and drew support from the urban middle class. After electoral reforms in 1912, the UCR began participating in elections, with its leader Hipólito Irigoyen becoming president in 1916. The party experienced an internal split in the 1950s, leading to the formation of the Intransigent UCR, which collaborated with the Peronists. The term "unitario" in early 19th-century Argentina referred to advocates of a strong central government, primarily from Buenos Aires, in opposition to federalism.12