The Liberal Party of Corrientes () is a liberal conservative

Liberal conservatism

Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different...

 provincial

Province

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 political party

Political party

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 in Corrientes Province

Corrientes Province

Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...

, Argentina

Argentina

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. Founded in 1856, it is the oldest political party in Argentina and in Latin America

Latin America

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, the second oldest in the Americas.

The Party had its origins in the Federalist

Federalist

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 traditions of Corrientes and was founded on 15 December 1856 by Juan Eusebio Torrent. From its first activities it supported the national activities of Bartolomé Mitre

Bartolomé Mitre

Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

. José Pampín was elected Corrientes Governor in 1861, the first of 17 Liberal governors. Torrent was Mitre's Vice-presidential candidate in 1874.

Leading figures over the Party's history included Juan Balestra, a government minister under Carlos Pellegrini

Carlos Pellegrini

Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

, Raimundo Meabe who governed Salta

Salta Province

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 and Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Province

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 provinces, and Juan R. Aguirre Lanari, a senator and government minister.

The Party was a member of the national Recrear

Recreate for Growth

Recreate for Growth was a conservative liberal political party in Argentina, that existed from 2002 to 2009.The party was formed in March 2002, mostly by market-oriented members of the Radical Civic Union, headed by Ricardo López Murphy....

 electoral alliance then led by Ricardo López Murphy

Ricardo López Murphy

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, having backed López Murphy for President in 2003.