The New Corrientes Party (, PANU) is a social-liberal political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 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

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

.

PANU's leading figure is former governor Raúl 'Tato' Romero Feris although its formal leader is Horacio Colombo. The party had one senator in the Argentine Senate

Argentine Senate

The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...

, Isabel Viudes

Isabel Viudes

Isabel Josefa Viudes de Damonte is a former Argentine Senator for Corrientes Province. A former Peronist, she was a member of the New Party Corrientes , but was expelled in 2009 due to her support to the Argentine National Government in the farm tax hike issue.Viudes qualified as a teacher then...

. However, she was expelled from the Party in 2008 for supporting the Government in a crucial Senate vote and has since announced she will be joining the ruling group.

External links

• Official site (Spanish)