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Examines the coalitional dynamics of Peronism in Argentina and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Mexico.

A few weeks after Argentina had held elections on 14 May 1989, the UCEDE, with a mere 6% of the national vote, had become a highly visible member of the configuration of forces that would shape the politics of the Peronist government of Carlos Menem. This essay examines the efforts of the party to become the new face of conservatism in Argentine democratic politics

On the evening of 14 May 1989, hours after Argentina had held its first elections for a presidential succession in 60 years, the atmosphere at the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Unión del Centro Democrático(UCEDE) was lugubrious. The electoral news flowing into the computer terminals harbingered a resounding victoiy for Carlos Menem, the Peronist presidential candidate, and a remote third place showing of 6% for Alvaro Alsogaray, the presidential candidate of the young conservative party. Even in the capital city of Buenos Aires, where the UCEDE had led in the polls for congressional elections right up to election day, it trailed in third place. Would-be congressmen wandered the headquarters floor bewildered.

Examines the efforts of the Unión del Centro Democrático (UCEDE) to become the new face of conservatism in Argentine democratic politics; 1980s, chiefly.