The Socialist Party of Argentina is a political party operating in Argentina, South America.

The history of socialism in Argentina began in the 1890s, when a group of people, notably Juan B. Justo , who where involved in the liberal party, Radical Civic Union, expressed the need for a greater social focus.

The Socialist Party itself was founded in 1894, led by Justo and Nicolás Repetto . Through its life, the party suffered from various splits (the International Socialist Party, later renamed communist and the Independent Socialist Party were the most notable). The most important of those was in the 1960s, when the party divided itself in half, giving birth to the Popular Socialist Party (PSP) and the Argentine Socialist Party (PSA), from which a faction later created the Democratic Socialist Party (PSD). The PSP and PSD were rejoined in 2002, forming the Socialist Party.

The Socialist Party have controlled the city of Rosario since 1989, the third largest city of Argentina.

Among the socialist leaders of Argentina, the most remarkable are Alfredo Palacios, who was the first socialist parliamentarian in the Americas (1904) and a Senator in the 1960s; Juan B. Justo , doctor, philosopher, writer and leader of the party until his death in 1942; Alicia Moreau de Justo , (1895-1986), Justo´s wife, who for years was editor of the socialist newspaper La Vanguardia; Guillermo Estévez Boero , founder of the Popular Socialist Party; and Alfredo Bravo , a doctor and respected legislator in the last two decades of the 20th Century (d. 2003).

External link

• Official web site