National Fascist Union Unión Nacional Fascista | |
|---|---|
| Historic Leader | Nimio de Anquín |
| Founded | 1936 (1936) |
| Dissolved | 1939 (1939)[1] |
| Preceded by | Argentine Fascist Party |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Party flag | |
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TheNational Fascist Union (Unión Nacional Fascista,UNF) was afascist political party formed inArgentina in 1936, as the successor to theArgentine Fascist Party.[3]
In August 1936, UNF leaderNimio de Anquín attempted to force students at a law school in Cordoba to pledge a statement of support for theSpanish generalFrancisco Franco.[4] Police responded with a crackdown against Argentine nationalists.[4] Support for the UNF surged after two nationalists were shot and killed in theColegio Montserrat in 1938.[4] In the aftermath of the Montserrat murders, Anquin denounced the middle and upper class for complicity and cowardice and claimed that "communism,Judaism, and degenerate Radicalism" were responsible for causing the murders.[5] Anquín called for the mourners to swear "by God, honour, and the Fatherland, to return the homicidal bullet".[5]
By 1939, the UNF was largely defunct, and Anquín retired from the political scene to resume his earlier career as a lecturer.[1]
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