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Project South Proyecto Sur | |
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| Leader | Jorge Selser |
| Founder | Pino Solanas |
| Founded | 2007; 19 years ago (2007) |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires,Argentina |
| Ideology | Progressivism[1][2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[3][4] |
| National affiliation | Homeland Force |
| Seats in theChamber of Deputies | 0 / 257 |
| Seats in theSenate | 0 / 72 |
Proyecto Sur ('Project South') is aprogressive[5] political party established in 2007 inArgentina. It was founded and would be led by film makerPino Solanas, who ran on the Proyecto Sur ticket for president in2007 and for Mayor ofBuenos Aires in2011.[6]
The party'sprogressive platform centers on thenationalization ofenergy,petroleum,rail, andshipping which, as formerstate enterprises, had beenprivatized during the 1989–99 administration of PresidentCarlos Menem.[7][8]
Proyecto Sur maintains athink tank, theInstituto Argentino de Propuestas (Argentine Institute for Proposals).[9]
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The party developed in part from theFrente Grande, a political party established in 1993 by with CongressmanCarlos Álvarez, film-makerPino Solanas, human rights activistGraciela Fernández Meijide and others disaffected with PresidentCarlos Menem's turn to the right.[10] Solanas, a renowned film maker in thepolitical cinema genre, establishedProyecto Sur in August 2007 ahead of his campaign for president in that year'sgeneral elections.[11] The ticket obtained fifth place (1.6%) and elected one Congressman.[12] Solanas, however, was satisfied with the results, and declared that"we have planted our flag."[13]
Proyecto Sur elected four Congressmen in the2009 mid-term elections.[14] The party later sealed alliances with a number of other left-wing parties, includingSolidarity and Equality, theMST,Free of the South Movement, theAuthentic Socialist Party, and theRevolutionary Communist Party. These alliances brought the Proyecto Sur-ledcaucus in theArgentine Chamber of Deputies to 11 members.[15] Solanas entered into an alliance with theSocialist Party-ledBroad Progressive Front in June 2011 for thegeneral elections. He left the Front within a week, however, and announced the party and its allies would run on an independent Proyecto Sur slate; he nominated CongresswomanAlcira Argumedo as their candidate for president.[16]
The party was part of theFrente de Todos coalition during the2019 Argentine general election.
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