![]() | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (January 2016) |
Unitarian Party Partido Unitario | |
---|---|
Historical leaders | Bernardino Rivadavia Juan Lavalle José María Paz Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid |
Founded | 1816 |
Dissolved | 1862 |
Succeeded by | Autonomist Party, Nationalist Party |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Ideology | Liberalism[1][2] Free trade[1] Progressivism[3] Unitarianism[1] |
Political position | Left-wing |
Colors | Blue |
Party flag | |
![]() | |
Unitarianists or Unitarians (in Spanish, Unitarios) were the proponents of the concept of a unitary state (centralized government) in Buenos Aires during the civil wars that shortly followed the Declaration of Independence of Argentina in 1816. They were opposed to the Argentine Federalists, who wanted a federation of autonomous provinces. Argentine unitarianism was an ideologic grouping, not a religious one. As such, it is unrelated to religious Unitarianism.