Argentina: Political violence in Mendoza City; treatment of individuals posting or delivering flyers in Mendoza City during or subsequent to the October 1999 election campaign; composition of the Mendoza municipal government prior to and following the October 1999 election (October 1999-March 2000)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 30 March 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ARG34012.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Argentina: Political violence in Mendoza City; treatment of individuals posting or delivering flyers in Mendoza City during or subsequent to the October 1999 election campaign; composition of the Mendoza municipal government prior to and following the October 1999 election (October 1999-March 2000), 30 March 2000, ARG34012.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad4c58.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No reports of political violence in Mendoza City could be found among the documentary sources consulted by the Research Directorate. In a 29 March 2000 interview, a Mendoza-based representative of the Movimiento Ecuménico por los Derechos Humanos (Ecumenical Movement for Human Rights, MEDH), a non-governmental organization with offices in a number of Argentinean cities, stated that violence among individuals associated with or acting on behalf of the various political parties is not a problem in Mendoza City, either during the October 1999 election campaign or subsequent to it.
However, in a 16 March 2000 interview, the secretary of the Democratic Bloc of the Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Mendoza (Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Mendoza) stated that one incident took place during the final week of the October 1999 campaign, when individuals associated with the Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party, PJ) confronted members of the Partido Demócrata (Democratic Party, PD) during a PD meeting. The secretary added that this was not a serious incident, involving merely some scuffles among those present.
The secretary was not aware of any other incidents of political violence in Mendoza City during or following the election campaign (ibid.). The secretary further indicated that he was not aware of any incidents involving individuals posting flyers or engaged in similar promotional activities on behalf of the PD during or after the October 1999 campaign.
In a 27 March 2000 interview, the under-secretary (pro-secretario) of the Alianza Bloc of the Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Mendoza stated that he also was not aware of any incidents in which individuals posting flyers or engaged in similar promotional activities on behalf of the Alianza were threatened or attacked during or after the October 1999 election campaign in Mendoza.
On 21 March 2000, the private secretary of the president of the Honorable Concejo Deliberante de Mendoza (Honourable Deliberative Council of Mendoza) provided the following list of individuals who were members of the Mendoza Deliberative Council prior to the October 1999 election. The Alianza Bloc consisted of Raul Levrino (council president), Rodrigo Aguilar, Ernesto Bustelo, Miriam Bilbao de Terk, Oscar Giuberpe, Dario Gonzalez and Miriam Nuñez. The Democratic Bloc consisted of Fabian Cenardo, Juan José Gomensoro, Jaime Grimalt, Walter Guevara, Francisco Perez Diez and Oscar Carlos Wilfe. The Justicialista Bloc consisted of Mariana Carrer, Antonio Figuero, Sergio Martin, Ernesto Quintana and Vincent Romano. The Radical Bloc consisted of Alejandro Diumenjo, Graciela Herranz, Jorge Molina, Carlos Sala and Pedro Zeballos.
The private secretary also provided the following list of individuals who were members of the Mendoza Deliberative Council subsequent to the October 1999 election. The Alianza Bloc consisted of Raul Levrino (council president), Rodrigo Aguilar, Ernesto Bustelo, Miriam Bilbao de Terk, Leopold Cairone, Oscar Giuberpe, Dario Gonzalez, Miriam Nuñez, Amelia Rojas, Maria Torres Malharro and Guillerno Yazzli. The Democratic Bloc consisted of Fabian Cenardo, Juan José Gomensoro, Jaime Grimalt, Walter Guevara and Francisco Perez Diez. The Justicialist Bloc consisted of Sergio Martin and Ernesto Quintana.
In a 24 March 2000 interview, the private secretary stated that, because of a process of political reorganization, the number of council members had shrunk from 23 prior to the October 1999 election to 18 following it.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Alianza Bloc, Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Mendoza, Mendoza. 27 March 2000. Telephone interview with under-secretary.
Democratic Bloc, Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Mendoza. 16 March 2000. Telephone interview with secretary.
Honorable Concejo Deliberante de Mendoza, Mendoza. 24 March 2000. Telephone interview with the president's private secretary.
_____. 21 March 2000. Telephone interview with the president's private secretary.
Movimiento Ecuménico por los Derechos Humanos, Mendoza. 29 March 2000. Telephone interview with representative.
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB databases.
World News Connection (WNC)
Justicialist Bloc of the Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Mendoza.
Internet sites including:
Clarín [Buenos Aires]. Search Engine. 1999-2000.
Mendoza provincial government.
La Nación [Buenos Aires]. Search Engine. 1999-2000.
Partido Demócrata.