The party developed in part from the
Frente Grande, a political party established in 1993 by with Congressman
Carlos Álvarez, film-maker
Pino Solanas, human rights activist
Graciela Fernández Meijide and others disaffected with President
Carlos Menem's turn to the right. Solanas, a renowned film maker in the
political cinema genre, established
Proyecto Sur in August 2007 ahead of his campaign for president in that year's
general elections. The ticket obtained fifth place (1.6%) and elected one Congressman. Solanas, however, was satisfied with the results, and declared that
"we have planted our flag." Proyecto Sur elected four Congressmen in the
2009 mid-term elections. The party later sealed alliances with a number of other left-wing parties, including
Solidarity and Equality, the
MST,
Free of the South Movement, the
Authentic Socialist Party, and the
Revolutionary Communist Party. These alliances brought the Proyecto Sur-led
caucus in the
Argentine Chamber of Deputies to 11 members. Solanas entered into an alliance with the
Socialist Party-led
Broad Progressive Front in June 2011 for the
general 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 Congresswoman
Alcira Argumedo as their candidate for president. The party was part of the
Frente de Todos coalition during the
2019 Argentine general election. ==References==