The Argentine Fascist Party (Partido Fascista Argentino, PFA) was a fascist political party in Argentina from 1932 until its official disbandment in 1936, when it was succeeded by the National Fascist Union (Unión Nacional Fascista, UNF).Renate Marsiske, Lourdes Alvarado. Movimientos estudiantiles en la historia de América Latina. Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma, 2006. P. 58. Founded by Italian Argentines,Sandra McGee Deutsch. Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939. Stanford University Press, 1999. P. 210. the party was formed as a breakaway faction from Argentina's National Fascist Party (Partido Nacional Fascista, PNF).Sandra McGee Deutsch. Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939. Stanford University Press, 1999. P. 210. It was based upon Italian fascism and was recognized by Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party in 1935.Federico Finchelstein. Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919-1945. Duke University Press, 2010. P. 112. In the 1930s the party became a mass movement, particularly in Córdoba Province.Federico Finchelstein. Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919-1945. Duke University Press, 2010. P. 112. Nicholás Vitelli led the PFA's branch in Córdoba until his death in 1934, when Nimio de Anquín took the leadership of the party.Sandra McGee Deutsch. Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939. Stanford University Press, 1999. P. 210.
The PFA's main political allies in Córdoba were the Argentine Civic Legion and the Nationalist Action of Argentina/Affirmation of a New Argentina movement.Sandra McGee Deutsch. Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939. Stanford University Press, 1999. P. 210.
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