Ricardo Balbín

Ricardo Balbín

Uruguay UruguaypoliticianMaleb. 19045.0Global Dominance: 0.00%

Ricardo Balbín was a notable Argentine politician and a leading figure in the Radical Civic Union (UCR). As a prominent opponent of Juan Domingo Perón and the Peronist movement, he represented a more conservative faction of the UCR and ran against Arturo Frondizi in the 1958 presidential elections, where he was ultimately defeated.

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Balbín led the Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo, which was seen as a potential beneficiary of the votes from the Peronist movement.

el documento que desafió a la dictadura y convirtió al voto en blanco en el gran ganador
El Observador·UruguayUruguay· 2026-07-28
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Ricardo Balbín visited María Estela Martínez de Perón to express his condolences after Perón's death.

INMENSO DOLOR POPULAR POR LA MUERTE DE PERÓN
Clarín·ArgentinaArgentina· 2025-08-30
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Ricardo Balbín was the presidential candidate of the Radical party and a political rival of Arturo Frondizi.

Arturo Frondizi, un hombre de Estado que quiso modernizar la Argentina
Clarín·ArgentinaArgentina· 2025-04-19
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