Overview
- Chiarella won 81 votes at the Buenos Aires plenum, succeeding Martín Lousteau at the helm of the Comité Nacional.
- His rise was brokered by governors and allies in the Provincias Unidas and Evolución currents, with Maximiliano Pullaro and Gustavo Valdés present.
- The new leadership slate names Piera Fernández as secretary general, with Inés Brizuela y Doria, Javier Bee Sellares and María Inés Zigarán as vice presidents.
- Chiarella pledged renewal, management-focused politics and an independent stance from Javier Milei’s government.
- The party remains split, with the authentic UCR bloc in the lower house down to six deputies and dissent from Radicalismo Auténtico figures such as Federico Storani.