1) Information on a group within the UCR party called "Franja Morada" could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.

For information on some significant factions within the UCR, please find attached a copy of pages 16 and 17 from Political Parties of the World, (Chicago/London: St. James Press, 1988).

2) According to the Embassy of Argentina in Ottawa, [ As communicated by telephone on the 13 January 1990.] males are called upon to perform their military service at age 18. Service of men under 18 is, according to the source, most unlikely, although older men might volunteer or be recruited if necessary.

3) Information on treatment of people who oppose trade union movements in Argentina could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.

For a copy of the most recently arrived general report on trade unions in Argentina, please find attached a copy of Trade Unions of the World 1989-1990, (London/ Chicago: St. James Press, 1989), pp. 10-13.

25 July 1990

Argentina: Follow-up regarding information on UCR group called "Franja Morada" (Purple Stripe)
From:

Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre, Ottawa
Keywords:

Argentina / higher education / students / political systems / political movements

A reference to a group or movement called "Franja Morada" was found in the attached 1986 article "State is targeted for modernisation" (Latin American Weekly Report, 4 December 1986, p. 4). From the brief reference contained therein, "Franja Morada" appears to be a student grouping or organization of student groups linked to the Radical Party (the article describes Franja Morada as "Radical-led" and compares its strength to left-wing student groupings in some colleges of Buenos Aires while reporting university demonstrations of late-1986).