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This was undoubtedly a very influential group of thinkers who occupied a privileged role as promoters of public debates especially in the ranks of the intellectual left in Argentina. It was not the entire spectrum of the intellectual left since there were other groups some aligned with opposition Peronism and others with a more radical version of the left communists moment. But the Social Democrats were without a doubt a particularly influential group in those years.
A new democratic socialism During the beginning of the Russia Mobile Number List uprising on April Alfonsn addressed the National Congress. Democracy is among us it is here to stay he declared there.. It was a short speech focused on a staunch defense of democracy and an open confrontation with the military. That speech like many others from that time was written by a group of intellectuals who since worked discreetly with the president on his discursive strategy the Esmeralda Group.. Two intellectual figures stood out in this group Juan Carlos Portantiero and Emilio de pola whose careers illustrate with particular clarity the ups and downs of the social democratic left in these years.
Although they were not as close to the president as the philosophers they followed a similar path they lived with great enthusiasm the first years of the transition and then fell into deep disillusionment when the government began to falter in the face of military pressure and left behind the heterodox economic projects in the midst of the crisis. But to better understand the enthusiasm generated by Alfonsn in the ranks of this sector of the intellectual left we must go a little further back in time.