Falange Nacional

Falangism in Latin America has been a feature of political life since the 1930s as movements looked to the national syndicalist Clerical fascism of the Spanish State and sought to apply it to other Spanish-speaking countries. From the mid 1930s the Falange Exterior, effectively an overseas version of the Spanish Falange, was active throughout Latin America in order to drum up support among Hispanic communities. However the ideas would soon permeate into indigenous political groups.

The term Falangism should not be applied to the military dictatorships of such figures as Alfredo Stroessner, Augusto Pinochet and Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, because while these individuals often enjoyed close relations to Franco's Spain, their military nature and frequent lack of commitment to national syndicalism and the corporate state mean that they should not be classed as Falangist (although individuals within each regime may have been predisposed towards the ideology). The phenomenon can be seen in a number of movements both past and present.

Juan Perón built his power base on his alliance with trade unions in Argentina, many of whom supported syndicalism whilst his government would go on to maintain links with Francisco Franco. However Falangism in the country was largely ill at ease with Peronism until the emergence of the Tacuara Nationalist Movement in the 1960s. This violent movement, which looked to José Antonio Primo de Rivera for its inspiration, linked itself to Perón although it went into decline following a government crackdown on its activity. This group, inspired by the works of Julio Meinvielle.

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