Radicales K were a faction within the Radical Civic Union

Radical Civic Union

The Radical Civic Union is a political party in Argentina. The party's positions on issues range from liberal to social democratic. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International. Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, it is the oldest political party active in Argentina...

 (UCR), a political party in Argentina.

President Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...

 (2003–2007) was a Peronist

Peronism

Peronism , or Justicialism , is an Argentine political movement based on the programmes associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Eva Perón...

 but distrusted the Justicialist Party

Justicialist Party

The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...

 (PJ) as a support for his government. He proposed instead a "transversalist" policy, seeking the support of progressive

Progressivism

Progressivism is an umbrella term for a political ideology advocating or favoring social, political, and economic reform or changes. Progressivism is often viewed by some conservatives, constitutionalists, and libertarians to be in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies.The...

 politicians regardless of their party. He thus formed the Front for Victory

Front for Victory

The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...

 and got support from factions of the PJ, the UCR and small centre-left

Centre-left

Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...

 parties. Those Radicals who supported Kirchner were called Radicales K. They included, among others, Julio Cobos

Julio Cobos

Julio César Cleto Cobos is an Argentine politician, currently serving as the Vice President of Argentina alongside President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He started his political career as member of the Radical Civic Union , becoming Governor of Mendoza in 2003...

, Arturo Colombi

Arturo Colombi

Arturo Colombi is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician, and former governor of Corrientes Province.Born in Mercedes, Corrientes, and educated at the National University of the Northeast with a degree in civil engineering, Colombi served as provincial Minister of Public Works in the...

, Miguel Saiz

Miguel Saiz

Miguel Saiz is an Argentine politician latterly of the Radical Civic Union , currently serving as governor of Río Negro Province.Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saiz studied at the National University of Córdoba and became a lawyer...

, Gerardo Zamora

Gerardo Zamora

Gerardo Zamora is an Argentine politician from Santiago del Estero Province. since 2005, and is a member of the centrist Radical Civic Union ....

 and Eduardo Brizuela del Moral

Eduardo Brizuela del Moral

Eduardo S. Brizuela del Moral is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician. He has been governor of Catamarca Province since 2003, heading the Civic and Social Front of Catamarca....

. The transversalist project was eventually dismissed, and Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernández

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...

, who became President in 2007, chose to fight for the control of the PJ instead. When the Kirchners took control of the PJ, the Radicales K slowly returned to their own party.