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Nicolás del Caño

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Nicolás del Caño (born February 6, 1980) is an Argentine politician from the Socialist Workers’ Party and a two-time presidential candidate for the Workers’ Left Front (FIT).

Political career

In 2006 he moved to Mendoza to help build the PTS in that province. He later enrolled at the National University of Cuyo, where he studied sociology while working various jobs, such as selling ties or working in a call center.

He obtained a seat for the Workers’ Left Front in the Mendoza Province Chamber of Deputies in the 2013 Argentine legislative elections. This position was rotated with Soledad Sosa.

During the 2011 elections he was a candidate for governor of Mendoza Province, gaining 1.6% of the vote. However, it came as a surprise when during the primaries for the 2013 Argentine legislative elections he managed to obtain 7.6% of the vote, prompting his rivals in the Democratic Party to accuse him in a video of aiming to “expropriate” citizens and trying to turn Mendoza into “Fidel Castro’s Cuba.” The video was quickly parodied and even compared to the Herminio Iglesias coffin controversy by a leader of the Democratic Party.

2017 elections

In March 2017, the PTS announced Del Caño as a pre-candidate for deputy for the Buenos Aires Province to represent the FIT in the legislative elections. This triggered negative reactions from other member parties of the FIT, who argued that joint lists should have been presented to avoid disputes within the FIT. Néstor Pitrola (PO) was particularly vocal in opposing Del Caño’s candidacy for Buenos Aires Province, noting that in the previous election he had already run as deputy for Mendoza. He said: “They bring Del Caño as a candidate for the province where he has no ties. This is parachuting him in like the other parties do, and it will certainly affect the FIT in Mendoza.” Juan Carlos Giordano (IS) stated: “We do not agree with the PTS unilaterally launching its electoral campaign when what is right is for all three parties to do so and present a unified list.” In that sense, Giordano himself, on behalf of his party, made a proposal to avoid internal conflicts in the FIT, suggesting Pitrola lead the deputy list and Del Caño head the senatorial list.

In the end, the FIT agreed on unified lists for all districts where it competed, with Nicolás Del Caño as the candidate for Buenos Aires Province and Néstor Pitrola as the candidate for senator. Del Caño received 5.54% of the vote and from December 2017 he led the PTS-FIT parliamentary bloc alongside Nathalia González Seligra.

2019 elections

He was the presidential candidate for the FIT-U, with Romina Del Plá as his running mate.