The year 2007 was marked by the continuity of economic growth, the tensions stemming from the implementation of the macroeconomic model (i.e., inflation and decline of the public sector’s primary fiscal surplus), which rests on a high exchange rate and commercial and fiscal surplus, the consolidation of the electoral predominance of the incumbent party Frente para la Victoria (FPV) in the general and legislative elections, and by the territorialization and
fractionalization of the main national political parties. During 2007, it is possible to observe an improvement in the socioeconomic indicators (unemployment, poverty, and poverty line), together with an increase in the levels of labor unions’ mobilization, especially in the provinces. At the international level, two aspects stood out: the conflictive relationship with Uruguay, and the continuity of the economic alliance with Venezuela