This paper analyzes the formation of the MAS-IPSP in Argentina and the impact on its militancy of the arrival of top leaders of that party after the resignation of Evo Morales from the presidency of Bolivia in November 2019. Through participant observations and interviews, it is acknowledged that the proximity experienced between diaspora activists and party leaders is a relevant dimension of this process. In particular, it notices that the proximity not only favored the simultaneity in the belonging and participation of migrants in the political fields of both countries, but also enhanced their interpenetration. In this way, the originality of the work is given by the identification of a decisive factor in the conformation and development of transnational political collectives and their forms of operation that has been little dealt with in the literature.
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