The term "federalist" describes several political beliefs around the world. It also has reference to the concept of federalism or the type of government called a federation. Latin America In Latin America the term "federalist"'s used in reference to the politics of nineteenth-century Argentina and Colombia. The Federalists opposed the Unitarianists in Argentina and Centralists in Colombia in the early 1800s. In the Argentine case, many Federalists were provincianos, that's, Argentines who were f… (More on Federalist)