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Argentina is headed for a run-off vote between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and the far-right libertarian Javier Milei after a better-than-expected performance by the ruling Peronist coalition’s candidate in the country’s presidential election.
Argentines headed to the polls on Sunday in primary elections, with voters likely to punish the ruling centre-left Peronist coalition, angry at inflation scraping 116 per cent and a cost-of-living crisis that has left four in 10 people in poverty.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/08/13/vote-primaries-test-political-mood-argentina/
For years, the country has been divided between supporters and opponents of former Peronist president (now VP) Cristina Fernandez Kirchner and her deceased husband (also once president) Nestor Kirchner.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/milei-argentina-election-1.6944351?cmp=rss
Jorge’s son Marcelo ran as the Peronist candidate for city mayor of Rio Gallegos that year and won, serving until 1987.
Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/11/18/in-argentina-three-generations/
Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa won around 36.7% of the vote ahead of right-wing outsider Milei with some 30%, far outperforming pre-election polls and setting up a polarized run-off vote on Nov. 19 between the two.
Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/10/23/argentina-market-analysts-see/
Still, he is likely to encounter fierce opposition from the Peronist movement’s lawmakers and the unions it controls, whose members have said they refuse to lose wages.
Three frontrunner candidates are likely to split the vote: Libertarian economist Javier Milei, centrist Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa and conservative Patricia Bullrich.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/10/22/economic-crisis-argentina-election/