Coverage dated October 19, 2023 to October 21, 2023
Argentines Vote to Choose President in Country Hard Hit by Economic Crisis
Headline from Wall Street Journal
Leading the polls is Javier Milei, a libertarian economist and outsider who has tapped into voter anger at the political establishment.
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Argentines will vote for a new president on Sunday, gripped by anxiety and with one thing in mind: escaping an economic quagmire that has seen annual inflation hit almost 140 percent.
In a close three-way race, the favorite to win is a libertarian insurgent candidate who has promised to ditch the peso, sell off state-owned assets, and "dynamite" the economic status quo.
Argentines were going to the polls Sunday, as frustrated voters weigh handing the presidency to an anti-establishment, right-wing populist who pledges to drastically overhaul the state.
To avoid a runoff election on November 19, a candidate needs to win 45 percent of the vote Sunday, or 40 percent with a difference of 10 points or more over the nearest rival.
Argentines were going to the polls Sunday, as frustrated voters weigh handing the presidency to an anti-establishment, right-wing populist who has shaken up the political system and pledges to drastically overhaul the state.
Argentines head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a general election under the shadow of the South American country’s worst economic crisis in two decades, which has driven the rise of an outsider far-right…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Frustrated voters in Argentina weighed whether to hand the presidency to a right-wing populist who has shaken up the political system and pledges to drastically overhaul the state if he wins an election taking place Sunday.
Argentines are heading to the polls Sunday to pick a president they will trust with the urgent mission to pull South America’s second-largest economy from the brink of disaster.
