From economics to sports, Argentina There are several crucial issues at stake in next Sunday’s national elections for the country, which – unlike other moments in its history – shows no clear signs of favoritism for one or the other presidential candidate, whether they Sergio Massa or Javier Milei.
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It is a choice close in the sense that there was no clear polarization, but rather a three-thirds political scenario, which later became two, in a confrontation between two coalitions, as explained to EL HERALDO, Marcelo Montes, professor at the National University of Villa María and doctorate in international relations.
“We Argentinians face uncertainty precisely because of that three-thirds scenario, in which none of the candidates manages to emerge as hegemonic. This is a completely different panorama than what occurred in the 80s or 90s with figures like Raúl Alfonsín, as Carlos Menemeven Néstor Kirchner, especially after 2003,” he said.
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Moreover, it is the first time that has happened Argentina There is a political panorama in which the candidates have a positive image that does not exceed 30 percent and a negative image that does not exceed 50 or 60 percent, Montes explains.
“In this context of high fragmentation, of lack of definition regarding any figure, any leader that emerges positively from this political spectrum.” fragmented“What we see all week are sensations,” Montes adds.
Argentina faces the head of the Treasury Palace who, with an annual inflation of 142.7%, a poverty of 40.1% and an exchange rate difference of more than 200%, is competing ‘head to head’ in the final stage with a candidate without political baggage; and Milei who, with his ‘anti-caste’ speech and his disruptive statements and appearance, created a hornet’s nest Argentine politics.
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Daniel Montoya, a political analyst, believes that Argentinians will not vote en masse for Peronism, but they could let it pass with abstention and a blank vote. “There will be no crash whatsoever,” he said.
Regarding Massa, Montoya pointed out that he achieved 37 points in the first round, but “it is the lowest mark that Peronism has achieved in its political history (…) he managed to distinguish himself in a very fragmented political administration. ”
Source: El heraldo
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