Published November 19,2023
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Argentina heads to the polls Sunday to vote in a presidential election between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and libertarian outsider Javier Milei within the midst of a sustained financial disaster.
An admirer of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, Milei rocked politics of the South American nation after successful most votes within the presidential main in August.
The 52-year-old politician, who has an anti-system rhetoric and expresses himself with an aggressive tone, seems as a substitute for the normal political management. He has pledged to shutter the central financial institution and dollarize the economic system.
MIlei, standing for the La Libertad Avanza celebration, has attracted consideration from younger voters for its eccentric proposals in a rustic embroiled in a profound financial disaster triggered by an unprecedented inflation of 138% and rising poverty.
Massa, 51, who represents the ruling Union por la Patria coalition, has pledged to chop the fiscal deficit and defend the Peronist social welfare system. He has warned that his opponent’s plan to chop state forms would threaten the well being and training public programs and welfare packages.
Massa received 36.7% of the votes in comparison with some 30% for Milei within the first spherical of vote in October, however Milei has since received public backing from the conservative former safety minister Patricia Bullrich, who was positioned third.
The newest polls gave Milei a slight superiority of 2-3% over Massa, however with a 2% margin of error, the candidates are technically tied.
Polls opened at 8 a.m. native time (1100 GMT) and can shut at round 6 p.m. More than 35 million voters are eligible to decide on who will sit on the presidential chair within the Casa Rosada on Dec. 10.
Source: www.anews.com.tr