Transition in Argentina: Macri invites Alberto Fernandez to breakfast Monday morning at Government House

Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

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Argentine President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential election, congratulating rival Alberto Fernandez on winning the election. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
Repeat with me, MP:

“Argentines defeat Macri after one term in office by giving the F-F ticket a sound victory October 27.”

That is the main point in the story - breakfast invitations should come far way down.
Oct 28th, 2019 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Trimonde
I always enjoy reading all the headlines on the Internet and then coming to see the spin MercoPress gives the same title. Never disappointing, plus always enjoyable to see what they are looking to achieve through it.
Oct 28th, 2019 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Viva Argentina! Viva Cristina!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1feJu7eFDo
Oct 28th, 2019 - 11:52 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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Terence Hill
Trimonde
“The spin MercoPress gives the same title.” If what you claim is true you would have been able to be specific. I'll just put it down to your upbringing.
”He continued, explaining that the South American country is “consumed with ‘cartographic anxiety’”.
“From an early age, children are instructed that their country is territorially incomplete. By the time they are at primary school, they will be very familiar with the Falkland Islands,”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1196257/falkland-islands-argentina-uk-david-cameron-war-land-grab-letter-spt
Oct 28th, 2019 - 12:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Trimonde
VIVA LA UNIDAD SUDAMERICANA !!
Oct 28th, 2019 - 01:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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jlt
God help Argentina. It's their only hope.
Oct 28th, 2019 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
I expect Argentina will become another Venezuela in very short order. The problem is if Argentina defaults again no-one will lend them money. A vicious circle.
Oct 28th, 2019 - 02:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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pgerman
If it were not dramatic because of the implications of having irresponsible people ruling the country, we would have to accept the words of M. E. Vidal as those that best fit the facts. Mauricio Macri won his presidency with 34.15% of the votes (in the first round) in 2015. Four years later, in the middle of a necessary, inevitable and painful adjustment plan (that has led to a deficit reduction from 7% to 1.5 %) Macri got 41% of the votes in the first round. Some speak of resounding failure. Others, that he “won't never come back” ..... believing that the story is over. I think Alberto Fernandez is going to need Mauricio Macri a lot, if he has a little intelligence. He won't need the support of Maduro nor Evo Morales but Bolsonaro, Trump, Macron......
Oct 28th, 2019 - 04:16 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Enrique Massot
A few facts regarding Sunday's election:

1. The most important is, no doubt, the intelligent, unselfishness, forward-looking gesture of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who ceded the candidacy that would've been hers to smart negotiator Alberto Fernández, who had previously criticized her handling of government. The move created wide consensus among Peronist sectors that had been distanced with Kirchnerism, allowing not only an election victory but the ability to govern once in power.

2. Macri will have managed to stay just one term in office, in spite of a tradition to grant a second term to most presidents. Giving credit where it's due, in my opinion this is Macri's own misgivings

3. While he strongly criticized Macri during campaign, Alberto Fernández promptly responded to an invitation, and both met early this morning to prepare an orderly transition.

4. Having failed in his attempts to obliterate Peronism and the unions, president Mauricio Macri was gracious in defeat and so has been Fernandez, who pointed out that the job of reconstructing Argentina requires collaboration from all Argentines.

4. The defeated president appears to have managed to keep a significant base, allowing Macrists to play a strong role as opposition--as it should be in any democratic system.

5. Alberto appears to be an insightful man, a born consensus-seeker with deep knowledge and strong principles. He and Cristina may produce the alchemy required to take Argentina a big step ahead.
Oct 28th, 2019 - 06:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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imoyaro
On to the next election!

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/b521/imoyaro/kkrique4_zpsv642e38g.jpg
Oct 28th, 2019 - 10:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tarquin Fin
A very positive sign. The current president sitting down with the next president. This is what I read. It is a good start (despite Cristina and the unfortunate silly words of Kicilloff last night).
Oct 28th, 2019 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
A very positive sign..., indeed... :-)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0HpUDIV2o
Oct 29th, 2019 - 09:09 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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