Tag: Macri 2019

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentines fear of a repeat of the “corralitos” of 1989 and 2002

  

  It happened in 1989. It happened in 2002. Argentines who are old enough to remember do not want to go through it again.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Macri vows to win a second term in October despite Sunday's trouncing

  

  Argentina's president Mauricio Macri vowed on Monday to win a second term despite a surprisingly strong performance by the opposition in the primary election that set off a shockwave through markets, crashing the peso currency and sending stocks and bonds tumbling.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for the opposition in Argentina: Macri's reelection undermined; challenging Monday for markets

  

  President Mauricio Macri suffered a crushing defeat as Argentines voted in party primaries on Sunday ahead of October's general election. Given that all of the recession-hit country's major parties have already chosen their presidential candidates, the primaries effectively served as a nationwide pre-election opinion poll.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  President Macri's reelection chances improving according to leading pollster

  

  President Mauricio Macri’s chances of winning Argentina’s election this year are improving as public sentiment climbs and the economy begins to find its footing after a currency crisis, according to Alejandro Catterberg, director of Poliarquia, one of the nation’s top pollsters.