Tag: Open, Simultanous and Compulsary Primary elections (PASO)

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  On Sunday 33.8 million Argentines will decide if they still believe in populism

  

  Argentines are facing what is probably the tightest presidential race since the return of the country’s democracy in 1983 with conservative President Mauricio Macri facing an opposition ticket including ex-President Cristina Fernández, and the primary elections Sunday are expected to provide a hint of who might win October’s vote.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 06:29 UTC

  The Economist on Mauricio Macri's reelection chances in Argentina

  

  Ahead of Sunday's primaries' mandatory vote, The Economist published the following on Argentine president Macri's chances of reelection, in what seems a very tight competition with Kirchnerism.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentina's Sunday primaries, a first test for President Macri's reelection aspiration

  

  Argentina’s election primary on Sunday will determine President Mauricio Macri’s chances of winning a second term in October, with the country’s embattled peso currency expected to take a fresh beating next week if the business-friendly does not accomplish as expected.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentines vote next Sunday an anticipation of October's presidential election

  

  Public opinion polls in Argentina show a very close, polarized race between President Mauricio Macri and opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez before next Sunday's PASO primaries which are Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory, and most important a clear anticipation of what could happen in October's presidential election.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 10:33 UTC

  “The first time a vice president candidate names her presidential candidate”

  

  “It's the first time I've seen an aspiring vice-presidential candidate name here choice to head the presidential ticket”, said rather ironically Jaime Durán Barba, the main political advisor of Argentine president Mauricio Macri in reference to the surprise announcement of the Alberto Fernandez-Cristina Fernandez ticket for the coming October election.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 13:45 UTC

  CFK to be Number 2 in Fernández-Fernández ticket for Argentina's presidency

  

  Former Argentine two-time President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) rattled an otherwise quiet Saturday morning by announcing she would run for the country's vice-presidency in this year's elections behind her former Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernández.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Macri's Senate candidate leads poll in Buenos Aires province

  

  With less than a month to Argentina's midterm elections, the government's Senate candidate in the province of Buenos Aires, Esteban Bullrich has a 39.6% vote intention, three percentage points ahead of ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, according to the latest M&R and Query public opinion poll.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2017 - 07:42 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez just manages to obtain the most votes in Buenos Aires Province Senate primary

  

  Argentina ex-president Cristina Fernandez group “Citizens' Unity” obtained a significant 34.27% of votes cast in the August 13 PASO primary (open, simultaneous and mandatory) in the province of Buenos Aires to choose Senate candidates for the October 22 midterm election, according to the definitive vote count.

• Monday, August 14th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Primaries in Argentina show Macri's coalition is en route to become the main political force

  

  Argentina's ruling coalition headed by president Mauricio Macri managed better than expected overall results in Sunday's national mandatory and simultaneous primaries to choose candidates for the midterm elections of 22 October.

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 11:08 UTC

  Argentina' final sprint to the midterm elections; the primary cost the central bank US$ 1.8bn

  

  With trading much more relaxed on Friday ended the several days of money market uncertainty leading to Argentina Sunday´s primary election, an anticipation of what can happen in the midterm elections of 22 October when President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms will be put to test in the polls, and hopefully his coalition will increase its congressional support.