Tag: Sergio Massa

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  Scioli continues ahead in polls despite having missed the presidential debate

  

  Argentine incumbent candidate absence from Sunday's presidential debate has not altered the electoral landscape for next 25 October, according to the latest public opinion polls released in Buenos Aires. On Sunday night Daniel Scioli did not show up to the debate with all presidential contenders, particularly Mauricio Macri and Sergio Massa, the two closest challengers.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 11:01 UTC

  Argentina's incumbent presidential candidate Scioli could just make it in the first round

  

  Ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli could win Argentina's presidential election in the first round, after an opinion poll published on Friday showed he had widened his lead over his closest rival. Scioli, the anointed candidate of President Cristina Fernandez, would win 41.3% of voters' support, including his share of projected undecided votes, the survey by Ricardo Rouvier & Associates showed. Second-placed mayor of Buenos Aires City, Mauricio Macri would secure 30.5%.

• Monday, September 14th 2015 - 10:02 UTC

  Poverty and malnutrition back on the Argentine presidential campaign debate

  

  Poverty and malnutrition are back on the Argentine presidential campaign debate as a consequence of the death of a 14-year old boy from an indigenous community which shocked Argentine public opinion.

• Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:34 UTC

  Argentine opposition agree on reform but not on an electoral alliance

  

  Argentine opposition presidential candidates despite the encouraging mathematics which emerged from early August primaries, and despite having sat at the same table to call for electoral reform, insisted that any ongoing cooperation between the two rival candidates on electoral matters should not be confused with an electoral alliance.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  Scioli-Macri the most probable run-off in Argentina's presidential race

  

  The scenario of a runoff in Argentina's coming presidential election next October 'remains' strong, according to public opinion analyst Jorge Giacobbe. The two candidates who are expected to dispute a second round in November are the incumbent Daniel Scioli and conservative Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, August 10th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentine primaries added more expectations to October 25 first round vote

  

  The Cristina Fernandez administration candidate Daniel Scioli, as anticipated, was the presidential hopeful with most votes in Argentina Sunday's open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries, (PASO), in which the different parties chose those who will lead them into the 25 October election to elect the head of the Executive, half the Lower House and a third of the Senate.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  Argentina's incumbent ticket leads comfortably ahead of August primaries

  

  Argentina's Victory Front presidential ticket of Daniel Scioli and Carlos Zannini is set to win the coming August PASO primary elections by almost 12 points over nearest challenger Mauricio Macri, a new poll published two weeks before the vote has predicted.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 10:33 UTC

  Argentine presidential hopefuls will debate ideas following on the Pope and local church suggestions

  

  Argentine presidential hopefuls Daniel Scioli, Mauricio Macri and Sergio Massa are willing to face off in a public debate, a leader from the local Catholic Church confirmed in Buenos Aires. Argentina is holding presidential elections next October when Cristina Fernandez two consecutive periods come to an end.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 06:05 UTC

  Argentine presidential election next 25 October and run-off 22 November

  

  The Argentina government formally announced on Monday the primary and national elections calendar, which for the first time includes direct vote for representatives to the Mercosur parliament. Simultaneous primaries will be held on 9 August while the presidential election on 25 October.

• Monday, August 18th 2014 - 06:13 UTC

  First Kirchnerite governor crosses the line and joins opposition group

  

  The governor from the Argentine province of Rio Negro has decided to cross the line and join one of the leading opposition groups whose head is a strong presidential hopeful for October 2015. The move can be threatening to the government of President Cristina Fernandez if more disenchanted elected officials follow or their lawmakers also decide to cross the line and could jeopardize the government's majority in Congress.