​A better than expected tie with improved political outlook

ARGENTINA - Report 14 Aug 2017 by Esteban Fernández Medrano

Cambiemos (Macri’s governing coalition) managed a somewhat better than expected result in the primary election for senator in the province of Buenos Aires. This is quite an achievement considering that the relatively unknown Esteban Bullrich competed against political heavy weights such as Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Sergio Massa. Furthermore, the recent ruling of the electoral court denying Menem the possibility to run for the third consecutive time in October is an interesting leading case for CFK. It sets some limitation to the “congressional protection strategy”, and therefore for the likelihood of CFK´s political longevity.

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