Tag: #Peronist
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Argentine frontrunner calls for unity after presidential poll
Buenos Aires, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Argentina’s leftist presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernandez vowed Sunday to end sharp divisions between his Peronist movement and supporters of the business-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri, as the country seeks to emerge from a crippling economic crisis. Exit polls put the 60-year-old lawyer, whose running mate is ex-president Cristina Kirchner, in the…
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More than Tango, Messi or Malbec: understanding Argentina
Buenos Aires, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Resource-rich Argentina derived its name from the Latin for silver, but its real wealth has come from agriculture, earning it the nickname “breadbasket of the world” at the beginning of the 20th Century. Farm exports are still a driving force of Latin America’s second biggest economy despite a grim economic…