Argentina’s Reform Elections?
The next president is likely to take a more market-friendly, pragmatic approach to the country’s economic challenges, says Eurasia Group’s Daniel Kerner.
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Argentines vote in presidential elections on Sunday, and for the first time in twelve years, the name Kirchner will not appear on the ballot. Peronist President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who came to power in 2008, following the term of her late husband, Nestor, is leaving behind a faltering economy and a standoff with international creditors. Eurasia Group’s Daniel Kerner expects Argentine politics to enter a less divisive, more inclusive governing period focused on economic reforms. Top candidates are Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli, a Kirchner ally; Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri; and Tigre Mayor Sergio Massa. “There’s going to be a more rational and reasonable and market-friendly approach to a lot of the problems,” says Kerner.
