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Argentina choose on Sunday, October 22, between five candidates to succeed the president Alberto Fernández for a government period of four years. Around 35 million Argentines are called to the elections in which 24 seats in the Senate and 130 national deputies will also be renewed and various authorities will be elected, such as the mayor of Buenos Aires and the governor of the province of the same name, the largest in the country.
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The presidential candidates are detailed below in alphabetical order:
Myriam Bregman: 51 years, She is a deputy and candidate for the Left Front and Workers’ Unity. It has a long history as feminist and was a plaintiff lawyer in several trials against repressors during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983). This is not the first time he has run for government.since in the 2015 general elections she was a candidate for vice president on the same left-wing front. He proposes that “the crisis is paid for by those who generated it”.which are the big businessmen, the banks and the landowners”, as well as break away from the International Monetary Fundnot pay the debt of around 44 billion dollars and that this money is used to improve salaries and create jobs. Given the rise in inflation, he proposes that salaries and pensions be readjusted once a month. Rejects large-scale mining and proposes the expropriation of multinationals that invest in the mining and energy sector in Argentina without compensation.
Patricia Bullrich: 67 years old, she is a candidate and one of the main leaders of the the opposition force Together for Change, center right. In Peronist origin, His political ideology changed and in his most recent public position he held the position of Ministry of Security during the Conservative government Mauricio Macri (2015-2019). His program aims to reform the State and increase production. Defends the independence of the Central Bankzero deficit, elimination of taxes on cereal exports and a system in which the peso and the dollar coexist. He spoke out in favor of the free circulation of US currency and promised to end current exchange restrictions to encourage investment. In the security area defends the reform of the Penal Code establish a greater framework of legitimate defense for security agents and the reducing the age of imputability to 14 years.
Sergio Massa: 51 years old, the Peronist candidate Union for the Fatherland and current Economy minister He has aspired to lead the government for years, the last time in 2015. His period in charge of the Economy portfolio for just over a year included a acceleration of inflationThe increase in poverty it is a collapse of the value of the peso. He claims that he had to leave his position as head of the Chamber of Deputies to take charge of the crisis at the worst moment, which included difficult negotiations to refinance debt with the International Monetary Fund. promise reduce inflation, increase productionimprove the purchasing power of employees, fiscal balance, trade surplus, competitive exchange rate and inclusive development.
Javier Milei: 52 years, ultraliberal economist He is the leader and candidate of Advances of Freedomstrength with which won a deputy seat in Congress in 2021. Advocates comprehensive reform of the State through a drastic cut in public spending. Proposes closure of the Central Bank considering him responsible for the uncontrolled emission and dollarize the economy as ways to annihilate inflation of around 140% per year. Also defends the privatization of public companies and the elimination of taxes. Furthermore, it is in against abortion, rejects that the climate change is due to human action, cquestions the sexual education program in schools and identifies with the extremists Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump, former presidents of Brazil and the United States.
Juan Schiaretti: 74 years old, is a candidate for We do it for our country. He is a veteran Peronist opposed Kirchnerism who ends his third term as governor of the province of Córdoba, the second electoral district in the country. His campaign speech focused on highlighting the policies carried out in the province, such as end the fiscal deficit. To lower inflation proposes “prudence and discipline in monetary issuance, fiscal balance, replenishment of reserves and “an intelligent income policy”. Defends a federal country, in which one of the priorities is the reconstruction of the railway system, extend the school day at primary level and improve higher education.
Source: Elcomercio
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