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Argentina: Between Macrismo, Kirchnerismo and a third alternative

Macrism hoping for re-election, Kirchnerism bargaining on a comeback, and a coalition wishing to put an end to La Grieta - this is how the Argentine electoral scene looks like. Español.

Argentina: Between Macrismo, Kirchnerismo and a third alternative
President Macri during his official visit to New Delhi, India, February 18, 2019. Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times/Sipa USA. PA Images. All rights reserved.
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In Argentina, everybody agrees at least on something: in 2019, almost six months before the next presidential election, the country is going through a serious crisis. From this follows another piece of evidence, which is only tacitly acknowledged by the main actors: the next cycle in government will be about scarcity management.

But considering that this is a different type of crisis from those which Argentina has experienced in the past (the 1983 one, the 1989 one, and the 2001 one, to mention some recent examples), we need to define its nature, temporality, impact, and possible outcomes.

What definition, diagnosis, historical adscription and exit proposals are offered will be key to the next electoral contest and hallmark the discourse and the ideological profile of the competing political projects.