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Argentina
What’s the mandate? The 2023 elections
Presidential and legislative elections were held in late 2023 against a background of rising tension over the economic crisis, crime, and corruption. From an early stage in the race, it had become evident that a major and highly consequential shift in Argentina’s political landscape was underway. For decades Argentine politics had been a struggle between two major groups, the centre left and populist Peronist movement (Partido Justicialista) on the one hand, and a traditional centre-right grouping, led by parties such as Propuesta Republicana (PRO) on the other. The fissure between these two camps (described locally as la grieta) has been seen as an enduring and toxic fault line running through Argentine politics and society, felt by many to be a needlessly partisan and polarising phenomenon.
- Javier Milei: profile of an outsider
- What’s the mandate? The 2023 elections
- Opinion polls harvest data on popular frustration
- A thousand reforms, but doubts over implementation
- Omnibus reform law placed on hold
- Provinces express concern over May Pact
- The other story – pleasing the markets
- Milei on the defensive over top salaries
- The crime issue
- Mixed picture from the pollsters
- Foreign policy: Milei’s shift to the right
- Compare and contrast: Milei and Noboa
- How deep is the pain?
- What do Milei’s first 100 days tell us?
- Scenario 1 A social explosion?
- Scenarios 2 Milei triumphant?
- Scenarios 3 The messy middle way