Allies of President Mauricio Macri Make Big Gains in Argentina’s October 2017 Legislative Elections

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President Macri’s Cambiemos coalition won in Argentina’s top five population centers, including the city of Buenos Aires, and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, and Mendoza. The comprehensive victories by the president’s allies strengthened his position in Congress, and seemed to cast doubt on the idea of a national-level political comeback by his predecessor, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), though she secured a place in the Argentine Senate. Political scientists and pundits around the region dissected the election, and offered thoughts on what it meant.

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