Tuesday, March 1, 2011

2011

The Argentine presidential election in October pits incumbent Cristina Kirchner against Raul Alfonsin, the son of former president from 1983-1989, preceding Carlitos Saul Menem's reign of terror (see: dollar peg).

Cristina, overseeing massive inflows of commidity driven capital in pure Kirchner fashion, has done little to create anything other than transpotation union alliances with Hugo Moyano. True, the outpouring of grief surrounding her husband's death may propel her to carry Buenos Aires province, but I suspect the young Alfonsin to mount a serious challenge that may create meaningful counterarguments to the PJ's stranglehold on political doctrine.

Alfonsin may be a middle ground between Macri's far-right PRO and corporatist, unpragmatic charming Kirchnerismo (Read: young Duhalde).

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