News of election 2019

Voting in 4 provinces

Santa Fe turns Peronist as provincial votes disappoint Macri

17-06-2019 09:39 Macri's Cambiemos allies place poorly in all four provincial races as key electoral territory, Santa Fe province, returns to Peronist control after 12 years.

Election 2019

Pichetto: 'There will be a lot of Peronism behind the president'

14-06-2019 18:20 Peronist leaders met for lunch Friday in Buenos Aires. Yesterday Pichetto participated in a cabinet meeting.

Election 2019

Lavagna, Urtubey team up for elections under ‘Federal Consensus 2030’ banner

12-06-2019 16:35 Barely 24 hours after the Macri-Pichetto ticket was announced, ex-economy minister seals deal with Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey to run on ‘third way’ line-up.

Election 2019

Wall Street applauds Macri's choice for vice-president

12-06-2019 09:25 Yields on Argentine sovereign debt registered their biggest drop since August 2016, amid optimism that Pichetto, an opposition leader who has previously been critical of the government, will boost Macri's chances with moderate voters at the ballot box.

ELECTION 2019

Macri chooses Miguel Pichetto as vice-presidential running-mate

11-06-2019 16:46 Cambiemos leader confirms he will run for president seconded by Miguel Ángel Pichetto, national senator for Río Negro and leader of the opposition Justicalist Party (PJ) caucus in the upper house.

ELECTION 2019

Advantage Macri? New poll predicts victory for president in run-off

07-06-2019 07:00 President Mauricio Macri would win a run-off vote against the 'Fernández-Fernández' ticket by a full five percentage points, a new Elypsis poll shows.

ELECTION 2019

Lavagna decries 'years of failure' as he formally launches presidential bid

06-06-2019 18:59 Lavagna, who served as economy minister from 2002 to 2005 under presidents Eduardo Duhalde and Néstor Kirchner, launches campaign at party's new headquarters in Recoleta.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

Alberto Fernández leaves hospital after three days of tests

06-06-2019 17:52 "I'm very well, I'm going home to work," says presidential hopeful, who is standing for election on a Kirchnerite ticket.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

Alberto Fernández plays down trip to hospital for series of tests

04-06-2019 14:39 Opposition leader, 60, says he has been coughing for two weeks but insists "there is no worrisome issue" in interview with C5N.

2019 Elections

Survey reveals just 1 of 10 voters believe A. Fernández would call shots

04-06-2019 13:28 New polling data identifies inflation and unemployment are areas of most concern to voters in the lead up to October's general and presidential elections.

2019 ELECTIONS

UCR votes to remain in Cambiemos despite fierce criticism

28-05-2019 10:44 UCR Radical Party members like Martín Lousteau and Ricardo Alfonsín, with long-held differences with the Macri government, have expressed a desire to see the UCR align with the progressive Socialist and GEN parties behind presidential hopeful Roberto Lavagna.

ELECTION 2019

Fernández-Fernández ticket launched as race for Casa Rosada steps up a gear

26-05-2019 23:52 Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner kick off their campaign for October's election, calling on Argentines to come together in a "great social pact."

BATTLE AGAINST 'FAKE NEWS'

More than 85 media outlets join forces to combat misinformation in electoral campaign

24-05-2019 09:31 The Reverso programme, which will run from June to December, aims to train journalists throughout Argentina to debunk viral fake news during the presidential election campaign.

'FERNÁNDEZ-FERNÁNDEZ' TICKET

Alberto Fernández, CFK line up first joint appearance in Merlo this Saturday

22-05-2019 15:06 Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner likely to attend event in Greater Buenos Aires this Saturday, which falls on 16th anniversary of day Néstor Kirchner assumed presidency.