Polls have closed in Argentina\u2019s presidential elections, with the leading candidates highlighting sharp contrasts between the country\u2019s political center and its margins amid a severe economic crisis. <\/p>\n
Leading polls ahead of the vote on Sunday were far-right libertarian Javier Milei; center-right Patricia Bullrich, a former security minister; and current economy minister Sergio Massa. Each is vying for the nation\u2019s trust at a moment of widespread disillusionment with the country\u2019s elite and its management of the country. <\/p>\n
Inflation in Argentina has soared to 138%, Reuters reports, piling pressure on ordinary people trying to manage the cost of living. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so hard. Each day things costs a little more, it\u2019s like always racing against the clock, searching and searching,\u201d Laura Celiz told the news agency last month, she shopped on the outskirts of capital Buenos Aires. \u201cYou buy whatever is cheaper in one place and go to the next place and buy something else.\u201d <\/p>\n
After casting his vote in Buenos Aires on Sunday, current president Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez celebrated the nation\u2019s democracy on the social media platform X. <\/p>\n
\u201cI call on every Argentine to defend it and decide the future of the country at the polls,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n
Boasting lengthy experience in national politics, she recently has worked to refresh her image to appeal to younger voters, uploading viral challenges to YouTube and making reference in interviews to her relationship with her cousin, singer Fabiana Cantilo. <\/p>\n
Massa, who is in the current government, balances a heavy ministerial portolio including inflation control, soybeans (the country\u2019s main export) and Argnetina\u2019s relationship with the International Monetary Fund. <\/p>\n
He has been trying to position himself as a more pragmatic voice from the left, compared to the current government coalition, and has worked to distance himself politically from Argentina\u2019s high-profile vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner \u2013 without alienating her power base. <\/p>\n
Unlike his main rivals, political upstart Milei offers little governmental experience and promises to upend Argentina\u2019s existing economic structures. For his supporters, Milei\u2019s promises of overhaul have been seductive. <\/p>\n
Milei, a former financial analyst and self-described \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d who wields a chainsaw at rallies, has suggested a raft of radical changes: dollarizing Argentina, slashing public subsidies and eliminating the ministries of culture; education; environment; and women, gender, and diversity. <\/p>\n
To win in the first round of voting, a presidential candidate must obtain more than 45% of all votes or a minimum of 40% and at least a 10-point lead over the second-place candidate. <\/p>\n
The next president will take office in December to start a 4-year term. <\/p>\n\n
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