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Weekly Report - 23 April 2015 (WR-15-16)
ARGENTINA: Opposition notches up electoral successes
The Argentine provinces of Santa Fe and Mendoza held their open and simultaneous primaries (Paso) on 19 April. Santa Fe, an agricultural powerhouse, was the more significant of the two. Here, the final results had the opposition gubernatorial candidate, Miguel Del Sel, from the centre-right Propuesta Republicana (PRO) as the overall winner, although by a narrow, contested margin. His victory is good news for Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, and presidential contender. In Mendoza, Alfredo Cornejo, of the opposition Unión Civica Radical (UCR), supported by both the PRO and the Frente Renovador (FR, the dissident wing of the Peronist Partido Justicialista) of presidential candidate Sergio Massa, won comfortably.
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