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Weekly Report - 18 June 2015 (WR-15-24)
ARGENTINA: Scioli picks an ultra-Kirchnerista as running mate
“Scioli together with a thoroughbred penguin” was how the pro-government daily, Página/12 headlined the decision by Daniel Scioli, the governor of Buenos Aires province, to pick Carlos Zannini, the government’s legal and technical secretary, as his running mate in the upcoming presidential elections. The leading candidate for the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) faction of the Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronist), Scioli has never been entirely trusted by President Cristina Fernández’s inner circle. But with the choice of one of her most longstanding confidants as his running mate, Scioli elicited a wave of enthusiasm from Kirchernista die-hards.
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