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Weekly Report - 12 November 2015 (WR-15-45)
ARGENTINA: Campaign reaches tense climax
Tension is mounting as campaigning ahead of the second-round run-off on 22 November enters its final stretch this week. Not only has campaigning by the two contenders – Daniel Scioli of the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV, Kirchneristas) faction of the Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) and Mauricio Macri of the centre-right Cambiemos opposition coalition – become more focused and poisonous, but the government’s confrontation with the judiciary has once again come to a head as a result of its latest attempts to extend its influence over the latter before the end of the current term.
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