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Weekly Report - 05 June 2025 (WR-25-22)
ARGENTINA: Fernández opts to face off against Milei early
That Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) would decide to run in elections this year was never in doubt after a bill designed to bar her from standing, Ficha Limpia, fell one vote short of approval by the senate last month [WR-25-19]. It was widely assumed that she would seek to top the list of the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronist) in mid-term elections on 26 October to gain congressional immunity and try to limit the gains made by President Javier Milei’s ruling far-right La Libertad Avanza (LLA). Instead, she announced a different electoral strategy on 2 June which will see her confront Milei at an earlier opportunity.
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