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Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2017 (ISSN 1741-4431)
Cambiemos looks to have electoral advantage for midterms
After the staging of the first set of elections of the year, and as the open, mandatory, and simultaneous primaries (Paso) ahead of the October midterm legislative elections approach, Argentina’s centre-right ruling Cambiemos coalition looks to be in a good position to capitalise on the midterm polls. Cambiemos currently has only a minority representation in the federal congress and its objective is to increase its representation, cut into the majority held by the main opposition Partido Justcialista (PJ, Peronists) party, and ideally obtain its first congressional majority. The year’s first electoral results and recent developments suggest that the ruling coalition will have a good chance of achieving its objectives.
- Temer overcomes major threat to his presidency
- Social discontent grows in Brazil
- Mixed results for Brazil’s economy in the first quarter
- Cambiemos looks to have electoral advantage for midterms
- Electoral repercussions of Odebrecht scandal
- Cartistas capture congress
- Bachelet seeks to recover initiative ahead of November vote
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: CHILE
- Mining aspirations ended
- Sendic in the firing line
- Tunnelling through the Andes