Weekly Report - 17 August 2017 (WR-17-32)

ARGENTINA | Macri given fulsome US support. Two days after the positive performance of the ruling coalition Cambiemos in Argentina’s primary elections, President Mauricio Macri received a glowing tribute from US Vice President Mike Pence who visited the country as part of a mini-tour of the region. Pence praised Macri for embarking on “a great economic and political revival [with a] bold reform agenda, an agenda that’s transforming Argentina’s economy at home and restoring its reputation around the world. Argentina, in many ways, is an inspiration across this hemisphere and across the wider world”.

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