Anyone expecting Alberto Fernández to back off in the first of two presidential debates in Argentina on 13 October, safe in the knowledge that he has a huge lead in opinion polls, would have been rapidly disabused of this notion. The televised encounter in the province of Santa Fe, which included all six presidential candidates albeit four are also-rans, covered four issues. In three of these – education, foreign relations, and health – President Mauricio Macri could claim that his government has met with some success. But he was very vulnerable on the fourth – the economy – and Fernández went for the jugular in a series of finger-jabbing attacks. End of preview - This article contains approximately 649 words.
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