Development: On 4 August allegations of murder and drug trafficking – along with the management of currency exchange rates – dominated Argentina’s political scene, with just five days to go ahead of the national primaries. Significance: Almost everything Argentine politicians do for the rest of this week will be about gaining or losing votes in the national, open, mandatory and simultaneous party primaries (Paso) ahead of the October general elections, due to be held on 9 August. Two strategies seem to have been deployed: sensational revelations over government corruption on the one hand, and an attempt to reassure floating voters…