Weekly Report - 27 August 2015 (WR-15-34)

In a joint press conference on 26 August, the leading opposition candidates for the presidency demanded “transparency” for the general elections on 25 October. Over the weekend, elections in the northern province of Tucumán were marred by accusations of fraud and violently repressed demonstrations. To emphasise their point, the opposition candidates were joined on stage by José Cano, the gubernatorial candidate from the Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) who lost Sunday’s vote to Juan Manzur, from the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) faction of the Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists).