Following Argentina’s historic run-off election on Sunday, the South American country made a turn towards the right with the election of Mauricio Macri.
The exit polls of Argentina’s historical presidential run-off election indicate that opposition candidate Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, is set to be the new leader of the South American nation.
Daniel Scioli, Argentina's ruling party choice for presidential candidate, said that if he takes office he would improve benefits for retired citizens and manage this by using funds for the nation's social security system.
A day after Argentina’s presidential election, ballet counters have determined that neither the left leaning current party favorite Daniel Scioli, nor the center-to-right candidate, Mauricio Macri, have earned enough votes to be the considered the clear winner.
Exit polls in Argentina inform that Daniel Scioli, the ruling party candidate backed by exiting President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, is the new leader of the Latin American country
After a dozen years of “Kirchnerism,” Argentines are heading to the polls to elect a new leader.As previously reported Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has already served the two consecutive terms allowed by Argentina’s constitution and cannot run again until 2019. Kirchner’s political tenure was preceded by her late husband President Néstor Kirchner.
