Argentina’s presidential elections this October 27 will be a referendum not only between two candidates, but on a political legacy which has defined Argentinian politics for nearly two decades. By signing on as vice presidential nominee to rising political star Alberto Fernández, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner presented a new and united front of Kirchnerism against the neoliberalism and austerity for which President Mauricio Macri has gained infamy. Yet while public opinion of Macri is poor, Kirchner herself has been plagued by a series of corruption investigations since her departure from the presidency. The question remains whether Kirchner’s savvy political maneuvering and Kirchnerismo’s resurgence will be enough to push her and Fernández back into national office. While this October represents the newest climax in this drama, its characters have been playing against one another for years. With this in mind, we invite you to contextualize this month’s elections by revisiting some of NACLA’s coverage of Argentinian politics over the past decade.
— Zachary Kligler
- Macri’s Failed Fracking Dreams by Nick Cunningham, June 13, 2019
- Another IMF Bailout in Argentina by Alan Cibils, June 12, 2019
- The Audacity and Calculations of Cristina Kirchner by Fernando Manuel Suárez, June 3, 2019
- The Consequences of Mr. Macri by Luciana Zorzoli, April 19, 2019
- Remilitarizing Argentina? By Livia Peres Milani, January 3, 2019
- The Right’s Assault on Reason in Argentina by Bronwyn Scott-McCharen, September 29, 2017
- Argentina’s New Austerity by Juan Cruz Ferre, January 8, 2017
- Argentina’s Cambiemos: A party from the elite, by the elite, for the elite? by María Esperanza Casullo, November 6, 2015
- Structural Challenges Underlie Argentina’s General Elections by Charles Dolph, October 21, 2015
- What Argentina’s Sovereign Debt Dispute Means for Global Finance by Charles Dolph, November 18, 2014
