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Registration of alliances for elections in Argentina concludes

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June 15 |

The registration of electoral alliances that will participate in the presidential elections in Argentina, scheduled for next October 22, concluded on Wednesday.

According to local media, both the ruling party and the opposition negotiated until the last minute which parties to include or exclude from the coalitions, their electoral strategies and other details.

For the justicialism (officialism), Unión por la Patria was registered, which replaces Frente de Todos, winner of the 2019 elections, of which the Partido Justicialista, Frente Renovador, Kolina, Nuevo Encuentro, Partido de la Victoria, Frente Grande, Partido Comunista and Partido Solidario, among others, are part of.

Meanwhile, for the opposition, Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change) was registered, formerly led by the right-wing former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019).

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According to the electoral calendar, the political alliances must register ten days before the official registration of the presidential pre-candidates, which will take place on June 24, and 60 days before the primary elections or PASO (Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas y Obligatorias), to be held on August 13, which will define the presidential candidates to be voted for on October 22.

Within the Peronism, the debate continues between two tendencies: to choose the presidential candidate through the PASO, an idea defended by President Alberto Fernández, or that Vice-President Cristina Fernández -who will not run in the elections- designates a single candidate and transfers her political wealth to him.

Among the candidates are the current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro, the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, and the Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, former vice-president (2003-2007) and candidate for president for Peronism in 2015.

In the case of Juntos por el Cambio, it was formed by the Unión Cívica Radical (UCR), the Coalición Cívica and Propuesta Republicana (PRO). Now, Encuentro Republicano Federal, Partido Demócrata Progresista, Partido Unión Popular, Generación para un Encuentro Nacional (GEN), Partido Unir and Movimiento de Integración y Desarrollo (MID) have joined.

Within these forces, the former Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich (supported by Macri), as well as the head of the Government of the city of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, and the governor of the province of Jujuy (north), Gerardo Morales, stand out as candidates.

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Days before the closing of alliances, Rodríguez Larreta tried to include in the coalition a group of Peronists who define themselves as non-Kirchnerists, led by the governor of Córdoba, Juan Schiaretti, but this was rejected by Bullrich.

In view of this, Schiaretti registered the alliance Hacemos por Nuestro País, which includes the Socialist Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the Autonomist Party and other forces of Córdoba.

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López has been living in Madrid since 2020, after leaving Venezuela following a prolonged political and legal conflict with the government of Nicolás Maduro.

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“We will maintain ICE presence until airports feel they are fully back to normal operations,” Homan said during an interview on Face the Nation on CBS.

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