Soccer and politics in Argentina

Our previous two articles on Argentina focused on the growing problems the country is now experiencing and there are voices that are convinced that Mrs. Fernandez’s regime won’t last and are talking about the formation of a coalition government and even the possibility of holding elections at an earlier date. Although some say it might be too soon to be thinking about elections, many analysts are already considering possible candidates to replace Cristina. Argentina needs a change of direction and many analysts are convinced and hope that the person capable of doing that is the current Head of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri.

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