Diario The Economist
This time it’s not for real
On August 11th, after two months of incessant political broadcasts filling the airwaves and social media, Argentines flocked to the polls. The results were greeted at winning campaign headquarters with much confetti and joyous gyrations. Yet the mid-term elections to fill half of the seats in the lower house of Congress and one-third of those in the upper chamber are not until October. In fact, the revelry accompanied nothing more than primaries.