Argentina: Voters Weigh In Ahead of Sunday's Presidential Election

Oct 23 2015, 11:50 am ET

Argentina: Voters Weigh In Ahead of Sunday's Presidential Election

by David Culver and Roque Bourdieu

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA -- As North America braces for colder months, porteños - or Argentinians who live in the capital city of Buenos Aires - are eager for spring's brighter days. The change in temperature is slow, fickle and unpredictable.

Walking the streets of the higher-end Recoleta neighborhood you'll see locals bundled in coats and scarves strolling alongside their neighbors in tank tops, with a light jacket in their arms. Neither group is quite sure what the next hour will bring: a rush of cold or a surge of warmth? They prepare for both. So too is Argentina's political climate.



On Sunday, Argentinians will vote to elect their next president, the successor to current head of state Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Fernández has held the position since 2007, with a reelection in 2011. She earned 54 percent of the votes, the highest number achieved by any president in the country's modern history. Prior to that she served as Argentina's First Lady to her late husband, President Néstor Kirchner, giving her a record-breaking twelve years in the country's maximum power spot.

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