Argentina's Macri Chooses Moderate Running Mate in Move to Broaden Base
Published on: Tuesday 11 June 2019
Moderate Argentine Senator Miguel Pichetto will run as vice presidential candidate with President Mauricio Macri in October's election, the two politicians said on Tuesday, a selection that could help broaden the struggling leader's voter base.
In a series of tweets, Macri, a center-right former businessman whose popularity has been hit by a flagging economy and high inflation, called the October election an opportunity to "consolidate democracy" and laid out a series of goals such as defending human rights and combating crime.
"For all of this, we'll need to build agreements with a lot of
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