Moderate Leftist Fernandez – The Man To Unite Argentina?
December 10, 2019
3:29 pm
Alberto Fernandez had long been a discreet backroom operator throughout his career in Argentine politics, but having been sworn in as president on Tuesday he announced big plans to rid the country of its political polarization.
Little known outside Buenos Aires politics until now, the 60-year-old law professor and Bob Dylan fan first burst onto the international stage by trouncing outgoing president Mauricio Macri in August primaries that were seen as a dress rehearsal for the presidential election.
Two months later he repeated the trick in elections, winning outright in the first round.
After he was sworn in on …
