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Four lawmakers normally allied with the government make first legislative push to cancel next year’s PASO primaries; Opposition coalition vows to block move in Congress.

While President Alberto Fernández and his boss Cristina, both Lula fanboys, could celebrate another victory for the “progressives” of Latin America, the true reasons to raise a glass could have more to do with what’s happening in the Argentine opposition.

La precandidata a la presidencia, Patricia Bullrich, defendió las PASO y reconoció que le gustaría gestar una fórmula cruzada con la UCR para las elecciones del 2023. Ponderó a Alfredo Cornejo y le vaticinó un lugar protagónico en la escena nacional

Distritos peronistas, radicales, PRO y vecinalistas responden a un tema que comienza a sobrevolar la provincia. El “dilema” para el FDT y la postura del Gobierno de Kicillof.

A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina

Presidential approval has picked up slightly but remains close to its lowest levels – three-quarters of voters disapprove of the Alberto Fernández government, according to a new UDESA survey. Inflation spans the grieta rift and is the biggest worry.

Some in Juntos por el Cambio want the former president to step aside, though all the coalition’s key leaders recognise they will need him for the 2023 election. The former president has reached a peace accord with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta but it’s daggers drawn with Gerardo Morales – what is Mauricio Macri’s place in the grand scheme of things?

The civil war between the Albertistas and Kirchneristas has paralysed Argentina’s political agenda.

Lawmakers in Argentina on late last week approved a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restructure a ruinous $45 billion debt ahead of a vote in the upper house. With 204 votes in favour, 37 against and 11 abstentions, the package obtained “an affirmative result and will be communicated to the honourable Senate”, chamber president Sergio Massa said.

Argentina is just emerging from three years of economic recession and battling rising inflation and a high poverty rate.