Mandatory Primary News Today

Former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich admitted that she would not abandon her values after being eliminated from the Argentine presidential race on Sunday. But her loss may have signaled the end of the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition.

The rights of the Falkland Islanders would be respected should Javier Milei become Argentinas next president, Economist Diana Mondino, reportedly the candidates pick for the Foreign Ministry, told The Telegraph in an article published during the weekend.

The Government of Argentina Monday ordered a 22% devaluation of the national currency which stood at AR$ 365 / US$ 1 on the official market. Financial authorities also raised the interest rate from 97% to 118% annually, it was reported in Buenos Aires. Thus, the monthly rate will be 9.83% and the effective annual rate will be 209%.

Argentine authorities said that a security protocol was triggered Sunday when a phone call was received at the 911 line at around 6.20 pm saying there was a bomb at Casa Rosada. According to local media, the threat stemmed from somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday released a video wishing Libertarian presidential candidate Javier Milei good luck for next Sundays Simultaneous, Open, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections in Argentina.

The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar in Argentina Wednesday pierced the AR$ 600 barrier for the first time just days ahead of Sundays Simultaneous, Open, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections while the official quotation neared AR$ 300, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

All candidates, presidential or otherwise, have suspended their campaign closing rallies for Sundays Simultaneous, Open, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections after Morena Domínguez, an 11-year-old girl, was killed Wednesday when motorbike robbers took her backpack at 7.20 am on her way to school in Lanús, a municipality in the province of Buenos Aires just south of the Argentine capital.

Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei closed his campaign for Sundays Simultaneous, Open, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) presidential elections like a rock star in a packed Buenos Aires indoor 15,000-capacity Movistar Arena, capitalizing on one of Mexican singer Luis Miguels days off at the venue.

The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar rose another AR$ 10 Tuesday, reaching AR$ 560, its highest quotation ever, less than two weeks ahead of the Open, Simultaneous, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections in Argentina, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The gap with the wholesale (official) dollar stood at 102.79%. So far in 2023, the US currency in the parallel market accumulates an increase of AR$ 214 after closing 2022 at AR$343.

Ignacio Torres of the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance finally won Sundays gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chubut with 35.71% of the votes, edging Arriba Chubuts Juan Pablo Luque, who collected 34.11% and would not admit defeat until Monday.