Argentine voters reject austerity, return Kirchner and the Peronistas to power in presidential election
Oct. 27, 2019 at 11:58 p.m. GMT-3 By Sebastián Lacunza BUENOS AIRES — The Peronista ticket of Alberto Fernández and former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner defeated President Mauricio Macri in the first round of Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, a rejection of austerity of the sort that has sparked violent protests elsewhere in Latin America . The left-leaning Kirchner, a former two-term president who ran as vice president to Fernández, is the target of nearly a dozen corruption cases. But she is popular among the poor and voters outside Buenos Aires, and the right-leaning Macri’s fiscal reforms failed to deliver the solid growth he promised. “I will meet President Macri tomorrow,” Fernández said late Sunday. “He is going to be the president until December 10, but I will cooperate in everything that Argentines need. … “Argentines must know that any commitment I made is an ethical commitment. We are going to build a solidarity and eg