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Latin America elections
Argentina: Macri set for presidential run-off as Scioli fails to win first round outright
ARGENTINA will vote in a run-off election next month after left-wing presidential candidate Daniel Scioli failed to win by a sufficient margin yesterday, writes James Tweedie.
With the last results coming in, the Front for Victory (FPV) candidate led his Let’s Change party rival Mauricio Macri by 36.9 per cent to 34.3 per cent.
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