Political Risk / Argentina
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A Dangerous Game
May 2006 | Political OutlookSorry, you must be a subscriber to view this article in full. If you are a subscriber please login.
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Since his overwhelming victory in the October 2005 legislative elections - his first real opportunity to prove that he had gained the support of the electorate after he won the presidency by default (after Carlos Menem dropped out of the second round of the 2003 presidential election fearing a major defeat) - Argentine President Néstor Kirchner has taken a more populist, and worrying, approach to politics. The first real example of this was his dismissal of Roberto Lavagna from the economy ministry. Lavagna and Kirchner had a different vision for the management of the economy, and once Kirchner's domestic support