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Leftist Fernández government suffers heavy defeat in Argentina’s legislative primaries

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Alberto Fernández's left-wing government suffered a major defeat on Sunday (12) in the PASO primaries to define the candidates for congress members and senators in Argentina's legislative elections. In what commentators called a plebiscite about the Argentine president's administration, the main opposition alliance prevailed in most parts of the country.

With more than 98 percent of the votes counted, former President Mauricio Macri's 'Together for Change' party coalition obtained 41.5 percent of the votes for Congress, against 31.8 percent for the ruling 'Frente de Todos' grouping.

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