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Peronists brace for first-ever Senate loss

Sep 15, 2021 14:50 10 min read (Updated: Sep 15, 2021 15:39)

Hello and welcome back to the Latin America Weekly newsletter! In this issue: What Argentina’s primary midterms mean for Peronists. Latin America’s climate shortcomings. Trust in Chile’s constituent assembly waning.

Is Argentina’s century-old Peronist congressional streak ending?

peronists Street posters in Buenos Aires celebrate General Juan Domingo Peron. Photo: Alexandr Vorobev/Shutterstock
Street posters in Buenos Aires celebrate General Juan Domingo Peron. Photo: Alexandr Vorobev/Shutterstock

In 1972, Argentina’s iconic leader Juan Domingo Perón described the country’s political landscape at the...

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