BUENOS AIRES( REUTERS)-Argentines head to the polls on Sunday( Sept 12) for midterm primaries in a litmus test for the centre-left Peronist government of President Alberto Fernandez that has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic crises and rising poverty. Voting stations around the South American nation will open at 8am( 7pm Singapore time) and close about10 hours later, with exit polls before official results start to come around 11pm. Pollsters expect the ruling party to suffer some

BUENOS AIRES( Reuters)-Javier Milei, an ebullient Argentine economist with wild hair and an avid fan base, was once known for his theatrical and acerbic televised takedowns of the country's political elite.... Milei said that their interest had been" lukewarm." No Argentine has democratically reached the presidency in a century without allying with one of the two main political movements-Peronism or the Radical Civic Union.... He has also pledged to eliminate the central bank, promote alternat

BUENOS AIRES( Reuters)-Argentina's center-left President Alberto Fernandez is set for a political test on Sunday that could split the ruling Peronist party, trigger a cabinet exodus and throw into disarray the left's campaign two years from a 2023 presidential vote. The South American country is going to the polls for a midterm legislative ballot, with a dry run primary and polling numbers suggesting voters will punish the government, potentially erasing its decades-old majority in the Senate. T