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Argentina Is Polarized. Or Is It?

By Andrés Malamud

The strange case of extremes converging at the center.

Whether he wins reelection in October or not, President Mauricio Macri is set to make history. In December, he will become the first president that isn’t a Peronist or general to complete a full term since 1928.  

Macri already has a track record of breaking molds. He was the first Argentine ruler to be trained in a private university and the first politician since 1983 to start a third party that could last and win elections. Allied with the Radical party, he won the...

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