This is the New World Report. I'm John Batchowith, Ernesto Aura,

Usual Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil. Just Vumar, the Executive Director

Secure Free Society. We move from the Milan Actors of La Paz and Managua to the mysteries

of Argentina's election cycle. The first round is done. The Patricia Bullrich is stepping

aside, but she has a vital party and dominates the conversation I understand in the Congress

and the Assembly in Buenos Aires. The two lead candidates to face off soon enough for

the presidency are a man named Malai, who's identified as a libertarian, a radical, a

colorful figure in what looks to be a Beatles wig, and a man named Masa, who is the President

Finance Economics Minister, who's identified with a pair of nieces, but not profoundly,

and seems an earnest campaigner. Both men are campaigning hard right now for the final

election. Because in the first round, Masa received about 37%, Malai received about

30%, and Ms. Bullrich was down around 20 or 19. Those votes are free to go to either

of the leading candidates. Ernesto, I come to you because this is a neighbor and also

a vital economy for the success of all of the Americas. These two men are campaigning

hard on the basis of solving the financial crisis, which I doubt anyone can solve, given

the depths of debt. Do you at this point have a measure of which one would be more stabilizing

for the region, Masa or Malai? Well, John, Malai would bring change, deep change to

Argentina, I'm probably inspired, very needed change in other countries. So, well, it depends

on what kind of stability we're talking about. If it's bad stability, stability of growing

debt and growing economic problems and growing loss of freedom in the region, well, then Masa

would be for the stability. But I think sometimes we don't need stability, sometimes we need

deep change, even if it means some waves of what we could call instability. Otherwise,

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