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In Argentina, the Chilean crisis is inviting itself into the campaign of general elections while the country is living a difficult economic situation. REUTERS / Agustin Marcarian

The crisis that is shaking Chile was invited in the electoral campaign on the other side of the Andes. The Argentines, living a major economic crisis, are expected to vote for general elections on Sunday 27 October.

In Cordoba, the second largest city in the country, the FIT-Unidad, the Left Front which has allied itself with the Socialist Movement of Workers, credited with less than 3% in the primaries, has decided to conclude its campaign by evoking the crisis in Chile . For Liliana Olivero, a candidate of the FIT-Unidad party in the legislative elections, the Chilean people give hope to the Argentineans: " The Chilean people gave us an example of combativeness. The problem is not 30 pesos, but 30 years of submission to a Constitution developed by Pinochet. And today, the people say stop . "

For the FIT-Unidad candidate, the Chilean protest must even serve as an example while Argentina is hit hard by a new economic crisis, 20 years after its bankruptcy: " This is the mirror in which we must look at each other, we the Argentine people who have on their back a huge debt contracted by the government of Macri. And that Alberto Fernandez wants to continue paying. If there is no break with the International Monetary Fund and if we do not withdraw from this fraudulent debt, we will have no food, here in the country of meat, milk and wheat. That is why today we conclude our election campaign in front of the Chilean People's Consulate, to tell them that if necessary we will cross the border to support them in their fight. "

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Argentina is preparing to vote on 27 October as the country is once again in the midst of economic slump. The Argentine peso collapsed by 20% a few months ago and inflation is expected to reach 55% in the year according to the forecasts of the Central Bank of Argentina. At the same time, GDP is expected to fall by 2.5% in 2019. All these problems lead to a drop in real wages, which puts Argentinian households in great difficulty.