Argentina's Scioli Fails to Deliver `Big Blow' in Debate
- Macri accuses Scioli of lying, Scioli says Macri will devalue
- No outright winner in debate, which suits Macri as frontrunner
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Argentine presidential candidate Daniel Scioli, trailing in the polls ahead of the Nov. 22 election, failed to strike a “big blow” against his rival Mauricio Macri in Sunday’s debate, damping his chances of a late revival, said analyst Juan Cruz Diaz.
In a bitter discussion, Macri accused Scioli of lying, while the ruling party candidate said Macri’s policies were a “danger” to the country, that would lead inevitably to a devaluation of the peso, unemployment and higher debts. Macri, the current mayor of Buenos Aires, retorted that Scioli represented continuity of a government that lied about rising poverty levels.