Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner warns voters that they stand to lose everything they gained under 12 years of government by herself and her late husband if they vote for the opposition. Her approval ratings show that half the population buy into that narrative even as the reliability of the country's economic data has been questioned by the International Monetary Fund and private economists. Her party's candidate failed to secure an outright victory in Argentina's presidential elections on Oct. 25 and was forced into a runoff vote later this month.
In these five charts, we try to separate fact from fiction.
