The headquarters of the provincial government in Cordoba.
Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/BloombergArgentina’s Heartland Shows Quandary of Election Choice Few Want
Two polarizing candidates are vying for the presidency. Cordoba, with more votes going spare than any other province, could tip the balance.
Marcela Moreno, a preschool teacher in the central Argentine province of Cordoba, voted for libertarian economist Javier Milei in last month’s presidential election. With days to the runoff, she’s having cold feet.
“Oh, God, what have I done?” said Moreno, 47, leaving work to catch the bus in her school apron. Moreno thinks she’ll vote for Milei again because she wouldn’t support the current government — but fears her school could shutter if he follows through on his pledge to take a chainsaw to Argentina’s sprawling state budget to thwart triple-digit inflation.