“Massa corners a subdued Milei”: This is how the international press saw the last presidential debate

The international press echoed the third presidential debate held last night by the candidates of Union for the Fatherland, Sergio Massa, and La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei, the last before next Sunday’s runoff. Massa corners a subdued Milei in the last presidential debate in Argentina,” was the view of the Spanish newspaper El País. “The Peronist minister exposes the ideological contradictions of the far-right, who is barely taking advantage of the economic crisis that weighs on his rival,” the media outlet added. Headline of the Spanish newspaper El País. El Mundo, also from the Iberian country, agreed with that view: “Massa psychologically dominates Milei in a presidential debate with a huge audience in Argentina.” “‘Yes or no’: with that formula, which he used insistently, Massa, Minister of Economy with 140 percent annual inflation, managed to turn Milei into the one questioned, into the candidate who had to justify himself for what he has not yet done,” the media summarized. El Mundo also highlighted Massa’s strategy. In Brazil, the newspaper O Globo warned headlined: “Negative campaign on Milei dominates last debate in Argentina.” Using a metaphor that alludes to the film starring Meryl Streep, he added: “Undecided people face the ‘Sophie’s choice’ between Milei and Massa in Argentina.” The article published by O Globo. Photo: Captura.La Tercera, from Chile, reported: “Economy, Malvinas and Pope Francis mark last debate between Massa and Milei.” “A week before the runoff, the minister and the economist faced each other last night in a key face-to-face to convince the 10% of undecided voters that could define the election,” the trans-Andean media expanded. The title chosen by La Tercera de Chile. Photo: Screenshot.

Original source in Spanish