The electoral ban for the Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Elections (PASO), next Sunday in Argentina, began this Friday while details are being finalized a few days before the elections are held. teleSUR
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00:00 And we'll remain in Argentina because that South American nation gets ready to head to
00:04 the polls on Sunday to decide which candidates will represent each political force in the
00:09 October general elections.
00:11 Campaigning activities and rallies will close on Friday as the electoral silence comes into
00:16 effect amid a context of increasing social unrest brought about by the murder of a journalist
00:21 at the hands of the police and the killing of a young girl at a robbery earlier this
00:26 week.
00:27 Recent events have prompted the suspension of several closing campaign rallies.
00:32 Sunday's open primaries will decide which candidates will represent each political space
00:37 in the upcoming general elections.
00:39 For the ruling coalition, current economy minister Sergio Maza will face social leaders
00:44 Juan Garbá in the dispute to become the official presidential candidate.
00:49 While within the right-wing opposition coalition Together for Change, Buenos Aires City Mayor
00:54 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta faces former security minister Patricia Bullrich.
00:59 For its part, the far-right Liberal Party Liberty Advances is representing a single
01:04 candidate Javier Milen.
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