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EXPLAINER<\/span><\/p>\n Massa represents the ruling establishment while Milei wants to turn the tables with radical policies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Argentina is heading for a run-off election on Sunday, which will pit a centrist and a far-right candidate against each other in a vote that promises to have wide-ranging consequences for the South American nation.<\/p>\n Sergio Massa, the country\u2019s economy minister and candidate of the ruling Union for the Homeland coalition, will face off against Javier Milei, who has grabbed headlines with his eccentric personality and radical \u2013 even controversial \u2013 promises.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know about who could become Argentina\u2019s next president and why that matters.<\/p>\n The 51-year-old Massa represents the governing Peronist coalition. Based on the ideas and legacy of former president and military commander Juan Peron, the Peronist movement has been the country\u2019s main political force for the past eight decades.<\/p>\n Massa is seen as a pragmatic figure within the leftist movement, which has helped him convince more moderate votes as well.<\/p>\n He is challenged by the 53-year-old Milei, an economist who sits at the helm of the Freedom Advances party. The far-right libertarian describes himself as an \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d and was the surprise frontrunner of the primary election in August.<\/p>\n Through his rhetoric and extreme promises, Milei has expressed his interest to \u201cchainsaw\u201d through a system that has left Argentina reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades.<\/p>\n Milei has drawn comparisons to right-wing leaders like former United States President Donald Trump and ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. But unlike both Trump and Bolsonaro, Milei has managed to win support from youth voters.<\/p>\n Massa, Milei and several other candidates were on the ballot in an election in late October.<\/p>\n No one managed to secure the 45 percent of the vote \u2014 or 40 percent plus a 10-point lead over their closest competitor \u2014 that was required for an outright victory during the first round of voting.<\/p>\n Pollsters had given Milei a better chance of winning, but polls proved to be largely unreliable as they had been in some past elections. Massa came out on top with 37 percent of the votes to trump Milei\u2019s 30 percent.<\/p>\n But that still wasn\u2019t enough, so Sunday\u2019s vote will determine the president.<\/p>\nWho are Massa and Milei?<\/h2>\n
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