Historical Political Debates in Argentina | Chronic

Before the 27,337 law comes into force in 2016, which obliges to debate projects of the candidates for the presidency of the country, the most recent case was lived during the campaign of 2015 where, on October 4 at the Faculty UBA law, Mauricio Macri, Sergio Massa, Margarita Stolbizer, Nicolás del Caño and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá they played in the first debate, moderated by journalists Luis NOVARESIO, Marcelo Bonelli and Rodolfo Bariliand in the absence of Daniel Scioliwhich at that time did not cause any harm to the elections.

As neither of the two most important forces could maintain the victory (Front for Victory and Change) in the elections of end of October 2015, it was necessary to go to the polls between Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri.

On November 15, on the same stage and during the previous round of the second round (organized by the NGO Argentina Debate), the faces were seen and both played on all sorts of subjects with a pre-established time for that each candidate can present his ideas for the Country.

Although the debate included moments of discussion and disagreement between the parties, it was held with great respect and the moderator hardly needed to set boundaries. Although the debate did not leave a strong winner at the polls, the image of a Mauricio Macri could be seen with a lot of enthusiasm and promise of change compared to what was being said the former governor of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli. It "freshness" of the former head of government of Buenos Aires plus the final kiss with Juliana Awada In the eyes of the other candidate, he seemed to give a great desire to who is today the president of the nation and seeks to be reelected to his post.

Going back in time, there may have been a first presidential debate in 1989, when the governor of La Rioja and candidate of the justicialist party, Carlos Menem, he aspired to be the Argentine president, although for that he had to overcome the Cordovan radical, Eduardo Angeloz. The journalist Bernardo Neustadt proposed his program "New Time" so that the two rivals debate their plans, but almost a week before the elections (May 1989), the leader of the Rioja does not attend the nomination and only the radical is attending. Despite this, the Peronist was left with the victory the following Sunday.

Before that, in the early 80's and with Raul Alfonsin As Argentine President, one of the points to discuss was the conflict between the Beagle Channel and Chile, which has always been at the door of a belligerent conflict with the Trans-Andean people and which has led to a debate allowing the society to define the steps to follow.

From one side the chancellor Dante Caputo and on the other the peronist senator Vicente Saadi, who would discuss the "Yes" where the "No" to define what would happen in the south of our country. Caputo remained sober and energetic in his answers, while Saadi tried to convey the speech to another camp in the moderation of Bernardo Neustadt. The result of this election was the triumph of "Yes" with more than 80 percent.

In 1987, the fight was to be governor of the province of Buenos Aires, and the candidates were Antonio Cafiero (Justice Party) and Juan Manuel Casella (Radical Civic Union), which before the moderation of the journalist Magdalena Ruíz Guiñazú, they showed their ideas to the viewers of Channel 9 and, finally, the dialectic of Cafiero seemed to convince dubious voters.

Already in 1996, the position to occupy was that of Head of Government of Buenos Aires, and in the program "Two voices" they debated Fernando De La Rúa (UCR), Norberto la Porta (Frepaso) Gustavo Béliz (New leadership) and Jorge Dominguez (PJ), in a very respectful and followed by the viewers, which then confirmed the victory of the radical in the city of Buenos Aires.

Later, there were debates for the same position in 2000 between Hannibal Ibarra, Domingo Cavallo, Irma Roy, Raúl Granillo Ocampo and Antonio Cartaña, where he seemed more convincing and that is why he became head of government in May of the same year. In 2007, Mauricio Macri, Daniel Filmus and Jorge Telerman they came back to the scene in a spicy debate but the "freshness and hope" the former president of Boca Juniors seemed to lead him to victory.