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How the Architect of Argentina’s Grim Economy Is Boosting His Presidential Bid

In Sunday’s election, populist Peronists bet on neighborhood operatives to rally poor voters as inflation takes a toll

A campaign poster for Sergio Massa, the ruling party’s candidate, on a wall in a Buenos Aires neighborhood. Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press

By Ryan Dubé

Nov. 18, 2023 9:00 am ET

SAN MIGUEL, Argentina—As a so-called point man for the ruling Peronist political movement, Carlos Coronel does everything from organizing soccer tournaments in the working-class outskirts of Buenos Aires to helping the disabled secure artificial limbs.

Now, as Argentina prepares for a presidential election on Sunday, he seeks to collect votes by fanning out across the teeming Rust Belt-like communities of a province whose voters are essential to winning the presidency.

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