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| Argentina halts election campaign after body, thought to be missing activist, found | Argentina halts election campaign after body, thought to be missing activist, found |
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| Body found at site where activist Santiago Maldonado was last seen | |
| Major parties suspend campaigning before midterm elections on Sunday | |
| Reuters in Buenos Aires | |
| Wed 18 Oct 2017 17.32 BST | |
| Last modified on Wed 18 Oct 2017 17.49 BST | |
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| Major parties running in Argentina’s midterm congressional election on Sunday have suspended their campaigns after a body, thought to be that of a young protester who went missing more than two months ago, was found in a river. | Major parties running in Argentina’s midterm congressional election on Sunday have suspended their campaigns after a body, thought to be that of a young protester who went missing more than two months ago, was found in a river. |
| A government spokeswoman said President Mauricio Macri’s Cambiemos (Let’s Change) coalition would halt campaigning for the rest of the day after investigators on Tuesday discovered the body in the Chubut river in the country’s southern Patagonia region. | A government spokeswoman said President Mauricio Macri’s Cambiemos (Let’s Change) coalition would halt campaigning for the rest of the day after investigators on Tuesday discovered the body in the Chubut river in the country’s southern Patagonia region. |
| The remains were found near the site where indigenous rights activist Santiago Maldonado was last seen at a tribal rights protest on 1 August. Former president and now senate candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also suspended campaigning, along with other major figures vying for Congress, their campaigns said. | The remains were found near the site where indigenous rights activist Santiago Maldonado was last seen at a tribal rights protest on 1 August. Former president and now senate candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also suspended campaigning, along with other major figures vying for Congress, their campaigns said. |
| “We have halted all events until there is word from either the judge in charge of the case or Santiago’s family,” a spokesman for Fernández’s Unidad Ciudadana, or Citizens’ Unity party told Reuters. | “We have halted all events until there is word from either the judge in charge of the case or Santiago’s family,” a spokesman for Fernández’s Unidad Ciudadana, or Citizens’ Unity party told Reuters. |
| In the final week of campaigning the Maldonado case has overshadowed the congressional election, which is expected to give Macri’s coalition additional seats but not a majority in either chamber. | In the final week of campaigning the Maldonado case has overshadowed the congressional election, which is expected to give Macri’s coalition additional seats but not a majority in either chamber. |
| Some opposition and rights groups believe state security forces took Maldonado, a 28-year-old craftsman, and allege Macri’s government covered up information on his whereabouts. Macri’s government has said that there is no evidence that shows security forces detained Maldonado. | Some opposition and rights groups believe state security forces took Maldonado, a 28-year-old craftsman, and allege Macri’s government covered up information on his whereabouts. Macri’s government has said that there is no evidence that shows security forces detained Maldonado. |
| Potential cases of abuse by security forces are sensitive in Argentina, where the 1976-1983 military dictatorship secretly detained, tortured and killed people in clandestine prisons. Rights groups say up to 30,000 people “disappeared”. | Potential cases of abuse by security forces are sensitive in Argentina, where the 1976-1983 military dictatorship secretly detained, tortured and killed people in clandestine prisons. Rights groups say up to 30,000 people “disappeared”. |
| The markets will watch Sunday’s election to see if business-friendly Cambiemos emerges as the main vote-getter in the bellwether province of Buenos Aires. Investors say they prefer Macri’s orthodox economic policies to those of Fernández, a free-spending populist who led the country from 2008 to 2016. | The markets will watch Sunday’s election to see if business-friendly Cambiemos emerges as the main vote-getter in the bellwether province of Buenos Aires. Investors say they prefer Macri’s orthodox economic policies to those of Fernández, a free-spending populist who led the country from 2008 to 2016. |
| While it has dominated headlines, political analysts have said they do not expect the case to change votes. | While it has dominated headlines, political analysts have said they do not expect the case to change votes. |
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