Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
LEFT-OF-CENTRE Peronist Alberto Fernandez will be Argentina’s next president after roundly defeating the incumbent, Mauricio Macri, in elections held on October 27, thus obviating the need for a second round run-off that would have taken place on November 24.
Elected as his vice-president was the former president of the republic, Cristina Fernandez, (no relation) for whom Alberto Fernandez was formerly chief of staff.
Macri’s defeat signifies a rejection of neoliberal economics and comes at a time when Latin America is convulsed by conflicts arising from popular reaction to similar policies in Ecuador, Chile and Haiti.
Football may not solve the working class’s problems, but it does matter — and politicians know it, writes BERT SHOUWENBURG
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
As six out of 10 Argentines don’t vote for Milei LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI looks at the country’s real crisis that runs far deeper than just the ballot box



