dr dania thafer, thank you so much for your time.'s presidential elections. the poll has been dominated by an escalating economic crisis, with inflation running at more than 140%. polls suggest it will be a tight race between the left—wing economy minister, sergio massa, and a far—right outsider, javier milei. mr massa won the first round with 36.7%, ahead of mr milei with 30%. argentinian journalist natalio cosoy spoke to the bbc from outside a polling station and explains how the main issue this election is around the crippling economy. the economic situation is very dire in argentina. the crisis has been going on for too long. going on for too long for argentinian citizens. the very high inflation makes it very difficult to organise life, to buy things, to save, and that's affecting people, but it's also affecting business. and that's why javier milei, with his unconventional economic ideas, like the idea of polarising the country and getting rid of the argentinian currency, the peso, or closing down the central bank as a means to

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