he will face the right linger, javier millet who is often compared to donald trump in the second roundf voting next month. >> an unexpected boost. argentina's economy minister sergio massa >> i count on each one of you. thank you from the heart. >> under his watch the economy has sunk to the worst crisis in decades. some 4% of the population lives in poverty. still, the center have to candidate had a slight lead over his chief rival, javier millet, a right-wing populist. massa rob is international knowledge -- monetary fund to cut spending he announced tax cuts and social program expansions and -- in a move seen to boost votes. but his rival, has focused on cutting back on government spending. >> [speaking another language] the election ahead of us is clear. we embrace the change and reform. it is an election between those who love us in a brutal war in teen and those asking for freedom. those who defend populism and those who defend the republic. >> but he also denies that humans are responsible for climate change and is against both abortion and x education. the highly polarized elec

will be settled in a runoff between the economy minister sergio masa and the libertarian outsider javier millet expectations to snatch the lead in sunday's election. we have been hearing a lot about unity and hard work from masa as he has been speaking but this is the most politically polarizing scenario that investors are hoping to avoid. >> yes, the scenario between the runoff between sergio masa running currency control and capital restrictions in the outsider heavier millet was a proposal to dollarized argentina's economy and it was a dreaded and feared scenario. we started this morning with a three way race and are going to a head-to-head battle in november 19 between matzoh and millet -- massa and milei. he surged back up to first place gaining over 1.5 million extra votes through a mix of spending policies and re-crafting his campaign message. rishaad: how are the markets expected to react to all this? >> well, that's a great question. we will probably see more pressure on argentina's currency -- excuse me more pressure on argentina's exchange rate. the peso, we have multiple exchange ra