Updated Oct. 22, 2023 9:05 pm ET
BUENOS AIRES—Sergio Massa, the ruling party’s candidate for president, came out on top in the first round of a presidential election Sunday, beating out a libertarian economist, Javier Milei, who had promised to lay waste to Argentina’s political establishment.
With 83.2% of the votes counted, Massa took 36.1% of the votes, defying polls that had predicted Milei would be the victor.
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