At a news conference on Monday, Mr. Macri emphasized how his administration would differ from that of Mrs. Kirchner on foreign policy. He announced an effort to get Venezuela — a close ally of Argentina under the Kirchners — suspended from the Mercosur regional trade bloc over claims of the infringement of civil liberties there.
And he made clear his desire to revoke an agreement struck under Mrs. Kirchner with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 bombing here of a Jewish center, which killed 85 people. Some investigators have accused senior Iranian officials, including a former Iranian president, of planning and financing the attack, making the agreement to give Iran a direct role in the investigation a political lightning rod.
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Macri has sought to soften his image by explaining that he plans to maintain popular antipoverty programs introduced by the Kirchners since 2003.
Still, his ideological positioning clearly stands to the right of many of his rivals. He has expressed opposition, for instance, to legalizing abortion, while listing “The Fountainhead,” the 1943 novel about an individualistic young architect by Ayn Rand, the writer who espoused unbound capitalism, among his favorite reads.
“It is one of the best books I have read in my life,” Mr. Macri said.
In his personal life, Mr. Macri also mixes in exclusive circles, driving perceptions of him as out of touch with some voters.
“I don’t like Macri at all,” said Guadalupe Berlanga, 33, an English teacher here in Buenos Aires. “Privileges should not be for just a chosen few,” she said, saying she feared a wave of privatizations. “Macri voters don’t understand the reality because they come from money.”
In his personal life, Mr. Macri married his third wife, Juliana Awada, 41, a fashion designer of Lebanese and Syrian descent, in 2010; they have one young daughter. His first wife was Ivonne Bordeu, the daughter of a racecar driver with whom he had his three other children. His second wife was Isabel Menditeguy, a
And he made clear his desire to revoke an agreement struck under Mrs. Kirchner with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 bombing here of a Jewish center, which killed 85 people. Some investigators have accused senior Iranian officials, including a former Iranian president, of planning and financing the attack, making the agreement to give Iran a direct role in the investigation a political lightning rod.
Mr. Macri …show more content…
Macri has sought to soften his image by explaining that he plans to maintain popular antipoverty programs introduced by the Kirchners since 2003.
Still, his ideological positioning clearly stands to the right of many of his rivals. He has expressed opposition, for instance, to legalizing abortion, while listing “The Fountainhead,” the 1943 novel about an individualistic young architect by Ayn Rand, the writer who espoused unbound capitalism, among his favorite reads.
“It is one of the best books I have read in my life,” Mr. Macri said.
In his personal life, Mr. Macri also mixes in exclusive circles, driving perceptions of him as out of touch with some voters.
“I don’t like Macri at all,” said Guadalupe Berlanga, 33, an English teacher here in Buenos Aires. “Privileges should not be for just a chosen few,” she said, saying she feared a wave of privatizations. “Macri voters don’t understand the reality because they come from money.”
In his personal life, Mr. Macri married his third wife, Juliana Awada, 41, a fashion designer of Lebanese and Syrian descent, in 2010; they have one young daughter. His first wife was Ivonne Bordeu, the daughter of a racecar driver with whom he had his three other children. His second wife was Isabel Menditeguy, a