Elections in Argentina and Switzerland

Both countries are an ocean apart in many ways, but the phenomenon of populism lingers in both

Argentina, with a population of around 47 million people, is South America’s second-largest economy but is currently experiencing an existential economic crisis with inflation running at almost 140% and the national currency, the peso, in sharp decline, sinking to a new low in recent weeks. On the other side of the pond is Switzerland. With a populatio…