![While OPEC+ decided to continuing supplying the market with barrels, the group essentially placed a floor under prices by giving itself the option to change the plan at short notice [File: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/oil1.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
Kirchner corruption charges boost Macri’s re-election prospects
Argentinian president expected to lose support after tax increase proposal, but Cristina de Kirchner’s alleged corruption is expected to give him a boost in next year’s vote.
Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri is expected to lose more support as he presents a new budget that includes tax increases to Congress.
But corruption charges against his main rival, former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, are improving his chances of winning next year’s presidential election.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Buenos Aires.
Published On 20 Sep 2018
More video clips from the story
![After opening higher, Wall Street's main indexes quickly turned negative in morning trading [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/markets.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The European Commission said it is in contact with Lithuania and the European Union’s delegation in Beijing to verify the information [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/trade.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![November’s gains reflect large numbers of people exiting unemployment ranks, a development that coincided with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government decision to terminate its key support programme for individuals in October [File: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/can.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Ukraine's government says Russia has amassed some 115,000 troops near its borders in recent weeks [File: Press Service of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-11-26T182025Z_1188984921_RC29WQ9JLGH6_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-URKAINE-USA.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The Taliban decree did not mention a minimum age for marriage [File: Hector Retamal/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/000_9TL3JY.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![WHO chief scientist urged people not to panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant [ Steven Senne/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AP21336852624013.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Police officers stand guard at the site where a Sri Lankan citizen was lynched by a Muslim mob outside a factory in Sialkot, Pakistan [Shahid Akram/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AP21337392808392.jpg?resize=170%2C113)