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Javier Milei and Sergio Massa are set to square off in a run-off vote to elect Argentina's next president on November 19.
  • Argentina is set to elect a new president next weekend.
  • Neither candidate is likely to be able to fix the country's broken economy.
  • Politicians have failed to rein in triple-digit inflation, while the value of the peso has plummeted.

Argentina is getting ready to choose its next president — and the country's economy is a mess.

The ruling Union for the Homeland coalition's nominee Sergio Massa will square off against the far-right libertarian candidate Javier Milei in a run-off election next Sunday, with the vote deciding who has the right to govern the South American nation for the next four years.