Juan Elman is an Argentinean journalist, specialising in international politics. He writes the newsletter Mundo Propio for the independent media Cenital, and is the author of ‘Nada será como antes. ¿Hacia dónde va Chile?’ (Ediciones Futurock, 2022).
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.