Argentina Interior Minister, Kirchner Ally, Offers Resignation After Election Blow

Argentina Interior Minister, Kirchner Ally, Offers Resignation After Election Blow
Argentina's Interior Minister Eduardo De Pedro leaves the Intercontinental hotel in Buenos Aires on March 16, 2020. Juan Mabromata/AFP via Getty Images
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BUENOS AIRES—Argentina’s interior minister, Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro, offered his resignation on Wednesday, the first high profile casualty from the government following a bruising election loss for the ruling party in midterm primaries on Sunday.

De Pedro was one of the top officials allied with the more radical “Kirchnerist” wing of the center-left government of Alberto Fernández, who faces a battle to win back moderate voters ahead of a midterm ballot in November.