WSJ/ M.MOFFETT
New polling predicts an easy 55% victory for CFK in Sunday's presidential election.
But Cristina Kirchner must now worry about neighboring Brasil's slowing growth...from more than 7% in 2010...to an estimated 3.5% this year...and perhaps next.
Plus it's weakening currency...the real...closed around $1.80 per usd today.
Argentina's biggest cash crop...soybeans...are also down 10% in just the past 3 months.
And 80% of its auto exports go to Brasil.
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