POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN TIMES OF CRISIS: LA GRIETA AND ITS IMPACT ON ARGENTINE DEMOCRACY DURING THE COVID‑19 PANDEMIC.

The article discusses how the Argentine socio -political polarization known as la grieta has influenced the country’s politics and impacted democratic standards during the Covid -19 pandemic. It uses qualitative data to present the nature of Argentine socio -political polarization, the outbreak of the Covid -19 pandemic in Argentina and new areas of polarization that emerged in the country under the pandemic situation, mainly the quarantine measures and vaccination campaign. The paper also takes a look on potential challenges for the Argentine democracy in a post -pandemic reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]