The Voting Age in Argentina has Dropped to Sixteen By: Nina Bharadwaj

Lawmakers in Argentina have passed a new measure, on Wednesday, lowering the nation's voting age to 16.
A majority of South American representatives, in the country, voted in favor of the law. Most of the Senators confirmed the law last week.
The desire to move the voting age from 18 to 16 came a year before an important mid-term election in Argentina. Some people claim that it is an attempt from the president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, to gain more votes.
Supporters of the law say that it will give young people more chances to be involved with politics.
Representative of the Victory Front party, Hector Recalde, states "I think it's important that the law reflects reality. Reality indicates that the participation of young people is increasing in our country. It's good that it's this way."
Eduardo Amadeo, Representative of Peronist Front party disagrees by saying, "If you ask me what is the worst social problem in Argentina, it is the youth. Education is worse. The consumption of drugs is worse. Employment is worse. Things like teen pregnancy, they are much worse than they were at the beginning of this government, and now the government has discovered them and they say, we are going to vote."
A student in Buenos Aires, Nahuel Armando, said that lowering the voting age would be a positive thing. He says "I think that any person who thinks he's capable and who has criteria to vote should do it. I think there are a lot more people in the past few years who have gotten interested."
Santiago Tricario, another student, says that being involved with politics would interfere with education. He states, "We are worrying about studies, and once we leave here, we can worry about other things. Read politics or something else, work related. That's why I think personally that it would be better if it were left to people who are over 18 to vote."
Nearly 1.5 million Argentinians between 16 and 18 will be added to the voting lists.
These rules will apply in the next mid-term elections, when half of the seats in the nations house and a third of the seats of senate will be on the line.
Analysis: I think that the author of this article, Guillermo Fontana wrote this article just to inform us about the whereabouts of politics in Argentina. He wasn't biased at all. He showed both sides of the situation, and he gave quotes from both sides on the situation.
I think that it is good for the voting age to be lowered because it gives young people a chance to be involved with politics.  Some people are already interested at politics at such a young age, and it would be a good thing for them to be able to vote. Also the people who just want to focus on education can just choose not to vote. They can always wait until they are out of school. To the people who actually like politics, this is a very good thing for learning more about politics, and getting more educated at a younger age.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/31/world/americas/argentina-youth-vote/index.html?hpt=ila_c2