Big win leaves many wondering if result reflects genuine support for president or corrosive US influence Opposition posters scattered across Buenos Aires before Sunday’s midterms showed president Javier Milei’s name plastered over a US flag, in a bid to tap into anti-American sentiment over Donald Trump’s alleged interference in Argentina’s election. Days before the vote, … Read more
The president’s intervention on behalf of Argentina’s leader fits into a long history of American involvement in the elections of other countries.
The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analysts The party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which US president Donald Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country and made continued aid conditional on … Read more
Bailout by Trump attempts to stabilize shaky economy under Javier Milei as he faces mounting midterms pressure US politics live – latest updates Argentina has formalized a currency swap agreement with the United States for up to $20bn aimed “at contributing to Argentina’s economic stability”, the South American country’s central bank said. The deal is … Read more
President Trump said the economic support is contingent on whether his political ally, President Javier Milei of Argentina, remains in power.
Court in Buenos Aires sentences Fernando Sabag Montiel and accomplice over 2022 incident in which gun was pointed at former president but did not go off A court in Argentina has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to kill former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The court … Read more
Friendly against Puerto Rico moved to Fort Lauderdale Game will now take place at Chase Stadium A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Wednesday. … Read more
Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’ ‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocity The murder of two young Argentinian women and a girl whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed … Read more