Argentina's President Milei faces a political reckoning in midterm elections

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina β€” The stakes were always high for Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei, in this weekend's midterm elections.

But now, with a currency crisis deepening and a controversial U.S. bailout on the way, the eccentric economist-turned-politician has more than political posturing riding on Sunday's vote.

The elections β€” which will renew half the lower house and a third of

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