Citizens across the nation will cast ballots later today in midterm elections that could determine whether President Javier Milei enters the second half of his term strengthened or weakened.
After weeks of currency turbulence, unprecedented financial support from the US government and corruption and drug-trafficking scandals, voters in Argentina will go to the polls to cast their verdict on the La Libertad Avanza leader’s first two years in office.
The 2025 midterm legislative elections will renew around half of the lower house Chamber of Deputies and a third of the Senate – a major opportunity for Milei, whose party remains in a small minority in both chambers, to expand his influence and curb the opposition’s blocking power.
La Libertad Avanza holds under 15 percent of seats in Congress – a figure he hopes to lift to at least a third, enough to protect his budget-slashing agenda from opposition roadblocks.
Milei, who celebrated his 55th birthday this wee
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