Argentina is voting Sunday in a midterm election that will serve as a crucial referendum on President Javier Milei’s ambitious austerity policies and, potentially, a US$40-billion rescue package from the Donald Trump administration.
Voting stations close at 6pm local time and results are expected later Sunday evening. Argentines are electing representatives for half the seats – 127 – in the lower house of Congress along with 24 of the nation’s 72 senators. Official results will be reported province-by-province, rather than as a single nationwide figure.
Two years after surging to a presidential victory, Milei and his party are suddenly against the ropes.
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