Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms with 'chainsaw' austerity
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Getty Images Javier Milei won nearly 41% of the vote in Argentina's midterm elections
Argentina's president Javier Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday's midterm elections, after defining the first two years of his presidency with radical spending cuts and free-market reforms. His party, La Libertad Avanza, won nearly 41% of the vote, taking 13 of 24 Senate seats and 64 of the 127 lower-house seats that were contested. His gains will make it easier for Milei to push ahead with his programme to slash state spending and deregulate the economy. President Donald Trump congratulated Milei on social media, saying: "He's making us all look good." Before the vote, Trump made it cle
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