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Axel Kicillof Milei es contundentemente derrotado en Buenos Aires

Pese a que el mandatario asumió en primera línea la campaña electoral y vaticinó una victoria de su partido (“Buenos Aires se pintará de morado”, afirmaba Milei), las cifras han sido contundentes. Se estima que hubo una participación de casi el 61%.

Axel Kicillof Milei suffers a resounding defeat in Buenos Aires provincial elections

Despite the president taking a front-line role in the election campaign and predicting victory for his party (“Buenos Aires will be painted purple,” Milei claimed), the figures speak for themselves. Voter turnout is estimated at almost 61%.

Security and staff hold a suitcase up in front of Argentine President Milei Los audios filtrados y una supuesta red de corrupción: la pesadilla más reciente de Milei

En el momento más crítico de su popularidad, Milei enfrentará elecciones provinciales en medio de un escándalo de audios filtrados que supuestamente revelarían una red de corrupción en su gobierno.

Security and staff hold a suitcase up in front of Argentine President Milei Leaked audio recordings and an alleged corruption network: Milei’s latest nightmare

The Argentine president is facing provincial elections at the most critical moment for his popularity.

“We will return,” former Argentine president Cristina Fernández tells supporters

The former president has been sentenced to six years of house arrest. Thousands of students, workers, teachers, etc., mobilized on the streets of Buenos Aires to repudiate the ruling.

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández sentenced to six years in prison

Fernández’s defense denounces “political persecution” while thousands of Argentines take to the streets to support the former president.

Arrest of Juan Grabois highlights Milei’s war on Peronism and the public sector

The arrest of Grabois and the closing down of the Institute showcase the ongoing campaign of Milei’s government to undermine public sector institutions, erase the country’s historical memory, and suppress the political opposition.

Argentine justice ratifies conviction against former president Cristina Fernández, Milei celebrates

The far-right libertarian president Javier Milei celebrated the ruling and suspended her pension. Fernández can still appeal the judicial decision one last time.

One week before the elections in Argentina, Sergio Massa and far-right Javier Milei are neck and neck

In the final presidential debate before the vote, Massa manages to expose Milei’s most controversial ideas

Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Milei denies number of disappeared from dictatorship

Human rights organizations in the country unanimously estimate the number of disappeared at 30,000, which Milei classified as “a twisted view of history”

Far-right libertarian Javier Milei receives largest vote share in Argentina’s primaries

Milei’s performance came as a surprise to many who had underestimated the chances of the candidate who proposes the dollarization of Argentina

Can a movement leader solve Argentina’s problems?

Social leader Juan Grabois is contesting the candidacy for the center-left Union for the Homeland coalition in the upcoming primaries in Argentina