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How Trump Came to Milei’s Rescue Ahead of Argentina’s Election
Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential election in 2023 as voters bet that his radical economic proposals were what Argentina needed to emerge from decades of instability. Nearly two years later, despite some economic successes, the country has been plunged yet again into crisis, after Milei’s libertarian party’s poor showing in a provincial election in early September sparked doubts about his ability to steer the country and address a continual cycle of economic woe.