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How President Milei put crisis on hold to play rock star

Head of state pretends to be rock star at bizarre book launch show in bid to revive sagging fo After shouting his way through brief set, Milei talks economic policy, slams the left and talks up his “miracle” in Argentina. Leer más

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Congress votes to restrict Milei s ability to govern by decree

Congress votes to restrict Milei s ability to govern by decree

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Reichardt to top La Libertad Avanza list as judge rejects imposition of Santilli

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‘$LIBRA’ case: Prosecutor seeks probe of phones belonging to Javier Milei, Karina Milei

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Milei’s dollar sales bolster the peso but stoke devaluation bets

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Argentina to extradite alleged drug-trafficker who funded Espert to United States

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Espert and Machado’s murky history

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