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Argentine President Javier Milei first took office in 2023, winning on a libertarian platform. Milei promised to eliminate entire ministries and enforce austerity measures to fix his country’s catastrophic economy after years of socialist rule.

But recently, his party suffered a loss in local elections, spooking markets and prompting the Trump administration to step in.

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