Argentina’s Libertarian Leader Faces Corruption Allegations Amid Political Turmoil

Argentina’s self-styled libertarian president, Javier Milei, who rose to prominence promising to dismantle decades of entrenched Peronist corruption, now finds himself on the defensive amid a scandal that threatens to derail those very ambitions. The explosive accusations center on a bribery scheme within the country’s disability agency allegedly enriching Milei’s sister and closest advisors by hundreds of thousands monthly—claims that strike at the heart of his anti-establishment platform. Can the New Guard Overcome the Old ‘Caste’? Milei, never shy in attacking what he calls the “caste” — Argentina’s long-dominant left-wing Peronist machine — quickly dismissed the allegations as politically motivated...