Argentina’s Senate Defies Libertarian Push, Exposes Milei’s Fragile Grip Amid Corruption Scandal

Argentina's political landscape faces a seismic shift as the Senate delivered a crushing defeat to President Javier Milei’s libertarian agenda by overturning his veto on a bill increasing disability benefits. With a decisive 63-7 vote, lawmakers emphatically rejected Milei's attempt to curtail social spending, marking the first congressional reversal of his presidency. This legislative blow comes at a pivotal moment. Milei’s promise of radical free-market reform and fiscal discipline confronts harsh realities: a corruption scandal shaking the nation’s disability agency—implicating none other than Milei's sister—and an economy teetering under inflationary pressure and currency devaluation. The Central Bank has already responded...