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A former TV pundit and ultra-conservative economist has won Argentina's presidential election. Now he faces the challenge of turning around a crippled economy with staggering inflation of over 140%

Victory for TV celebrity turned politician catapults South America’s second-largest economy into an unpredictable future

Brazil's weather remains the focus, though Ukraine announcing their insurance deal, Argentina holding a major election and China courting the West all has my attention too...

Populist provocateur appears slight favorite over Peronist Sergio Massa as 35m Argentinians vote to choose new president

Voters in Argentina were heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift.

Amid skyrocketing poverty and inflation, Argentinians face a stark choice on Sunday between two wildly different presidential candidates. Libertarian Javier Milei has led a disruptive campaign that has galvanised voters and won support from a faction of the traditional far-right. But a shock first-round victory for current Economy Minister Sergio…

Nicolas, a 20-year-old student in Buenos Aires, faces an economic crisis reflected in 143% inflation & increased poverty. Javier Milei, an economist advocating tax cuts & dollarisation, is in a runoff against the Minister of Economy. People are deprived of basic needs & must be resourceful to survive. Lionel Vargas…

As Argentina gets ready to vote for a new president, over 40 percent of its population live under the poverty line as their budgets are squeezed by triple digit inflation. The two candidates running for president – far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei and ruling Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa –…

The far-right candidate’s attacks on the electoral process raises fears that he might not accept a negative result in Sunday’s vote

In this special edition, we zoom in on the tight race for president in Argentina, between far-right populist Javier Milei and ruling party candidate Sergio Massa. The stakes are high in the country plagued by soaring inflation as the two candidates propose opposite plans to resolve Argentina’s worst economic crisis…

Presidential candidate calls former UK prime minister one of ‘the great leaders in the history of humanity’ during debate