Posted on 10/26/2025 6:07:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Javier Milei scored a decisive political win Sunday, tightening his grip on Argentina’s Congress and securing a lifeline for his audacious free-market revolution backed by President Trump.
With nearly 92% of votes counted, Milei’s Freedom Advances party won almost 41% of the national vote, putting it on track to more than double its representation in Congress. That means it should secure at least one-third of the seats in both chambers—the critical threshold that allows Milei to preserve his veto power and defend his sweeping decrees.
The result, stronger than most polls had predicted, gives Milei fresh political momentum after months of unrest over deep spending cuts and a grinding recession last year. It also shores up his standing with Washington and the International Monetary Fund, which have tied future financial support to the survival of his austerity experiment. Market analysts expect Argentine bonds and the peso to rally when trading opens Monday, reflecting relief that Milei still has political traction.
The U.S. announced a $20 billion currency swap this month to prop up Argentina’s currency and promised to raise another $20 billion from private banks and sovereign-wealth funds.
Trump has made it clear his support was contingent on Milei’s electoral success. “If he wins, we’re staying with him. And if he doesn’t win, we’re gone,” Trump said this month.
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Let us hope and pray that NYC does the same............
Zohran Mamdani is going to win.
Don’t be so sure.....................
It'll be confirmed on November 4th.
For Cuomo to have a chance, Silwa is going to have to drop out. But that's not happening so he'll play the role as a spoiler.
Argentinians are not stupid.
It doesn’t matter whether Sliwa is in or out................
Polymarket now has Zohran The Moron with a 95.5% chance of winning mayor of NYC.
RIP. pic.twitter.com/WyEBrsfx3d— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) October 26, 2025
Polymarket has been wrong before.................
They’re not going to be wrong in this one. We’ll find out for sure on 11/4.
That’s good news.
That’s right about where Hillary was on election day until about 7 PM Eastern standard time
He won re-election. How long before the attempts on his life start? He can’t be allowed to be out there making the globalists plans look bad.
Ever notice that only conservatives ever “tighten their grip” on governments, sounding as if were it not for their reliance on raw power, their countries would surely wriggle away from them?
That is great news. The commies could not cheat their way to victory
Milei was not looking good before Trump stepped in and lifted him up. Big win for Argentina and Trump.
Which is why we had to bail out Milei with the currency swap. Otherwise, Argentina would have gone in the path of Brazil.
They’re not? Before Millie, their tracks record for effective governance of the last 80 years hasn’t been so good
True.
But no one is stupid forever.
They’ve suffered enough.
Agreed. Their common sense started when they exported Cardinal Bergoglio to Rome
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