In a major political blow for budget-slashing President Javier Milei, Argentina’s Congress on Thursday overturned his veto of a law increasing allowances for disabled people.

It represents the first time the South American country’s legislature has successfully overturned a veto since Milei took office in December 2023.

The law, approved by Congress in July, seeks to bolster healthcare benefits of people with disabilities, providing for them to receive a pension and reinstating a state hiring quota which Milei’s administration had ignored.

Following a similar vote by the lower Chamber of Deputies last month, the Senate on Thursday passed a measure cancelling Milei’s veto with 63 votes to seven.

The reversal comes at a perilous moment for the government, plagued by a bribery scandal in

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