BUENOS AIRES, Argentina(AP) — Anyone who watched U.S. President Donald Trump vow to condition financial aid to cash-strapped Argentina on the outcome of a “very big” and “very important” vote in the South American country would be forgiven for thinking that his close ideological ally , Argentine President Javier Milei, was up for reelection.

But no. The vote that Trump was talking about earlier this month is, in fact, a midterm election for less than half of the Argentine Congress.

Now the explosive comments, combined with a dizzying series of scandals and setbacks for Milei, have cranked up the pressure on Argentina’s libertarian president and transformed Sunday's limited vote into a major political test that could help determine the fate of Milei’s free-market experiment.

At his

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