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Montevideo, October 27th 2025 - 06:01 UTC

Milei's LLA scores landslide, surprising midterm victory

Francos highlighted the single paper ballot

Argentine President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) on Sunday recorded a surprise victory in the province of Buenos Aires and secured over 40% of the vote nationwide to become the strongest force in the Lower House after Dec. 10.

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Argentine midterms uneventful amid poor turnout

Milei badly needs to strengthen his political muscle in Congress

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Milei's future hangs in the balance at Sunday's midterms

Bessent's US Treasury handouts kept the peso from a sharper fall leading up to the polls

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Chilean elections anticipate a shift to the right and a Conservative president

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Uruguay accuses Spanish shipyard Cardama of fraud; company calls it political interference

The contract, signed under former president Luis Lacalle Pou, called for the delivery of the ships to Uruguay’s National Navy to strengthen maritime surveillance and resource protection

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So far, 43 alleged drug traffickers have been killed by US operations north of South America

US strike kills six on Caribbean boat

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The Bolivarian leader also dubbed Washington's narrative “deranged”

Maduro says foreign movements organizing brigades to help Venezuela

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Dimon, in Argentina on a regional tour, was briefed about the country's economic priorities

Argentine President meets with JP Morgan CEO

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Ambassador Viera-Gallo acknowledged that 9 of Chile's 13 consulates had experienced financial “strains”

Chilean consulates in Argentina in dire straits

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