With Congress likely to approve Milei’s neoliberal agenda, the only limits to his onslaught will come through mass mobilization, coordinated strike activity, and other forms of social unrest.
Protests in northern Argentina continue against controversial constitutional reforms that criminalize protest and clear the way for lithium extraction at the expense of Indigenous rights.
The results of Argentina's November 14 elections included the right-wing coalition Juntos handily defeating incumbent party Frente de Todos. The socialist left also became the third national force and the far-right emerged as a new player.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former Brazilian President, has turned himself in.
Recent pension cuts backed by Argentine President Mauricio Macri have elicited vigorous popular protest.