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Argentina: Espert steps down from reelection bid
Despite previous announcements in the opposite direction, Libertarian Congressman José Luis Espert admitted on Sunday that he would be dropping his reelection bid to the federal Congress after he was linked to a notorious drug-trafficker wanted in the US State of Texas.
Macri Ally Santilli to Lead Milei's Buenos Aires Ticket After Espert Resigns Amid Fraud Scandal - teleSUR English
Diego Santilli, a deputy from the party of former Argentinian President Mauricio Macri (2015–2019), will head the list of President Javier Milei’s party in the province of Buenos Aires for the upcoming national legislative elections on October 26. He replaces José Luis Espert, who resigned from his candidacy on Sunday amid a scandal over his ties to a businessman accused of fraud and drug trafficking in the United States. RELATED: Milei’s Santa …
The scandal over links with drug trafficking forces the resignation of José Luis Espert, Milei's star candidate, in the midst of Argentina's legislative campaign.
Javier Milei has lost his candidate for deputy in the province of Buenos Aires this Sunday, Argentina’s main electoral district and bastion of Peronism. José Luis Espert has presented his resignation to the president, cornered by complaints that link him to an entrepreneur imprisoned for drug trafficking. Espert’s political death has been a seven-day handover novel that ends three weeks after the legislative elections of October 26. Continue rea…
Congressman José Luis Espert, an important candidate of President Javier Milei’s party for the legislative elections in Argentina on October 26, announced this Sunday that he renounced his candidacy, after a scandal broke out over his ties with a businessman accused of fraud and drug trafficking in the United States. “For Argentina, I step aside. I put my resignation to the candidacy of a national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires and Pres…
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