US EditionMilei’s Candidate Drops Out of Race Amid Ties to Drug Trafficker
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By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Argentine President Javier Milei accepted the resignation of his party's leading candidate for the legislative elections on Sunday, three weeks before the vote, amid a scandal over ties to a businessman accused of fraud and drug trafficking in the United States. The ruling party, which is seeking to gain seats in the October 26 elections to promote its proposed economic reforms, suffers this setback as talks wi…
A deputy of Javier Milei’s party resigned his candidacy for the legislature on October 26 after recognizing payments from a businessman investigated for drug trafficking, a case that the Argentine president attributed to “a sinister operation” of the opposition. The scandal involving Congressman José Luis Espert is part of a moment of strong pressure for the government, which last week saw Congress reverse two vetoes of Milei, amid accusations o…
José Luis Espert, candidate of President Milei's party, does not compete because of connections to a drug dealer, whose success in the parliamentary election in three weeks is becoming more and more unlikely.
Milei’s Candidate Drops Out of Race Amid Ties to Drug Trafficker
Argentine President Javier Milei suffered another setback as an ally dropped off the top of his party’s ticket just three weeks before a midterm election amid corruption allegations that threatened to sap support for the market-friendly leader in the crucial vote.
economist José Luis Espert, an ally of Argentinian President Javier Milei and chiefly elected by the government in the legislative elections marked for 15 days, withdrew his application to the national Member of the Province of Buenos Aires. The decision was announced on this Tuesday (6), in the middle of a scandal involving his relationship with the Federal entrepreneur “Fred” Machado, arrested and sought by the U.S. Justice of the United State…
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