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Argentina Finalizes Candidate Lists as Milei Sets Junín Launch and Congress Reviews Vetoes

Outsider-heavy tickets curated by Karina Milei frame a push for 100,000 poll watchers before Congress takes up vetoes on pensions, disability, and the Bahía Blanca emergency.

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Franco Mastantuono, en el último entrenamiento del Real Madrid antes del debut en la Liga de España contra Osasuna. Foto: EFE/Chema Moya
Bolivian presidential candidate centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), accompanied by his wife Maria Elena Urquidi, reacts, as early official results show that he is leading Sunday's presidential race, in La Paz, Bolivia August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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Overview

  • Parties completed filings for the 26 October legislative elections, with La Libertad Avanza unveiling centrally cast slates that blend ministers with non‑traditional figures.
  • President Javier Milei is set to present the Buenos Aires Province congressional ticket on Tuesday in Junín’s Teatro San Carlos alongside José Luis Espert, Karen Reichardt and Diego Santilli as part of the campaign launch.
  • The Chamber of Deputies has called a Wednesday session to consider four presidential vetoes covering pensions, the moratoria, a disability emergency and aid for Bahía Blanca, a vote both sides treat as an early test of strength.
  • The government is recruiting 40,000 poll watchers for the Sept. 7 Buenos Aires provincial ballot and 100,000 nationwide, relying on territorial networks built through agencies such as ANSES and PAMI.
  • Local maps show contrasts: Santa Fe’s ruling Provincias Unidas filed a disciplined slate and Peronism sealed a last‑minute unity list led by Caren Tepp with Agustín Rossi, while ruptures emerged in CABA with the ManesLousteau split and LLA leaned on celebrity outsiders including Virginia Gallardo.