Overview

• Speaking at the Council of the Americas in Buenos Aires on Thursday, President Javier Milei said Congress is serving partisan interests controlled by kirchnerismo.
• He argued the opposition’s agenda is to break the national state and to fuel a “festival of spending” that he warned would require money printing and reignite inflation.
• He claimed kirchnerista legislators and their circles have long lived off the state through public jobs or illegitimate businesses.
• He asserted opponents want to return Argentina to the worst conditions of 2023 and to sabotage the country’s future.
• He also commented on the September and October legislative contests, urging higher turnout and predicting better results for his coalition in October.