Congress Upholds Milei’s Decree to Back New IMF Argentina Deal

The National Congress building in Buenos Aires.Photographer: Tomas Cuesta/Bloomberg
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Argentina’s lower house of Congress upheld President Javier Milei’s emergency executive decree backing a new deal with the International Monetary Fund, a key legislative step that clears the way for a formal announcement on the details of a future program.

Lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies voted 129-108 in favor of the new deal, with six abstentions, on Wednesday. That cements the decree into law as such orders only need approval from a single congressional chamber to go into effect.