Argentina holds midterm elections Sunday that will determine whether President Javier Milei enters the second half of his term bolstered or diminished as economic troubles abound despite unprecedented US aid.
Milei's Liberty Advances (LLA) party has less than 15 percent of seats in Congress -- a share he would like to boost to at least a third, which would offer protection from opposition attempts to thwart his budget-slashing agenda.
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