Overview
- Javier Milei’s team saw last‑minute shake‑ups, with Gerardo Werthein exiting and Pablo Quirno named to replace him, while Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona also prepared to step down.
- The national electoral court blocked a plan to publish a single nationwide tally for lower‑house results, ordering counts to follow provincial rules as the Boleta Única de Papel debuts across the country.
- Financial strains persisted before the vote, with heavy interventions reported in the foreign‑exchange and futures markets and analysts citing depleted reserves, tight credit and recessionary signals.
- Fuerza Patria closed its campaign under the banner of “frenar a Milei,” casting the election as a check on the president’s program and denouncing perceived U.S. and Wall Street influence in Argentina’s economic strategy.
- Campaign tensions flared with a reported clash in Formosa between supporters of La Libertad Avanza and militants linked to Governor Gildo Insfrán, prompting denunciations and calls for accountability.