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Weekly Report - 15 May 2025 (WR-25-19)
ARGENTINA: Milei and Macri battling for pre-eminence
Argentina’s President Javier Milei will go head-to-head with former president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) in elections on 18 May. Milei’s far-right La Libertad Avanza (LLA) is bidding to end the stranglehold on power of Macri’s right-of-centre Propuesta Republicana (PRO) in the City of Buenos Aires (Caba) legislative elections. There is much more at stake than seats in the Caba legislature. If the LLA outperforms the PRO in the Caba, it would be a shattering blow for Macri’s party and will have an impact on legislative elections in the province of Buenos Aires on 7 September and, crucially, on mid-term elections in October, when Milei is desperate for the LLA to expand its meagre congressional presence.
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