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​Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures after the La Libertad Avanza party won the midterm election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 26, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Milei sticks to his guns, Putin gets ready to test, Central Asia comes to Washington

​Argentina's President Javier Milei celebrates after the La Libertad Avanza party won the midterm election, which is seen as crucial for Milei's administration after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that future support for Argentina would depend on Milei's party performing well in the vote, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 26, 2025.
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​What We’re Watching: Milei’s smashing election night, Brazil’s Lula eyes US trade deal, Sudan’s rebel forces seize stricken Darfur town

Election season is here
Analysis

Election season is here

As we race toward the end of 2025, voters in over a dozen countries will head to the polls for elections that have major implications for their populations and political movements globally.

​US President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei in Washington, D.C., USA, on October 14, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Trump makes conditional pledge to Argentina’s Milei, Syria’s new leader meets old foe, Cameroon’s opposition leader declares victory

​Argentine President Javier Milei speaks to the media on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 27, 2025.
Analysis

Dual crises throw wrench in Milei’s election plans

The campaign for Argentina’s legislative election officially launched this week, but it couldn’t have gone worse for President Javier Milei.

​Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) in Balneario Camboriu, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, July 7, 2024.
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What We’re Watching: Milei deepens Israeli ties, China scales back on Nvidia, Russia doubles down on Ukraine

Deputy head of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2025.​
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What We’re Watching: US-Russia tensions mushroom, Israeli minister prays by al-Aqsa mosque, Milei vetoes pension boost

​A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on April 15, 2025.
Hard Numbers

HARD NUMBERS: Trump tries to ban foreign students at Harvard, Pensioners revolt in Argentina, Escaped bird ponders long flight home & more

Meet María Corina Machado, the woman who scares Venezuela's dictator
Ian Explains

Meet María Corina Machado, the woman who scares Venezuela's dictator

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado threatens the country's dictatorial regime like no opposition leader before her, and that's why she's in hiding. How does she keep the pressure on Nicolás Maduro's administration from her hideout? Ian Bremmer explains.

Could a crypto scam sink Milei?
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Could a crypto scam sink Milei?

Argentina’s flamboyant libertarian President Javier Milei is at the center of a cryptocurrency scandal that’s already having legal consequences. Whether there will be political consequences remains to be seen.