Secret audios, dramatic leaks, spying claims: A bribery scandal engulfs Argentina’s Milei
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines are so used to the corruption in their political system that even Peronists — supporters of the populist movement that dominated Argentina’s politics for decades — employ a fatalistic maxim to describe their politicians: “Roban, pero hacen, ” or, “They steal, but they get it done. ”
But for the past two weeks, Argentines have been riveted by a ballooning graft scandal drawing in close associates of libertarian President Javier Milei, the wild-haired economist who won Argentina’s 2023 election in part by campaigning as an outsider against the corrupt, Peronist-dominated elite — “the caste, ” he calls it — whose unbridled spending helped precipitate Argentina’s economic crisis.
At a time of extreme fiscal austerity, the allegations that his powerful sister and chief of staff, Karina Milei, profited from a kickback scheme in Argentina’s disability agency have exploded onto the headlines here, threatening to sully the government’s reput...
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