New Congress maths – can Milei allow himself the luxury of not negotiating?

Like never before since he took office, in the last few days Argentina’s Congress has only been delivering good news to Javier Milei.

Not because of any one vote in particular but because of the breakdown in both chambers. Last Wednesday the 127 new deputies winning seats in the last midterms were sworn-in with a new feature – Milei now enjoys the first minority of 95 libertarians, thanks to the last-minute entry of legislators once responding to Mauricio Macri. Meanwhile, the Fuerza Patria caucus suffering the recent exodus of three Catamarca deputies is left in second place at 94.