A prosecutor launched a criminal case Friday against Argentina's frontrunner in this month's presidential elections, accusing Javier Milei of deliberately causing a drop in the Argentine currency when he encouraged citizens not to save in pesos. Milei denounced the move as political persecution, just days ahead of the Oct. 22 polling. President Alberto Fernández had called for the investigation in a complaint filed Wednesday, saying that the right-wing populist candidate was trying to scare the public and that his actions were “a severe affront to the democratic system.”
Prosecutor files case against Argentina s frontrunner Javier Milei days before presidential election
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Prosecutor files case against Argentina s frontrunner Javier Milei days before presidential election
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Buenos Aires, Oct 11 (EFE).- Argentine President Alberto Fernández denounced libertarian candidate Javier Milei on Wednesday for “public intimidation,” considering that his statements could have generated the strong exchange tension that took the dollar above 1,000 pesos in the parallel market. “The population was frightened about the real possibility that our currency, the peso, will …