The Peronist alliance Fuerza Patria closed its campaign on Thursday ahead of Argentina’s upcoming legislative elections, calling for an end to President Javier Milei’s far-right austerity policies and condemning the role of the United States, which it accused of meddling in Argentina’s affairs.

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“We’ve been in a constant campaign to stop Milei since the day he took office,” said Axel Kicillof, the Peronist governor of Buenos Aires Province, during a rally in San Martín.

Kicillof, one of Milei’s most prominent critics, argued that “no one who needs water, sanitation, roads, or schools should vote for a government that, at this point, is acting criminally.” He stated that Milei, who assumed the presidency at the end of 2023, “came to carry out the same old adjustment — taking money from the most vulnerable, from retirees, from public education, from the provinces, and from public works.”

“He came to empty the pockets of those who need it most and hand the money over to corporations and financial speculators. What we’re witnessing is the biggest scam in Argentina’s history,” Kicillof declared.

The governor also lashed out at Milei’s close alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration has offered strong political and financial support to Buenos Aires in recent weeks. “Milei’s campaign manager is now the President of the United States,” Kicillof said sarcastically.

At the same rally, Jorge Taiana, Fuerza Patria’s top congressional candidate in Buenos Aires Province and a former foreign minister, said Sunday’s vote will be “decisive” to prove that “the will of the Argentinian people remains unbroken — that it will not bow, humiliate itself, or become a vassal to any power or state.”

“Our deputies will fight in Congress, but the people will be in the streets, and we will answer to their call,” Taiana said. “Everyone must go out and vote on Sunday, work for a great victory, and defeat this servile project that has no right to continue in Argentina.”

After a defeat in the 2023 presidential election, the Peronist movement enters these legislative races with a unified front that brings together its three main factions: one led by former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007–2015); another headed by Axel Kicillof; and a third led by former Economy Minister Sergio Massa.

Fuerza Patria already secured a strong win on September 7 in the Buenos Aires provincial elections — Argentina’s most populous region, governed by Kicillof since 2019.

On Sunday, roughly 35.9 million Argentinians will be eligible to vote to renew one-third of the Senate and half of the Chamber of Deputies.

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