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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday a potential $20 billion currency swap arrangement with the government of fascist President Javier Milei in Argentina in a brazen act of election meddling.

Using the funds of the US state to prop up a regime whose support is collapsing ahead of the October 2025 legislative elections and already casting a shadow over the 2027 presidential contest, Bessent was unambiguous in framing the intervention as a direct “endorsement” of Milei.

The Argentine president’s approval rating fell below 40 percent for the first time this month amid an unraveling corruption scandal involving paybacks to his sister through the National Agency for the Disabled.

For Argentina, the swap means the US Treasury would transfer US dollars to Argentina’s central bank, with Argentina supplying pesos in return. This acts as a line of credit or liquidity support—Argentina gets access to the dollars it desperately needs to pay debts and import, and prevent a currency run.

Bessent confirmed that the Trump administration is also preparing to buy up Argentine sovereign bonds and provide massive emergency financing through the US Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF).

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hey soybean farmers look what your president did while not sending you any aid.

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And, as you are probably already aware with that statement, Argentina is also the country whose crops of soybeans are now being purchased by china as a replacement for the US ones they no longer want.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

$14B worth. Farmers should plant crypto.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So you could say they reaped what they sowed.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

They're not looking

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)