Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms
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🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Argentina's President Javier Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday's midterm elections, after defining the first two years of his presidency with radical spending cuts and free-market reforms. Also on the programme: Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya has been declared the winner of the heavily disputed presidential election; and scientists in India have discovered that playing music to unconscious patients significantly reduced the amount of anaesthetic needed to keep them under. (Photo: Argentina's President Javier Milei reacts after the La Libertad Avanza party won the midterm election. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello, welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. My name's Paul Henley, the programme's coming to you live from London. |
| 0:17.1 | The Argentinian President Javier Millet has hailed his party's decisive win in Sunday's midterm elections as a turning point for the country. |
| 0:26.2 | He's promised to forge ahead with his agenda of shrinking the state and deregulating the economy. |
| 0:31.8 | His party, La Libertad Avanza, rebounded from a series of setbacks to win over 40% of the vote. |
| 0:38.8 | Mr. Millet predicted the most reformist Congress in Argentinian history. |
| 0:43.2 | President Trump, whose administration granted a big aid package to Argentina, |
| 0:47.7 | congratulated Mr. Millay, whom he said had had a lot of help. |
| 0:51.4 | Mr. Trump was speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on his way to Japan. |
| 0:56.1 | That was a big win in Argentina. I want to congratulate the victor, and he was a big victor, |
| 1:02.5 | and he had a lot of help from us. He had a lot of help. I gave him an endorsement, very strong endorsement, |
| 1:10.4 | and it was really unexpected to have a victory of that. |
| 1:14.8 | Some people thought it would be hard to win, |
| 1:16.9 | and not only did he win, it would by a lot. |
| 1:19.5 | Well, I've been speaking to a supporter of President Milley |
| 1:22.2 | in Parliament in Buenos Aires. |
| 1:24.0 | Diana Fernandez-Mollero is an MP for the Republican Proposal Party, which is closely |
| 1:29.3 | allied to Millet's LLA. |
| 1:31.3 | This was more than an election. It was a statement of direction. |
| 1:36.3 | Argentina is turning the page on decades of populism and economic denialism, which is also very important. |
| 1:42.3 | And the voters had given the government the strengths to keep reforming. |
| 1:47.6 | The markets have responded with confidence. |
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