Argentina's Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein has presented his resignation, Argentina's presidential office says, marking the second departure from that role under the nearly two-year-old administration of President Javier Milei.

It was not immediately clear why Werthein stepped down or who would replace the South American country's top diplomat, who previously served as ambassador to the United States.

The announcement comes days before a key legislative election on Sunday, in which Milei's libertarian party is hoping to grow its minority presence to safeguard his strategy of steep funding cuts and austerity to improve Argentina's economy.

Local newspaper La Nacion reported that Werthein had been expected to leave office after Sunday's vote but he instead presented his resignation on

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