Buenos Aires, Argentina – A string of high-level scandals, coupled with a stalling economy and eroding approval ratings, are threatening President Javier Milei’s hopes for Argentina's midterm elections.

On October 26, Argentina will head to the polls to elect half of its Chamber of Deputies and a third of its upper house, the Senate.

Currently, both chambers are controlled by the left-wing and centrist opposition to Milei's far-right party, La Libertad Avanza.

But the midterms offer a critical opportunity for Milei's allies to gain ground in Congress.

“The government is looking to get a third of Congress to build a ‘legislative shield,'" said Andres Malamud, a senior research fellow at the University of Lisbon's Institute of Social Sciences.

That number of seats, Malamud explained, w

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