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US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei

Scott Bessent proposes support package during market volatility

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said a “large and forceful” intervention is on the table to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility, throwing a lifeline to libertarian President Javier Milei.

In comments to reporters and on social media on Monday, Bessent said Washington was considering purchases of Argentina’s currency or sovereign debt by a fund controlled by the US Treasury, adding that “all options” were on the table.

The US Treasury secretary evoked the words of Mario Dragh