Argentina's government remained mired in uncertainty on Friday, with President Alberto Fernández yet to decide the fate of rebel ministers who tendered their resignations earlier in the week, sparking a political crisis.
By Eliana Raszewski, Walter Bianchi and Maximilian Heath
The center-left Fernandez has been fighting against a Cabinet revolt from ministers allied with the hard-left wing of his party since a sharp defeat in a midterm primary election last Sunday put the government's grip on Congress at risk. Julián Domínguez was named to lead the agricultural portfolio. Argentina is the world's top exporter of processed soymeal and soy oil, and a major world supplier of corn, wheat, barley and beef.
The new ministers will be sworn in on Monday at the Casa Rosada presidential palace, the government said.The electoral blow had left the party stuck between two paths: deepening populist policies to ease conditions for hard-hit Argentines or a more moderate approach to lure back middle-class voters who rallied behind the conservative opposition.On Wednesday, several ministers, including the interior minister, tendered their resignations to Fernández.
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