Argentine President Javier Milei — elected a year ago to rescue an economy in freefall — made the case that his quasi-libertarian policies had set his country on a path to stability.

Argentine President Javier Milei lambasted his vice president one year after they won a historic election, exposing a deep fracture inside the executive branch and apparently settling a heated power struggle between his influential sister and second-in-command.

Milei won the presidential election a year ago with a mandate to reshape South America's second-largest economy, pledging to take a chainsaw to government spending and slam the brakes on printing more pesos.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A group of supporters of Argentine President Javier Milei announced the creation of what they termed an armed wing of his libertarian party, touting the group as loyal foot soldiers determined to defend the far-right politician's agenda.