Buenos Aires Province will hold no primary elections later this year after legislators voted to suspend it until a later date. The change follows the postponement of the national primaries, which was argued as a cost-cutting measure by the Javier Milei administration.

The primaries are known locally as the PASO (Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas y Obligatorias), and today’s announcement is another small win for Buenos Aires provincial Governor Axel Kicillof. The elections later this year will be a major test to see how his party and the Peronism bloc as a whole have regrouped since the election of Milei in 2023.........

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