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Argentina has struggled with political dysfunction and financial crises for decades. What could firebrand President Javier Milei mean for Argentina’s economy and role in the world?

As China turns the page from its reform era, the Chinese Communist Party's official discourse increasingly references the country's imperial past. 

Hobbled by foreign interventions, political instability, and natural disasters, the former French colony is paralyzed by multiple crises.