Argentine Senate approves a judge Milei opposed over her ties to an investigative journalist
Argentina's Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of Marรญa Verรณnica Michelli as a judge of Federal Oral Court No. 3 in La Plata, a nomination President Javier Milei had tried to block because she is the sister-in-law of journalist Hugo Alconada Mon, of the newspaper LA NACION. The nomination was approved on the floor by 44 votes to 18 โall the negatives from the ruling partyโ with two abstentions, in a session that exposed a rift within the governing bloc.