Milei’s top aide and Cabinet chief resigns over spiraling corruption scandal

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief and close ally, Manuel Adorni, resigned Saturday following a corruption scandal that has roiled the government, undermining its flagship campaign pledge to stamp out endemic graft in the political elite. The departure of Adorni — who, as Milei’s former presidential spokesperson, emerged in 2023 as the face of his harsh austerity program and anti-corruption drive — costs the libertarian president one of his most