Argentina politician eyes breakaway province plan

A minister in Buenos Aires province sparks controversy by suggesting that it could become independent.

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Jorge D’Onofrio, who is transport minister in the province's left-wing Peronist administration, said in a radio interview that if it were a nation in its own right, it would have the "biggest GDP in Latin America".

He described the policies of Argentina's national government, led by right-wing libertarian President Javier Milei, as "madness" and accused him of destroying the nation.

D'Onofrio's comments mark the latest round of a power struggle between Argentina's central government and its biggest region.

Buenos Aires province is at odds with the Milei administration on a number of issues, including transport policy.

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