ARGENTINA’S senate dealt a blow to far-right President Javier Milei yesterday after it rejected the two Supreme Court candidates he nominated by decree earlier this year.

The congressional defeat could complicate the implementation of President Milei’s assault on the state as analysts say the president had hoped to fill the Supreme Court vacancies with appointees who would rule favourably on challenges to his economic reforms.

President Milei bypassed Congress in February to appoint two controversial Supreme Court candidates.