The temperature rose in Argentina’s already-heated election campaign on Wednesday, as the outgoing president laid criminal charges against the current favorite to take over as leader at the polls this month.
President Alberto Fernandez said he had reported populist candidate Javier Milei for “public intimidation” after his potential successor said on Monday that the Argentine peso “isn’t worth excrement.”
Milei, meanwhile, retorted that Fernandez and the ruling party were “dirtying…