Argentine President Mauricio Macri shows a drawing as he visits the Juan Bautista Alberdi School in Elisa, Argentina December 15, 2016. Argentine Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's opposition-dominated Congress helped centre-right President Mauricio Macri pass market-friendly reforms in his first year in office, but legislators are growing more hostile as they gear up for mid-term elections in 2017.
In what could be a preview of next year, the lower house this month dealt the government a rude awakening when it passed an alternate version of the government's income tax proposal and forced Macri's team back to the negotiating table.
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