Argentina’s opposition threatens impeachment trial after Milei touts crypto coin

Argentine President Javier Milei leaves the Holocaust Museum after participating in a ceremony to commemorate International Holocaust Day, in Buenos Aires, Argentina January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

(This Feb.15 story has been refiled to correct the spelling of the crypto coin to $LIBRA, not $LIBRE, in paragraph 2)

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei could face an impeachment trial in Congress, opposition lawmakers said on Saturday, after the libertarian leader touted a cryptocurrency which crashed soon after.