‘El Loco’ at the helm: What next for Argentina under outsider president Javier Milei?
- Presidential candidate Javier Milei won 55% of the vote in Argentina's election, appealing to voters as an economist with a plan to tackle runaway inflation and reduce the size of the government.
- Milei's unorthodox stances include a growing affinity for Orthodox Judaism in predominantly Catholic Argentina and proposing to dollarize the economy, which would eliminate the country's ability to print money to cover overspending.
- Milei has made efforts to moderate his tone, appoint mainstream conservatives to his Cabinet, and prioritize more moderate policies, which has reassured voters and buoyed the markets.
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Argentina Will Stay in Paris Climate Agreement Under Milei, Negotiator Says
DUBAI—Argentina under incoming President Javier Milei will remain part of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the country’s new top climate diplomat told Reuters on Sunday, despite the leader’s past comments that global warming is a hoax. Veteran climate diplomat Marcia Levaggi said that she has the full support of the new government, which sent her as head of the Argentinian delegation at the United Nations COP28 climate talks underway in Du…
Orlic in Buenos Aires attends the inauguration of the new president of Argentina
President of the Serbian Assembly Vladimir Orlic, who is on an official visit to Buenos Aires, today attended the inauguration of the newly appointed President of Argentina Javier Miley as an envoy of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic
Zelensky visits Argentina for Milei’s inauguration
Argentina's libertarian economist Javier Milei has been sworn in as the country's president. He used his maiden speech to warn of a painful fiscal shock on the horizon. This comes as the country battles a 200 per cent inflation crisis. He says his government will adjust five per cent of the country's GDP through tax cuts and drastically cut public spending. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended the swearing in ceremony as he continues t…
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