His rise is meteoric. Javier Milei entered politics by being elected deputy for the city of Buenos Aires in November 2021. Two years later, he reached the second round of the presidential election in Argentina. He will face Sergio Massa (center left) on Sunday November 19 to become president of the country. His eccentric style and his libertarian program made him successful with a predominantly young, precarious and male electorate. Admirer of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, the former presidents of the United States and Brazil, Javier Milei is inspired by the same methods.
While Argentina is going through a new economic crisis, with inflation exceeding 140% last year, economist Milei is proposing radical solutions: abandoning the national currency in favor of the American dollar and disengaging the State from maximum obligations. In particular, he promises to close ten of the eighteen ministries that make up the Argentine state apparatus.
In this video, we take up the key measures of Javier Milei’s program to better understand the economic and political crises that Argentina is going through today.
To find out more about the personality of Javier Milei and his program, we refer you to the decryption below.
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