Milei’s Blessed Madness
Ordinary Argentines have found in Milei a compatriot willing to take the bull by the horns.
Ordinary Argentines have found in Milei a compatriot willing to take the bull by the horns.
His policies include radically shrinking the size of the government and replacing the peso with the U.S. dollar.
Establishment candidate Sergio Massa surprised observers by winning the most votes in the election’s first round.
To evolve from libertarian icon to statesman, the Argentinian candidate needs to think beyond the material.
A slow-motion economic meltdown in Argentina has handed the initiative to eccentric libertarian populist Javier Milei who romped home first in primaries over the weekend.
After first deciding to rub salt into the wound with its endorsement of the Argentine name for the Falklands, EU officials later backed down and clarified their position.
Argentina, which has Ibero-America’s third-largest economy, is the latest of many key geopolitical actors to take steps to reduce its dependence on the U.S. dollar.
The assailant, who was arrested on sight, is a 35-year-old Brazilian man.