Javier Milei, Argentina and Donald Trump
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Who has been visiting President Javier Milei at the Olivos presidential residence in recent months? Who is the economist who has been there more times than Economy Minister Luis Caputo? And why does a physiotherapist top the list?
Trump met with Argentinian President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly, where the two reaffirmed their strong relationship.
Mr Milei’s party had been widely expected to win those with a strong showing, revitalising his aggressive cost-cutting and liberalising agenda, which has sharply lowered inflation. Now investors and Argentines alike are wondering whether this loss is the beginning of the end for Mr Milei and his reforms,
Argentines have been captivated by a growing corruption scandal involving President Javier Milei's close associates.
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Trump's Risky Gamble on Milei
The transparently political U.S. financial intervention in Argentina has given President Javier Milei some short-term relief. The post Trump's Risky Gamble on Milei appeared first on World Politics Review.
Devaluation may be a term that’s anathema to Argentine President Javier Milei — he’s sworn repeatedly he won’t break his promise and let the peso plunge — but a stealth devaluation, well, that’s something he’s willing to accept.
The lifebuoy being tossed to Argentina by President Trump and the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is testament to the importance of the reform program now under way at Buenos Aires — and to the political peril facing President Javier Milei.
For a while, Argentina's Trump-style president Javier Milei was fashionable among right-wing economists. Now an all-too-familiar sight is playing out.