NARRATIVE – The “anarcho-capitalist” Argentine president advocates a drastic reduction in the role of the State and defends freedom of enterprise. At a time when the government is trying to save money, its fans would like to see its radical solutions applied in our country.
How to recognize a Javier Milei aficionado? Easy, just go to X (formerly Twitter) and type “afuera!” » (“It’s clear!” in Spanish) in the search bar of Elon Musk’s social network, open support for the “anti-system” Argentine president. The expression has become a rallying cry, a code that insiders use to recognize each other since a video circulated on the web at the end of 2023. We see the head of the southern state American, then a candidate for the presidential election, compulsively snatched from a whiteboard the names of ministries that he considered useless at best, harmful at worst. The environment, education, health… outside !
Nine months have passed since that Sunday in November when 14 million Argentine voters slipped a ballot into the box (56% of the vote) bearing the name of the man presented as the “Trump of the Pampas”. In a country nourished by socialism, the coming to power…
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