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Media outlets have variously referred to Javier Milei, the 59th president of Argentina since 2023, as right-wing populist, right-wing libertarian and ultraconservative. Economically, they have described his positions as neoliberal and ultraliberal .
Like many members of Milei's inner circle and fledgling political party, he is a political outsider, having worked as an economist and opinion journalist before joining Milei's administration.
Milei has authored several books on politics and economics, and hosted the radio programmes Cátedra libre a and Demoliendo mitos. [27] He achieved notoriety and public exposure through his debates and statements on the television programmes of various channels in Argentina, which led him to pursue a political career in 2021. [4]
Javier Gerardo Milei [b] (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine economist and politician who has served as President of Argentina since 2023. He has taught university courses and written on various aspects of economics and politics and also hosted radio programmes on the subject.
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei laid out a bleak vision in his maiden speech a year ago amid an economic crisis. The crowd in front of Congress cheered his every word. A year later ...
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Milei was inaugurated on 10 December 2023. He delivered a speech to the Argentine nation, [12] [13] warning of an economic shock, which has been described as shock therapy in economic terms, to be used as a means to fix Argentina's economic woes, [14] [15] [16] with inflation rising to 200 percent. [17]
A few years ago, Milei was a television talking head whom bookers loved because his screeds against government spending and the ruling political class boosted ratings. At the time, and up until ...