Dec 10, 2024 · On the first anniversary of his administration in Argentina, the far-right president, Javier Milei, managed to pull the South American country out of rampant inflation with a painful austerity plan that has pushed millions into poverty.

Dec 10, 2024 · Argentine President Javier Milei has scrapped price controls and slashed subsidies, causing prices to skyrocket in a country that already had among the world’s highest inflation rates.

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.

Jan 23, 2025 · President Javier Milei tells Davos that Argentina is an "example of a new way of doing politics, which is about telling people the truth to their faces".; He says the "winds of change are blowing in the West" and calls for a cure to the "mental virus of woke ideology" that has "colonized institutions".

Jun 9, 2024 · When Javier Milei was campaigning last year to become the president of Argentina, he brandished a chainsaw to symbolise his determination to substantially cut public spending. Now six months...

He is Javier Milei, Argentina’s next president. 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.

Javier Milei's tenure as the 59th president of Argentina began with his inauguration on 10 December 2023. Milei, a member of La Libertad Avanza, took office after defeating then-economy minister Sergio Massa in the 2023 general election.

May 23, 2024 · Since taking office, Milei, 53, has frozen public-works projects, devalued the peso by more than 50%, and announced plans to lay off more than 70,000 government workers. So far, he sees signs...

Nov 20, 2023 · Argentines have elected far-right outsider Javier Milei, 53, as their new president. With almost all votes counted, Mr Milei had won close to 56% in the decisive run-off, ahead of his left-wing...

Jan 21, 2025 · Javier Milei is a confrontational right-wing outsider who rose to the presidency of Argentina in 2023 on a tide of voter dissatisfaction with a political elite whom his supporters blamed for endemic hyperinflation, a currency in free fall, and increasing poverty.