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2023-11-21 Caribbean-Latin America
Is Argentina's new president too divisive to fix a broken economy?
[Economist] Javier Milei, Argentina’s newly elected president, rose to fame by bashing the country’s political class on television. Now the world’s first avowedly libertarian leader will probably demonstrate the truth of the notion that it is easier to criticise than to do.

On November 19th, Mr Milei surpassed expectations and won 56% of the vote in the presidential run-off, compared with 44% for Sergio Massa, a stalwart of the Peronist movement, which has governed Argentina for 28 of the past 40 years. His coalition, Liberty Advances, won in 20 of Argentina’s 23 provinces, plus the city of Buenos Aires.

In his victory speech, Mr Milei promised to make "drastic changes" to end Argentina’s century-long decline and return the country to being a "world power" within 35 years.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top

#1 Beware people having simple solutions to complex problems.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-21 00:48||   2023-11-21 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I wish Señor Presidente Milei well. Decades of prior policies have worked oh so well there, haven't they?
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-11-21 03:38||   2023-11-21 03:38|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ An even greater fear:

People offering highly complex solutions to simple problems.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-21 06:35||   2023-11-21 06:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, the recipients of money the gummint does not have are totally against him.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-11-21 06:52||   2023-11-21 06:52|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-21 07:07||   2023-11-21 07:07|| Front Page Top

#6 rose to fame by bashing the country’s political class on television

The Jon Stewart model of political advancement.

Jon Lovitz tears into Colbert, Kimmel for pushing 'political agenda' in late night: They 'hammer it to death'
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-21 08:03||   2023-11-21 08:03|| Front Page Top

#7 The man knows how to get to the root of the problem.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-11-21 08:08||   2023-11-21 08:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Not if the people breaking things feel that breaking things is the solution, not the problem.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-11-21 08:53||   2023-11-21 08:53|| Front Page Top

#9 If Milei was a card-carrying socialist we'd be hearing that a 56% - 44% victory margin is a mandate to govern.
Posted by Raj 2023-11-21 09:55||   2023-11-21 09:55|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ Yes, we would...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-11-21 09:59||   2023-11-21 09:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Trump was too divisive to fix the economy, until he did anyway. After all those insiders couldn't.
Posted by Regular joe 2023-11-21 13:37||   2023-11-21 13:37|| Front Page Top

#12 People offering solutions to things which are not a problem is kind of what got us here.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-11-21 14:35||   2023-11-21 14:35|| Front Page Top

#13 After all those insiders couldn't wouldn't.
Posted by Glenmore 2023-11-21 14:48||   2023-11-21 14:48|| Front Page Top

#14 If the globalists at The Economist are butt hurt, I count it as a point in Milei's favor.
Posted by Nero 2023-11-21 15:03||   2023-11-21 15:03|| Front Page Top

#15 after all, Milei is an actual...Economist
Posted by Frank G 2023-11-21 18:53||   2023-11-21 18:53|| Front Page Top

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