Argentina starting this Sunday social and economic laboratory of the far right It attracts almost everyone’s attention. The director of this unprecedented experiment, which took place 40 years after the democratic restoration, is Javier Milei. The anarcho-capitalist’s presidency begins amid conflicting emotions. The men and women who voted for him saw the promised miracle of a developing country like the agricultural Arcadia of the late 19th century, or, as he insisted during the election campaign, a new Ireland. Those who rejected him at the ballot box are preparing for the election a new cycle of despair and exclusion. Beyond the expectations and fears that may be drawn on the immediate horizon, Argentines bear the weight of today: Unprecedented poverty plaguing almost 45% of residents And the situation could be even worse if a new inflationary storm already felt in the market pushes prices down.
leader Freedom Advances (LLA)2019, a marginal party until the 2021 parliamentary elections in which it received 17 percent of the votes in the city of Buenos Aires, will receive its command qualifications at a ceremony to be held this year. Institutional rituals will be mixed with ideological enthusiasm. And not just because Milei decided to turn his back on Congress and speak to the country on the steps of the legislature; this was a populist gesture seen by the newspaper as a “bad sign”. People who encouraged this so much – but network of alliances and political friendships He will accompany him in the zero minute of his government. Spain will be officially represented by King Felipe VI and Latin American Foreign Minister Juan Fernández Trigo.. Argentina welcomed the far right with open arms Gonzalo Abascal, by Vox. This type of double delegation, one bound by protocol, the other partisan and emotional, will be repeated in Chile. President Gabriel Boric eventually decided to land in Buenos Aires in honor of good neighborliness. But will also participate in the glory of the assumption Pinochetista and presidential candidate José Antonio Kast. Brazil will not be represented Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, angry at Milei for being labeled a thief. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira will be present on his behalf. Brazilian stardom right now Jair BolsonaroHe has already met his Argentinian friend.
new allies
Rumor about the existence of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, He was swimming in this city on the eve of the change of government. The same thing has been said about him without any other basis. Donald Trump. Milei and his vice president, Victoria Villarruel, an ardent defender of soldiers convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the last dictatorship (1976-83), will be accompanied by other guests, including the president of Hungary. Viktor Orbán and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, and Salvadoran Nayib Bukele, Three new references reporting a new political arrangement in Argentina. He sent United States Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm. environmental problem Joe Biden’s presence in the White House appears to be a factor that may overshadow relations with Washington. Milei guarantees it Climate change is an invention of the communists.
It’s time for pragmatism
The global far right wants to turn the Buenos Aires ceremony into an event that goes beyond Argentina’s borders. In this context, former rock singer and former producer Milei, who has a sharp tongue that can capture the imagination of young people and those who have stopped believing in everything, threatens to become the guide of these radical groups. It was he who denounced the existence of a political “caste” synonymous with corruption that was ruining the country. But now it is the same “caste” or part of it that guarantees management can be applied to management staff. Milei has 37 deputies and seven senators. Provincial governors are missing. He won in the second round with the support of former right-wing president Mauricio Macri and the candidate who represented him in these elections, Patricia Bullrich.
The president-elect didn’t just return the favor by appointing Bolsonarista Bullrich as Defense Minister. Macri appears to function as a kind of counterforce limiting the new president’s actions. Milei is forced to temporarily shelve his anarcho-capitalist program and his declared desire to minimize the state, eliminate the Central Bank, and dollarize the economy. Milei’s anger became a premature realization of its limits, and so he called out Macrism’s star figures, much reviled at times of election campaigns, as well as business executives and officials who participated in the neoliberal experience of the 1990s with Peronist Carlos Menem. Carlos Pagni, the paper’s shrewd political analyst PeopleHe stated the following on this subject: Freedom DevelopmentsIt was an attractive product for many citizens due to features that are now seen as lacking under the lens of “governability”, the winning force of elections. In summary: now, How far does reality go?“.
Economic route
As part of this pragmatic turnaround, Luis ‘Toto’ Caputo was appointed head of the Ministry of Economy. He is not one of those responsible for Argentina’s massive foreign debt, which resulted in an unprecedented capital flight during Macri’s presidency. In 2017, while serving as Minister of Finance, he ordered the issuance of bonds to be used as guarantees for the payment of interest rates in dollars for sectors that will invest in the development of renewable energy. The National Auditor (AGN) confirmed that this measure also created an indirect liability of 7.368 million in North American currency. Caputo wanted Santiago Bausili to remain head of the Central Bank, and Milei gave the green light. When rumor spread that he would assume this position, the justice system annulled the charge against Macri for holding negotiations incompatible with his public duty as Minister of Finance.
The incoming Government faces difficulties in completing the economic team due, among other reasons, to the lack of clear direction beyond generalities such as the desire to auction all State assets. By portal Online Policy The most important position for which they cannot find candidates is the Undersecretariat of Treasury. The person who has to enforce these rules is nothing but the official. “historical harmony” Public expenditure symbolized by Milei during the chainsaw campaign. Just a few weeks ago, the then-candidate was talking about a 15% cut in the state budget promised to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Caputo has already reduced this to one-third, and it remains a source of potential social conflict.
Sister’s role
There is no party or institutional mechanism behind Milei. Its capital has become public opinion, concentrated in television studios and social networks. These sympathies may grow or evaporate depending on the impact of economic measures. The economist reached the top of the Executive Council together with his sister Karina, who provided both emotional and practical support in the formation of his party and in its relations with other forces or power factors. But that’s his “nickname”Boss”, He will not be able to serve in the government. The current decree prohibits the designation of relatives who are “direct or collateral relatives up to the second degree” with the president, vice president and ministers. Nobody expects the former pastry chef to disappear from the political scene.