Javier Milei, winner of Argentina’s election, says my priority is closing the central bank
Javier Milei, who won Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, says it will take two years to reduce the inflation rate
The inflation rate in Argentina was reported to be over 140% last October, and the value of the country’s national currency has significantly decreased
Javier Milei, a right-wing economist and free-market advocate, has stated that he will privatize government institutions, including the national oil company and Argentina’s state radio and television, as much as he can
Regarding his plan to replace the Argentine peso with the dollar, he has said that his priority is closing Argentina’s central bank, after which decisions can be freely made about which currency should replace the national currency
Andrés Manuel Obrador, the President of Mexico, has described Javier Milei’s unexpected victory as an own goal for Argentina
Many have compared Mr. Milei to Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, the former presidents of the United States and Brazil