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Josefina Salomón in Buenos Aires

‘El Jefe’: is Karina Milei the power behind Argentina’s presidential throne?

A man with a sash waves from a balcony as a woman sits behind him in a darkened interior.
Karina Milei looks on as Javier Milei waves to supporters after his swearing-in ceremony in Buenos Aires on 10 December 2023. Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/Reuters

When Javier Milei first walked into Argentina’s presidential palace earlier this month, the radical libertarian leader was not accompanied by his vice-president, Victoria Villarruel, nor his partner, the actor Fátima Flórez.

Milei’s escort at this key political moment was a woman who many analysts describe as the true power behind his throne: his sister, Karina.

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