When he was elected as president of Argentina in November 2023, Javier Milei was seen by many voters as a political outsider. An economist by profession, he promised a reset for the country which would end inflation and slash public spending.
Amid diatribes against politicians and dismissals of the climate emergency as a “socialist lie”, he was keen on wielding a chainsaw to symbolise his plans for fixing a stagnant economy burdened with debt.
And since he took office, Milei has been busy with his agenda of cutting. Within weeks he had published an 82-page executive decree as an inaugural phase of his extensive deregulation.
