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‘Golden boy’ Milei is beginning to look like Chile’s Boric

Today 06:34 The self-proclaimed first anarcho-capitalist president in world history is under siege. A tough defeat in local elections in Buenos Aires Province laid bare a situation of absolute precariousness, with both markets and the political class testing his resolve.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

How Milei raised the bar and paid the price in Buenos Aires Province

13-09-2025 06:54 The market and the political ecosystem, seems to have recalibrated its expectations, putting further financial pressure on the government.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & MEDIA

Javier Milei and his sister hate journalism

06-09-2025 07:30 President Milei and sister Karina have gone on the offensive against the media and despite some backlash, there doesn’t seem to be any real consequences of getting a controversial judge to pass an unconstitutional ruling.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Politics & corruption

Milei’s libertarian dream and the risks of Karina’s greed

30-08-2025 06:22 It seems as if the Milei administration has been participating in the “caste-like” behaviour it was mandated by its voters to eradicate.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Greedy and corrupt libertarians?

23-08-2025 06:15 Smear campaign tactics are a defining characteristic of the Argentine political ecosystem during the electoral season. Corruption has risen as a preoccupation for everyday citizens, but it is still the economy that will determine whether or not Milei is successful.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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Agustino Fontevecchia

‘Golden boy’ Milei is beginning to look like Chile’s Boric

How Milei raised the bar and paid the price in Buenos Aires Province

Javier Milei and his sister hate journalism

Milei’s libertarian dream and the risks of Karina’s greed

Greedy and corrupt libertarians?

Between heaven and hell

Civil war in the ‘iron triangle’ and the Scatturice ordeal

Cúneo Libarona, Tim Ballard and the freak show

Dirty politics in Buenos Aires Province and the risk of violence

Caputo’s ‘buy ‘em up champ’ and Milei’s ‘Epstein moment’

Corruption claims and political miscalculations

Anti-Milei sentiment growing among Argentina’s elites

Carnal relations

Dissidence will be treated as treason

Chronicle of a guilty sentence foretold

Damocles’ sword and a Mexican stand-off in the Province

From ‘Caputito’ to ‘Fat Dan’ – weird scenes of digital disinformation

Battle royale

More to lose than to win

Milei: Hate, peace, Popes and social media

Everyone needs to go to Auschwitz-Birkenau

Milei dreams of re-election – with IMF's help

Trump, Milei and how to lose the trust of markets and voters

Milei: a tourist in Mar-a-Lago

Tales of the blue (dollar)

Political hegemony turning to pathetic circus

Violence and institutional informality

Challenging Milei’s ‘iron triangle’

Milei feels the heat of the $LIBRA scandal

$LIBRA: Javier Milei’s black swan moment

Milei’s week of fury

Milei the copycat

Milei and Trump: On Nazis, outsiders and politicians

Milei's Marxist culture wars

What the heck is going on with Mark Zuckerberg?

Is Javier Milei an outlier, or just another normal politician?

Milei’s ‘we want it all’ moment

A busy week for corruption

Milei’s self-congratulatory maiden year

The ecstasy of Javier Milei

‘Fat Dan’ and libertarian childishness

Javier Milei’s obsession with sub-aquatic flatulence

Move over Javi, the Big Boss is back

Zurdos de mierda

Macri and Milei’s ‘special kind of psychology’

Veto power! Milei’s ‘caste-like’ adaptations

Laughing and crying at the same time

Is Milei's star beginning to fade?

Press freedom in Argentina in the age of Javier Milei

Mixed signals