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Marcelo J. García

Political analyst and Director for the Americas for the Horizon Engage political risk consultancy firm.

Pope Francis and Argentina's recent presidents.

The shepherd who lost his country

Today 05:00 Argentina electing Milei, just as an Argentine was running the Vatican on a unifying message, is as if John Paul II had seen his Polish compatriots vote for a version of Joseph Stalin, rather than Lech Wałęsa.

by Marcelo J. García

Analysing Argentina

Milei and the bicycle temptation

19-04-2025 06:00 The Milei government is confident it can make it to the midterm elections in October without major volatility. But this relative calm — won by force of debt — should not obscure the storm that was brewing before the cash injection.

by Marcelo J. García

Analysing Argentina

Careful Javier, the ‘caste’ smells blood

12-04-2025 05:29 Legislators who had until now been cooperative or aloof toward confrontation with Milei are changing their tune, in line with what they hear from their constituencies.

by Marcelo J. García

Analysing Argentina

Can Cristina Fernández de Kirchner be the next Donald Trump?

05-04-2025 06:13 It is difficult to imagine a Fernández de Kirchner comeback à la Trump. Or rather, her comeback has already happened, no matter how much she denies it

by Marcelo J. García

Milei rides into space on Musk's SpaceX rocket.

Analysing Argentina

Will Elon Musk’s plumber pay for Milei’s trips abroad?

29-03-2025 06:11 There is reason behind the IMF’s decision to throw its weight behind President Milei, which means partnering with his political objectives too.

by Marcelo J. García

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Marcelo J. García

The shepherd who lost his country

Milei and the bicycle temptation

Careful Javier, the ‘caste’ smells blood

Can Cristina Fernández de Kirchner be the next Donald Trump?

Will Elon Musk’s plumber pay for Milei’s trips abroad?

Autumn is coming for Javier Milei

Chaco and Milei’s electoral strategy for October

Exit rigging, enter RIGI

Flooding the zone might drown the Milei administration

Milei’s long honeymoon is over, what happens next?

Cavallo, Milei and the elephant in the room

Can Kicillof break the spell?

Macri is fighting for his life – he will lose

Milei’s learning curve

Latin America ducks and covers for Trump – except Milei

Main Street and Milei Street

May you live in happy times, Mr President

Milei, Reagan and the 20% enemy rule

Year one: Milei surpassed expectations, but now faces high ones

Milei and nothing but Milei

Milei and his Doppelganger

Milei, in the best of all possible worlds

Welcome to the New Political Order

Milei’s magical thinking about a Trump victory

The Caputos spread their tentacles over the Mileis

Milei the Great or Milei the Footnote?

Milei’s deserved but premature celebration

Will Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attempt a comeback?

No future for Milei

Milei’s Bermuda Triangle

Javier Milei in the real world of the Lilliputians

Decisions Milei refuses to make

Milei fighting with himself

Milei’s mirror: Ireland or Nigeria?

A tale of two economists

International media dig into the B-side of the Milei promise

Milei’s useless fight against gravity

What if Milei is wrong about the economy?

Milei now needs to fly domestic

Milei, Messi, and how to be the best in the world

Milei’s future: back to the past?

Milei at a turning point

Re-election for Milei will require recalibration

What if Milei has no clothes on?

Gulliver Milei needs to engage with the Lilliputians

RIGI and the ‘frack, baby, frack’ consensus

Elon Musk meets José Mayans

The dawn of a new Milei?

Five dogs and a million reds

Is Milei feeling the fear?