News of libertarian

A no-win election

Yesterdat 06:45 The fact remains that the last three people to run Argentina have all opted to sit this election out. The only question here is what lies behind their “fear to tread.”

by Michael Soltys

Election 2023

Milei’s electoral platform: Dollarisation, privatisations, guns, no sexual education

18-05-2023 15:33 Leaked electoral platform presented by libertarian lawmaker to Judge María Servini features more than 60 proposals he aims to put into practice if he becomes president.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei sees fragmented opposition and moves closer to Bullrich

24-04-2023 12:41 Javier Milei observes fragmentation in the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition and believes he can reach an agreement with Patricia Bullrich, should he make it to the run-off.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

EDITORIAL

Third way, third-rate or third world?

22-04-2023 07:13 When the only certainty is uncertainty, any logic evaporates. The prevailing mood in the build-up to this year’s elections is more like mindless panic.

ELECTIONS 2023

Milei’s policies – and poll numbers – spark concern

22-04-2023 07:00 Outspoken libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei looms larger each day over Argentina's upcoming election, with his politics, proposed policies – and poll numbers – shocking the establishment.

POLITICS: ELECTIONS 2023

A social flare-up, a triple draw and the rise of Milei

15-04-2023 10:01 Javier Milei very well could be the single most voted-for candidate in the national PASOs scheduled for August 13.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Still mucking around with Milei

14-04-2023 09:58 Argentina's outspoken libertarian expresses a civic frustration that promises unpredictable consequences – it would suit politics to take him seriously and stop playing with fire.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS

Milei claims he turned down US$300,000 offer not to run in 2021

20-10-2022 16:48 The deputy of La Libertad Avanza lawmaker alleges he refused a six-figure sum from "an important politician" who did not want him to compete in the last PASO.

Performance report

Javier Milei in Congress: Regular attendance, but an irregular voter

13-07-2022 14:56 The deputy for La Libertad Avanza has missed only one of five sessions but passed up voting on half the occasions to date. Neither he nor his fellow-libertarian Victoria Villarroel have yet presented any bills and nor do they belong to any committee.

POLITICS

Opposition, libertarians assess TV star Viviana Canosa’s political ambitions

03-06-2022 11:11 Juntos por el Cambio recently included the outspoken TV star in their opinion polls; Javier Milei’s people also want her but she has turned them down. Does Viviana Canosa have future plans in politics?

by Rodis Recalt

A 'QUIXOTIC' PRESIDENTIAL BID

The Milei Experience

21-05-2022 00:13 Like a long-distance runner who starts sprinting as soon as the whistle blows, Javier Milei has started his presidential campaign much earlier than anybody else.

by Eduardo Reina

Politics

Milei’s star continues to rise – at the expense of traditional politicians

19-05-2022 21:22 Libertarian economist continues to dominate the headlines while capitalising on voters’ rejection of both the Peronist government and the troubled opposition coalition.

ESSAY

The appeal of Javier Milei – an autopsy of the right

07-05-2022 00:16 Why the outspoken liberal economist is growing at the expense of traditional politicians. Social network populism, hatred towards the state and a not-so discreet charm. The hidden keys of his biography.

by Beatriz Sarlo

BLOOMBERG

Milei: Argentina's libertarians won’t support a deal with the IMF

29-12-2021 21:28 Argentina's liberal lawmakers will not support an agreement between the International Monetary Fund and the country, says Javier Milei.

ELECTIONS 2021

Milei the ultra-liberal vows to do away with Argentina's ‘political caste’

11-11-2021 23:18 Outspoken ultra-liberal economist Javier Milei’s rhetoric continues to find its target; All eyes on Avanza Libertad’s performance in Sunday’s election.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Javier Milei: ‘The more people are against the ropes, the more they will embrace freedom’

25-09-2021 11:02 In a feature-length interview, economist Javier Milei discusses his stunning PASO primaries result, political origins and experience with psychotherapy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

As I see it

Make way for the shantytown liberals

25-09-2021 00:01 Some commentators and politicians have been considering the intriguing possibility that people who live in the country’s squalid urban slums could be acquiring a taste for free-market capitalism.

by James Neilson

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Milei wins 13% of vote in City PASO, taking Avanza Libertad into third

13-09-2021 16:00 Candidates from the Avanza Libertad have hailed their party’s results in the PASO primaries, which saw the libertarian alliance finish third in the City and fourth in Buenos Aires Province.

Midterms 2021

Fernández de Kirchner spearheads midterms campaign – with an eye on youth

19-06-2021 09:16 Vice-president has an ambitious target in mind ahead of this year’s midterms: she wants to win over a sector of young voters disillusioned with politics.

by Rosario Ayerdi