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Argentina’s Milei at the 100-day mark
Javier Milei took office as president of Argentina on 10 December 2023, at the start of a four-year term.... Read More
Presidential and legislative elections were held in late 2023 against a background of rising tension over the economic crisis, crime, and corruption.... Read More
As we have noted, the 2023 elections came at a moment of widespread voter dissatisfaction and growing anger with politicians.... Read More
The new administration has not lacked for ideas but has been less successful in its efforts to persuade an opposition-dominated congress to give those ideas a green light.... Read More
Earlier, the new government’s major reform vehicle had also run into trouble.... Read More
Uproar over the relationship with the provinces, coupled with wider protests by labour unions, seem to have persuaded Milei to make a new attempt to get his reforms approved in a slightly more consensual manner.... Read More
In Milei’s first 100 days in office the media headlines have largely and understandably focused on his running battles with congress, the provincial governors, and both hard and soft forms of political opposition.... Read More
Voters do not like hypocrisy among their elected leaders; Milei faced a big political setback in March when he made himself vulnerable to exactly that charge.... Read More
Rising concern over crime has presented the new government with both a challenge and an opportunity.... Read More
The latest opinion polls compiled as Milei approached the end of his first 100 days in office in late March, show that Argentine society remains politically polarised.... Read More
In foreign policy, the new government has begun a significant shift to the right.... Read More
There is an interesting comparison to be made between Milei’s initial experience and that of Ecuador’s new centre-right president, Daniel Noboa.... Read More
A key question looking forward is to assess the level of hardship imposed on the population at large, as a result of high inflation and a growing recession.... Read More
In many senses the new president’s first 100 days are inconclusive.... Read More
On 18 October 2019 a group of Chilean students began a protest demonstration against higher metro fares in Santiago.... Read More
A radically different scenario, in which Mile emerges triumphant, can also not be ruled out at this stage.... Read More
A third possibility is that Milei’s first 100 days point neither to a social explosion nor to a triumph of free market economics, but to a long, extended deadlock, when nothing much changes.... Read More
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- Javier Milei: profile of an outsider
- What’s the mandate? The 2023 elections
- Opinion polls harvest data on popular frustration
- A thousand reforms, but doubts over implementation
- Omnibus reform law placed on hold
- Provinces express concern over May Pact
- The other story – pleasing the markets
- Milei on the defensive over top salaries
- The crime issue
- Mixed picture from the pollsters
- Foreign policy: Milei’s shift to the right
- Compare and contrast: Milei and Noboa
- How deep is the pain?
- What do Milei’s first 100 days tell us?
- Scenario 1 A social explosion?
- Scenarios 2 Milei triumphant?
- Scenarios 3 The messy middle way