He is a self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” with no government experience but is running one of the world’s boldest economic experiments, advised by his sister, his English mastiffs, and a social media guru.
The fate of 46mn people in a country that is one of the world’s biggest food exporters lies in his hands. Hedge funders hail him as a beacon of pure capitalism in a “woke” business world, while leftists dismiss him as a loathsome manifestation of the global far right.
So how is Argentina’s unconventional President Javier Milei performing after nearly 11 months in office? And can he transform a country that is synonymous with economic crisis into a success story?