Argentina turning? Milei’s surprising political success
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The Economist
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🗓️ 21 June 2024
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Summary
Since his election last year, President Javier Milei has enjoyed some economic and political wins in Argentina. But his toughest fight is yet to come. On Britain’s general election trail, our correspondent found voters less keen on the prospect of a Labour victory than on punishing the Conservative party at the polls (10:00). And remembering Birubala Rabha, who campaigned against witch-hunting in India (18.35).
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| 1:16.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host Rosie Bloor. |
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| 1:32.0 | Labor is leading in the polls ahead of Britain's general election on July the 4th. |
| 1:32.7 | Yet many voters seem motivated not by excitement |
| 1:35.2 | about a possible new government, |
| 1:37.1 | but vengeance and anger at the old one. |
| 1:41.6 | And thousands of women in rural India have been accused of being witches and killed. |
| 1:47.0 | Biluraba Rabha fought to end this torrid practice. |
| 1:50.0 | Arabici's editor celebrates the life of a courageous tribal woman from Assam. First up though, though. When Argentina's Libertarian President Javier Milay was elected last autumn, |
| 2:19.4 | it wasn't clear that he'd be up to the task of governing. |
| 2:30.0 | Malay as an economist and former TV personality, more of a free market ideologue than a nuts and bolts policymaker. |
| 2:34.3 | Many people compare him to Donald Trump, given his love of outlandish stunts and his tendency |
| 2:39.5 | to insult his rivals and castigate the establishment. |
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