From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisie, and this is the Daily. Argentina, a poster child for economic dysfunction, is again in the midst of an acute crisis.

Last month, fed up with liberal fixes,

Argentine voted for the candidate promising to blow it all up.

Today, my colleague Jack Nickus, on Javier Milay,

the right-wing populist now taking office in Argentina,

and his radical plan to remake the country's economy.

It's Monday, see you again. Thanks for having me.

So we are talking today about Argentina and its new president,

Javier Malay.

He was inaugurated yesterday,

and he's a pretty flamboyant and colorful populist,

kind of styled in the vein of Donald Trump. So tell me about this new

president. Well this was really one of the most surprising elections in

Argentina's history and from the start the national conversation was dominated by Javier Milay.

He spent years working as an economist and teaching economics

he spent years working as an economist and teaching economics, then was elected as a freshman

congressman who really didn't show up to Congress much, but really became known to Argentina

for many years of TV punditry.

He used to be brought on to these cable news talk shows to be the token conservative voice in a country that has in recent years been pretty left-leaning.

And he really stood out for a combative style and opinions that are really outside of the mainstream.

The papa is a representative of the Maligno Latier.

So for example, he called the Pope a communist and the embodiment of evil.

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