How is Argentina faring under Javier Milei?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Argentina’s lower legislative house is set to approve President Javier Milei’s package of economic reforms. Despite signs of economic improvement on the macro level, the consequences of Milei’s spending cuts for the average person have been profound. How have everyday Argentinians been faring under Javier Milei?
In this episode:
- Teresa Bo (@TeresaBo), Al Jazeera correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K. Li, and Sonia Bhagat with Amy Walters, Duha Mosaad, Manahil Naveed, Veronique Eshaya, and our host Malika Bilal.
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Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a crucial vote in Argentina. |
| 0:16.2 | Many people refer to this omnibus bill as trying to pass an elephant through a door. |
| 0:22.0 | With more radical economic reforms on the way, |
| 0:25.4 | how ordinary people have experienced six months of President Javier Milley. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 0:50.8 | For months now, Argentinians have been taking to the streets to protest. |
| 0:59.3 | I am a retired teacher, and I do not want to be the last generation of retirees in my family. |
| 1:03.1 | I want my sister, who is a doctor, to be able to retire. |
| 1:07.5 | My niece, who is a student, and my daughters who are professionals. |
| 1:11.9 | They will not be able to retire if the pension package passes today. |
| 1:16.8 | The protests have all been leading up to a vote happening in their parliament |
| 1:17.9 | on a huge package of economic reforms. |
| 1:21.7 | It's part of President Javier Millet's grand plan |
| 1:24.5 | to transform Argentina. |
| 1:26.9 | He's a libertarian and anarcho-capitalist who has literally said in many interviews that he is a mole. |
| 1:35.1 | I love it. |
| 1:37.1 | I love being the mole in the state. |
| 1:39.9 | I'm the one who destroys the state from within. |
| 1:43.1 | It's like having infiltrated enemy lines. |
| 1:47.4 | That is going to destroy the Argentine state from within. |
| 1:52.8 | Teresa Bo is a senior Al Jazeera correspondent, based in Buenos Aires. |
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