Milei’s way: Argentina’s president, a year on
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The Economist
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🗓️ 29 November 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In an interview with Javier Milei, our correspondent probes how far the “anarcho-capitalist” president plans to push his promise to slash spending and reform the state. Can seaweed and other fibrous packaging replace plastic (11:51)? And remembering Celeste Caeiro, who named the carnation revolution in Portugal in 1974 (18:20).
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| 1:22.8 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. Startups have tried to launch all manner of alternatives to plastic. |
| 1:32.4 | Our correspondent visits one firm that's making packaging from seaweed. |
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| 1:42.7 | And Celeste Sireu was a restaurant worker in 1974, when she saw troops streaming through the |
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