This is CBSI on the World, the New World Report, with Professor Aven Ellis of the U.S. Army

War College Strategic Studies Institute.

We've gone through the troubles of Venezuela, certainly.

Panama, the challenge.

There is good news.

It's Argentina.

The economy not only has emerged from a crippling recession and huge inflation, a stratospheric,

a headline.

Reuters, Argentina economy seemed growing 4.5% in 2025.

Inflation cooling to double digits.

Professor, whatever magic Javier Millet has, I wish we could bottle it.

He's doing a lot from the bully pulpit.

He's traveling a lot.

Comes to the United States, goes to Europe.

And I believe everybody's watching.

Is that correct?

The Americas are paying attention to his success.

Well, John, certainly a lot of people are watching. And certainly 2025 seems to be the year when the bitter medicine that

Malay had imposed to try to stabilize the Argentine economy is beginning to show fruit.

And so just to remind people, as you talked about,

he had to do a number of difficult things, one, which was dramatically cutting spending to bring

the deficit situation and the crisis of currency under control. He also had to dramatically

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