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Today in Focus

Why Argentinians are gambling everything on ‘anarcho-capitalist’ Javier Milei

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The libertarian economist won the election with his radical ideas. Can he deliver? Tom Phillips reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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T. Tins of thousands of people were at the inauguration.

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They came from all over Argentina.

1:05.0

Actually all over South America there are Brazilians, Paraguayans, Venezuelans who I met there.

1:09.0

And they started flocking to the plaza outside Congress from five or six a.m. on Sunday morning.

1:17.2

At the time Milay came out to give his first speech to the crowd, the square was absolutely packed with flag waving.

1:24.0

There was blue smoke in the air, people banging drums, blowing voisellez.

1:28.5

It was a sort of carnival atmosphere.

1:40.0

We should, by now, be used to unexpected political victories. To right-wing populists dominating the world stage, to powerful men who insist they are anti-establishment

1:47.0

outsiders and the real voice of the people.

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we are so happy this is a day of freedom. We are celebrating freedom. We couldn't keep the same path that we were going,

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