Argentina, the Milei shock | Géopolitis

Argentina faces the radical and controversial austerity policy of the ultraliberal Javier Milei. More than half the population lives below the poverty line.
Guest: David Copello, Argentina specialist - researcher at the Institut Catholique de Paris and the Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques
Presentation: Laurent Huguenin-Elie
Contents:
00:00 Argentina, the Milei shock
02:05 Nicknamed “el loco”, who is Argentine President Javier Milei?
04:40 David Copello: In Argentina, “Javier Milei has been broadly embraced by the more classical right”
09:36 Javier Milei's austerity drive pushes 5 million Argentines into poverty
13:10 David Copello: “The Argentine state has cut spending by around 30%, which is colossal”
16:13 Javier Milei wants to draw closer to the USA and NATO
18:45 David Copello: “The model Javier Milei wants to follow is what he calls the West”
23:24 From 1976 to 1983, the dark years of Argentina's military dictatorship
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