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🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Attracted by Argentina’s right-wing libertarian president Javier Milei, and fearful of political breakdown and even the prospect of a widescale war in the northern hemisphere, some US citizens say they are planning to move to the South American nation to start afresh.
We speak to a few of them, and to an Argentine tech entrepreneur who left his country years ago due to its political and economic instability, but who is now spending more time there – attracted by Milei’s promises to slash the state.
What will these converts to Argentina find there, and will it match their expectations?
(Picture: Argentina's president, Javier Milei, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Credit: Getty Images)
Presented and produced by Natalio Cosoy
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service. |
0:05.7 | I'm Natalia O'Cossoy and today we're looking at the economic libertarians |
0:09.9 | for placing their faith in Argentina and itself-styled anarcho-capitalist president, Javier Millet. |
0:17.4 | Malay showed me that people wanted the same exact change that I wanted to see for my life as |
0:23.2 | well. |
0:23.7 | So I think for a Westerner, it's a really good time to come to Argentina. |
0:27.8 | And as I say, the early bird always gets the worm. |
0:30.2 | A few Americans and a few Argentines who had previously turned their backs on the country |
0:35.4 | and left are heading there, attracted partly by Miele's economic policies, |
0:40.4 | but also out of fears for the future. |
0:43.0 | We may be heading into World War III. |
0:46.8 | And in World War I and World War II, |
0:49.3 | Argentina was a wonderful place to be. |
0:53.6 | And I'd like to have a plan that contemplates getting my family |
0:58.3 | and myself out of a possible hell. |
1:02.0 | But what's the reality of Miles Argentina? |
1:05.0 | What does it offer these free market libertarians? |
1:08.9 | Might these new arrivals be in for a rude surprise? |
1:12.6 | That's what we're exploring on this edition of Business Daily from the BBC World Service. |
1:21.7 | The conclusion is that no alternative to the juke. Argentine's president, Javier Millillei telling his people that there's no alternative to cuts and shock. |
1:39.2 | Elected last year, Millei has brought a radical distinct brand of right-wing politics to the South |
1:45.4 | American nation, blending libertarian ideas of minimal government intervention and free market economy |
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