From TV pundit to the presidency

Milei celebrating with his girlfriend Fatima Florez after winning the presidential election runoff outside his party headquarters in Buenos Aires. — Agencies

WHEN Argentine libertarian Javier Milei announced his entry into politics in 2020 in a bid to “blow up” the system, few predicted that three years later the wild-haired economist and former TV pundit could reach the presidency. Now he’s pulled it off.

Milei has railed against the “thieves” of the political elite, praised gangster Al Capone for his free-market credentials and on live TV smashed a piñata of the central bank, which he blames for contributing to Argentina’s triple-digit inflation.