How Argentina took a chainsaw to government, a year before Elon Musk's DOGE


FILE PHOTO: Argentina's Deregulation and State Transformation Minister Federico Sturzenegger gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Buenos Aires, Argentina January 28, 2025. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - At Argentina's Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation, two piles of laws to be streamlined or cut sit on a wooden desk near an Elon Musk biography and a figurine of libertarian President Javier Milei with his iconic chainsaw.

This is the nerve center of the South American nation's bold year-old experiment to slash regulation and the size of government, moves that are shaking up the embattled economy and drawing praise from U.S. President Donald Trump and Musk.

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