Mehdi Hasan debates ex-FM Diana Mondino on Milei’s health to guide and his radical ‘chainsaw’ economics.
In 2024, Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei launched an financial overhaul that slashed public spending, gutted state establishments and triggered large protests.
The federal government dubbed it “chainsaw economics”. Critics say it’s deepening poverty and pushing the nation into chaos, whereas Milei continues to make headlines for weird behaviour, together with claims he takes political recommendation from his lifeless canine’s clones.
So who is absolutely working Argentina – and at what price?
Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Diana Mondino, who served as Milei’s international minister earlier than being abruptly fired. She defends the president’s insurance policies, brushes off Milei’s private assaults, and distances herself from his extra excessive views, together with his help for organ gross sales and his insults in the direction of the late Pope Francis.
Becoming a member of the dialogue are:
Matias Vernengo – Economics professor at Bucknell College and former official at Argentina’s Central Financial institution
Maxwell Marlow – Director of public affairs on the Adam Smith Institute
Martina Rodriguez – Member of the Argentina Solidarity Marketing campaign and the Feminist Meeting of Latin People