“Liar journalists.” An argument with a pensioner. The leader of Argentina who will come to the Czech Republic

In an interview with the BBC Mr Milei, who campaigned for president with a chainsaw to emphasize his desire to cut public spending, insisted the political class, not the people, were paying for his massive cuts.

Milei was elected after years of high government spending on many things. Argentinians had apparently had enough.

He took office in December of last year and began a really tough medical regimen. Argentina’s inflation has started to decline, but it is still very high.

“Argentine inflation slowed for a second straight month in February as right-wing President Javier Milei continued to push through austerity and deregulation measures in an effort to revive the country’s struggling economy. Argentina’s monthly inflation slowed to 13.2% in February, compared with 20.6% in January and 25.5% in December, according to data released on Tuesday by the government’s statistics agency INDEC. However, on an annual basis, inflation remains the highest in three decades and exceeded in February 276.2%,” wrote the AP agency.

The AP agency described Miley as an anarcho-capitalist who, after taking office, saw to the fifty percent devaluation of the Argentine currency. As part of these measures, the government canceled some state subsidies in energy and transport. Milei warned that his measures will have a tangible impact on the people in the short term, but in the long run it will help to improve the country’s economic situation.

At the same time, it is estimated that about 40 percent of Argentines live in poverty. Specifically, it is up to 18.5 million people. In the Czech Republic, there are about 1 million people, a tenth of the population.

In Czechia according to data from the Czech Statistical Office, it was annual inflation rate at the same time of 8.2 percent.

The BBC pointed out that while he maintains a hard line on economic issues, he has moderated his comments on other topics. For example, he speaks much more mildly about the Chinese, whom he called “murderers” in the past, but he no longer repeated his harsh words. China is one of Argentina’s biggest trading partners.

However, Milei is now, as they say, at odds with the Spanish government. Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente has suggested that Argentine President Javier Milei used drugs during his election campaign.

The Argentine president’s office denied the allegations. At the same time, she attacked Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. She accused Sánchez of “endangering Spanish women by allowing illegal immigration” and of undermining Spain’s integrity by making deals with separatists, while his leftist policies brought “death and poverty”.

On the verbal duel between Argentina and Spain reported the Reuters agency.

Julia is one of those who can no longer get by on a monthly pension of about $190. According to the BBC, the 72-year-old retired chef travels two hours every day to supplement her meager pension by singing in Buenos Aires.

Confronted with her statement, President Milei said it was “false”. He insisted that a group he called a “political corporation” bore the brunt of the burden. And he claimed that 90% of the cuts fell on the political class and only 10% was achieved by reducing government spending on pensions.

Independent analysts say pension spending has been cut by 30-40% in real terms – some say it is one of the biggest government spending cuts.

In his interview with the BBC, President Milei celebrated the fact that his administration had managed to reduce spending below tax revenue for the first time since 2008.

Asked repeatedly what he would say to struggling pensioners like Julia, he replied: “You can’t make a macroeconomic assessment based on an individual’s situation.” He argued that people were influenced by information spread by “rotten” mass media and journalists, whom he described as “serial liar”.

He insisted that his policy was the right one, because the alternative would be more money printing and more inflation, which would ultimately hurt people much more.

He noted that economic indicators were “improving” and that “salaries have outpaced inflation in the last month”.

But many Argentinians say they were not convinced by his argument.

Vanessa López, who works at a soup kitchen in a poor neighborhood of Buenos Aires, said demand for their services has increased.

“It’s not just people who are homeless, it’s whole families who come looking for a plate of food.”

However, Milei also has supporters in Argentina. His supporters believe that the correction of the economic situation will take some time and they are willing to give him this time, she added to the topic of the BBC.

President Milei will visit the Czech Republic with his economic recipes. According to ČTK, he will receive the annual prize of the Liberal Institute and will give a lecture in Prague on June 18.

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