Milei Gets Pragmatic as Hostile Congress Forces Him to Negotiate
- Argentina leader scraps plans to privatize oil producer YPF
- Libertarian also agrees to tweak 100 proposals in omnibus bill
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For a leader who rose to Argentina’s top job by touting radical proposals and showing little willingness to negotiate with the country’s “political elite,” Javier Milei is turning into quite the pragmatist.
In the latest about face, his government on Monday scrapped plans to privatize oil producer YPF SA, while proposing only partial sales of other state-owned firms, including nuclear power generator Nucleoelectrica, Banco Nacion and satellite company Arsat.