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Argentina’s President Who Promised Radical Change Confronts Reality

Big Take host David Gura and Bloomberg’s Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait break down an interview with Argentina’s president Javier Milei.

Argentine President Javier Milei during an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait in Buenos Aires, on April 4.
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Argentina’s president Javier Milei has made waves since taking office in December. From his plans to abolish his country’s central bank and replace its peso with the dollar, to his efforts to reverse previous administrations’ moves to build closer ties with China, Milei is charting a perilous – and untested – new course for a country long-rankled by inflation and economic instability.

Today on the Big Take podcast, Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait sits down with host David Gura to discuss his exclusive interview with the Argentine leader.