Argentina is one of the few democratic countries with a government that, after a couple of years in power, still enjoys widespread support. She is also one in which it is reasonable to assume that the future could be much better than the present or the recent past. Were it not for the optimism underlying the belief that, sooner or later, the country will have a government that somehow gets things right and makes the economy boom and people’s lives better, Javier Milei would never have got close to power. He would certainly not be bestriding the local political world like a colossus without visible rivals, as he has done since his makeshift party, La Libertad Avanza, did unexpectedly well in the legislative elections of October after the United States government stepped in to give him a much-needed helping hand.
Despite the country’s many difficulties, the public mood prevailing here is far less gl
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