The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López ObradorThis Friday, he called the economic policy of the president of Argentinathe far-right Javier Milei.
“They brainwashed us (with neoliberalism) and now let it be the Milei phenomenonMaybe the novelty is that the man is more extravagant, but the approach is the same, he arrives and says: ‘All the debts of the rich of Argentina, the Government assumes them, because in this way we are going to reactivate Argentina’s economy.’ “A robbery in the desert”, express Lopez Obrador in his daily conference.
The president thus reaffirmed his criticisms against Mileiwhom he has previously called a “conservative faco” and whom he has questioned for his economic measures, such as the decree of necessity and urgency (DNU) that came into effect in December to deregulate much of the Argentine economy.
The Mexican president compared what the Argentine president does with what happened in Mexico during what he calls the “neoliberal period“, which began, according to him, with the privatizations carried out during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994).
“Giving frank, open passage to private companies is what Milei does now, with all due respect to the president of Argentina, is nothing new: ‘we are going to disappear the State, let the State be diluted, we are going to leave the entire market’. We already suffered that“, he stated Lopez Obrador.
The president of Mexico has been one of the Latin American leaders most critical of the economic policy of Mileiwho this week caused controversy in the Davos Forumin Swissstating that the “State is not the solution“, but “the problem itself.”
In a half-hour speech, which Argentine president opened with the warning that “West is in danger” due to the advance of socialism, he recommended to businessmen that “not allow themselves to be intimidated by the political caste or by the parasites who live off the State.”
