The President, a libertarian economist given to outrageous provocations, wants to remake the nation. Can it survive his shock-therapy approach? Jon Lee Anderson reports.
For Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” determined to remake his country, this punkish presentation is not incidental to his success. His supporters refer to him as the Madman and as the Wig—a reference to his hairdo, an unkempt shag with disco sideburns. Milei has said that his hair is styled by the “invisible hand” of the market, but, during my visit, his stylist, Lilia Lemoine, stopped in to adjust it. “She wants me to look like a cross between Elvis and Wolverine,” he said.
Boggiano said that he and Milei had met as guests on a TV show, and found that both saw themselves as partisans in a “cultural battle.” He told me that he had been impressed by Milei’s “enormous balls,” and by his willingness to court outrage. Yet he resisted the idea that Milei was on the far right. “He only talks about freedom. What’s far right about that? It’s a lie spread by the socialists. The far right is skinheads and xenophobes, and they don’t exist here in Argentina.
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