Luis Caputo will be the new Minister of Economy of Argentina, as announced this Wednesday by Javier Milei and reported by Efe. The president-elect has stated that the person who was Minister of Finance between 2017 and 2018 will take charge of the Economy portfolio as of December 10, the date on which Milei will assume the Presidency of the country after his victory in the previous elections. elections.
The economist, who held the position of president of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) in 2018, has accompanied Milei on a trip to the United States in which he met with members of the US administration of Joe Biden and the Monetary Fund. . International Nicolás Posse, whom Milei referred to as “the chief of staff,” was also among the Argentine’s advisors who made the trip with him.
After his return to Buenos Aires, Milei stated that “the meetings in the US were extraordinary” and that he was able to present “the economic program that we are going to face” in an interview with La Red radio reported by Efe. At the same time, she confirmed that “the Minister of Economy is Luis Caputo.”
Economic program for the legislature
“We are making strong progress. The meeting with the Treasury and the Fund was led by the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse, and Luis Caputo. I have the feedback of what the meeting with the Treasury was, and the results were excellent,” stated an Argentine radio station. Milei detected that “they perfectly understand the problems of Argentina, they are very involved with what the Leliqs (liquidity bills) have to do with”, a debt instrument of the Central Bank, which they propose to eliminate.
The libertarian economist who won the presidential elections against the Peronist Sergio Massa, outgoing Minister of Economy, stated that during the meetings in the US capital they presented the challenges that lie ahead and the economic program that he will face as president.
“We also raised our international alignment and received a favorable proposal,” said Javier Milei in an interview with Continental radio. “We once again expressed our historical position of being aligned with the United States, Israel and the West,” he said.
In this sense, he emphasized the “clear and forceful position” expressed in what has to do with “the conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas” and his position in the case of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. “Also our position regarding the BRICS (group of emerging countries),” he said in statements to Continental radio.
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