In Argentina, four days after coming out on top in the primaries to everyone’s surprise, the anti-system and ultra-liberal economist Javier Milei is due to meet today with representatives of the International Monetary Fund. A virtual meeting organized at the initiative of the financial organization, which testifies to the new dimension taken by the libertarian candidate for the presidential election in October.
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With our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Theo Conscience
Javier Milei has never looked so presidential. He took it upon himself to reveal that the International Monetary Fund had contacted him in order to organize a meeting, which is to take place this Friday, August 18 at 1 p.m. UT.
“ We have no problem with the IMF, because our objectives for reducing the fiscal deficit are much more ambitious than theirs “, estimated the libertarian candidate. While Argentina is indebted to the tune of 44 billion dollars with the financial institution, its program notably provides for drastic cuts in social spending.
Dollarization
This meeting will also be an opportunity for the ultra-liberal candidate to present his plan for the dollarization of the Argentine economy, the feasibility of which is questioned by a certain number of experts.
The IMF said a meeting was also scheduled with right-wing opposition candidate Patricia Bullrich. The current Minister of the Economy and candidate of the Peronist coalition, Sergio Massa, will travel to Washington on August 22. He will meet with IMF staff to approve a payment of 7.5 billion dollars in the hope that these funds will stabilize the price of the peso, which has lost a quarter of its value on the parallel market since August 14. .
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