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Season 2 | Episode 65
Argentina's colourful President Javier Milei has been in power for one year and on The LatinNews Podcast this week, we take a look at his record so far and possible outcomes for the future after a successful midterm elections and significant public approval for his mandate.
Joining us is Carlos Gervasoni, Associate Professor and chair of Political Science and International Studies at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. We discuss Milei's role as a stereotypical outsider, Argentina's disastrous macroeconomic legacy and the political and institutional weaknesses in the country in addition to Argentina's role as a spoiler at major multilateral negotiations in order to align itself with the Trump government in the United States.
We ask, can President Milei solve Argentina's frustrating political economy pendulum and break the country's long tradition of institutional weakness?
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In this episode we discuss:
• President Milei’s outsider rise and first year in power
• Congress, coalitions and La Libertad Avanza’s political strategy
• Prospects for tax reform, labour reform and deregulation in 2026
• The future of Peronism and its role in Argentina
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Carlos Gervasoni
Carlos Gervasoni is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame and master’s degrees in political science and Latin American studies from Stanford University. His work focuses on democracy, federalism, sub-national politics, public opinion, and research methodology. He is the author of Hybrid Regimes within Democracies, a study of how Argentina’s fiscal and institutional structure shapes political outcomes, and he serves as a regional manager for the Varieties of Democracy project.
The LatinNews Podcast is hosted by Richard McColl, a foreign correspondent in Colombia. Having first travelled to Colombia in the late 90s, McColl made the move to Bogotá in 2007. He holds a Diploma in Conflict resolution and a PhD in Social and Human Sciences both at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He has worked as a journalist across Latin America.
Political Analyst, Richard McColl