Argentina’s ‘Madman’: Inside the world of Javier Milei
Argentina’s self-styled anarcho-capitalist president impressed – and later alienated – many voters.
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University students and teachers protest against Javier Milei's government funding cuts to the public university system, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Luis Robayo/AFP]
Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls. [Cristina Sille/Reuters]
Protesters say the cuts are undermining the foundations of higher education. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]
Argentina’s public universities have been tuition-free since 1949. [Cristina Sille/Reuters]
A woman holds a banner reading "They are afraid of the educated people" in a subway train in Buenos Aires. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
Javier Milei regularly denounces universities as bastions of "woke" teaching. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
A student holds a sign that reads: "Science isn't expensive, ignorance is." [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]
Milei has sharply reduced public education spending as part of a broader effort to slash the state budget, which he argues has been bloated by decades of reckless expenditures and corruption. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
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