Biography Flash: Milei Doubles Down on Shock Therapy and Trump Alliance as Polls Hit 60 Percent

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Javier Milei has spent the past few days doing exactly what defines his biography so far: doubling down on shock therapy at home, and ideological alignment abroad, with a flair for headline‑grabbing drama.

According to LatinNews and Dawn, his government kicked off the year by launching a new monetary programme, tweaking exchange‑rate bands and putting into force the so‑called fiscal innocence or tax innocence law, designed to lure billions of undeclared “mattress dollars” into the banking system and beef up Central Bank reserves. These moves deepen Milei’s long‑term bet that extreme liberalisation and a hard push for dollar liquidity will be his signature economic legacy, even as critics warn the tax scheme could open the door to large‑scale money laundering.

At Casa Rosada, Prensa Latina reports that his team has just opened a full‑throttle campaign to secure passage of a sweeping labor reform, rebranded as “labor modernization,” sending Interior Minister Diego Santilli on a multi‑province tour to pressure governors and trade funding for votes. Unions and opposition blocs remain firmly against it, so this fight is shaping up as the next decisive chapter in Milei’s domestic power struggle.

On the media front, the Public Media Alliance notes that Milei’s newly approved 2026 budget, built around a zero‑deficit target and sharp spending cuts, is driving a restructuring of Argentina’s national broadcasting system, including plans to shrink staff at Radio y Televisión Argentina by around 20 percent and advance toward mergers and eventual privatisations. That reinforces a biographically important theme: Milei is not just trimming the state; he is trying to rewrite the role of public media in Argentina.

In foreign affairs and public appearances, Buenos Aires outlets like de Último Minuto report that Milei is set to receive Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the conservative president of the Community of Madrid, at the Casa Rosada, extending his growing network of right‑wing allies in Europe. In parallel, Buenos Aires Times details how he loudly celebrated Donald Trump’s US‑ordered capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, hailing “the fall of a narco‑terrorist dictator” and positioning himself as one of Trump’s most vocal partners in Latin America, while reassuring that Argentina will not cut trade ties with China despite his geopolitical realignment. That blend of ideological fire and pragmatic commerce is now a defining Milei trait.

On social media, his X posts cheering the operation in Caracas and promising Argentina’s help in a Venezuelan transition have been widely cited in Argentine and international press, further cementing his image as the loudest anti‑socialist voice in the region. Meanwhile, Argentina’s right‑leaning outlet La Derecha Diario reports new polling that puts his positive image around 60 percent and ranks him among the world’s most popular leaders, a data point that, if confirmed by broader surveys, would significantly color how future biographers judge this phase of his presidency.

There are also less‑verified murmurs in local commentary that Milei is exploring new high‑profile international trips and additional joint appearances with conservative leaders, but details and dates remain speculative and have not been confirmed by the Argentine presidency.

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