Böll·Europe Podcast #20 | One year of Milei: what is going on in Argentina?

In 2023, Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” surprised Argentina’s political establishment and won the presidential elections. He’s an admirer of US President-elect Donald Trump and of tech mogul Elon Musk, and his political platform is characterised by hash austerity and a very conservative social agenda. Using the rulebook of other illiberal regimes throughout the world when it comes to political communications and dealing with pluralism, his style and policies are making waves worldwide. What is going on in Argentina and what are the implications for human rights, digital rights and the environment? Joan Lanfranco, Head of Communications and Outreach at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU office, explores these dimensions with 3 Argentinian civil society representatives that visited Brussels in November of 2024, to present their case to key EU decision-makers and stakeholders.

• Cecilia Ales is Director for Institutional Development at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), a leading human rights organisation that was created in 1979, during the last dictatorship in Argentina
• Beatriz Busaniche is Executive Director at Fundación Vía Libre, a civil society organization that has been working on human rights in environments mediated by digital technologies since 2000
• Ariel Slipak is Research Coordinator at the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN), with a focus on topics related to socio-ecological transition and energy transition

Related content:

• Argentinian civil society visit to Brussels, 14-18 October 2024: https://eu.boell.org/en/argentina-civil-society-visit-2024
• Policy Paper | US elections and European cohesion: Scenario implications for Ukraine and Transatlantic security https://eu.boell.org/en/2024/10/30/us-elections-and-european-cohesion-scenario-implications-ukraine-and-transatlantic
• E-paper | From democratic resilience to democratic security: A post-2024 democracy agenda for the EU https://eu.boell.org/en/democratic-resilience-security
• European Green Deal Risk Radar: What to watch out for in the new EU legislative cycle https://eu.boell.org/en/green-deal-risk-radar
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