Argentina’s Milei to visit Switzerland in January 2025
Javier Milei attended the 54th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in January 2024.
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Listening: Argentina’s Milei to visit Switzerland in January 2025
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei plans to visit Switzerland on January 24, 2025, to attend an event organised by the Liberal Institute in Zurich.
Meanwhile, Argentinian media have reported that Milei will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gathering in Davos, which is planned from January 20-24. However, there has been no official confirmation of Milei’s WEF appearance yet.
According to the organisers of the Zurich event, the time and location of Milei’s appearance at the Liberal Institute think tank have not yet been set.
“There is probably no other politician in the world who is currently promoting liberal reforms with such consistency and vigour,” the institute said in a statement. The director is Olivier Kessler, the protagonist behind the No Billag initiative in Switzerland.
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Milei became president of Argentina at the end of 2023 amid a severe economic crisis and announced a radical austerity programme. The once wealthy country suffers from a bloated state, low industrial productivity and a large shadow economy that deprives it of considerable tax revenue.
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