Argentina's newly elected president, Libertarian Javier Milei, sworn into office
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Argentinian President Javier Milei was sworn into office on Dec. 10, 2023, after winning an election run on rhetoric that drew comparisons to former U.S. President Trump
"We don’t have alternatives and we don’t have time. We don’t have margin for sterile discussions. Our country demands action, and immediate action. The political class left the country at the brink of its biggest crisis in history," he said to thousands of supporters in the capital, Buenos Aires, according to the Associated Press. "We don’t desire the hard decisions that will be need to be made in coming weeks, but lamentably they didn’t leave us any option." Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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Argentina has South America’s second-largest economy, but it is suffering 143% annual inflation, causing the country’s currency to plummet.