Argentina President-elect Milei Visits U.S.

Shortly before traveling to the United States yesterday for a two-day visit, Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei posted on X , “Rumbo a los Estados Unidos…!!! VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO.”

Milei will arrive in New York and attend a religious ceremony, according to Reuters , and his delegation will travel to Washington later in the day to meet with officials from the U.S. Treasury, the White House, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to a Milei spokesperson. Milei spoke with IMF director Kristalina Georgieva last week to discuss Argentina’s $44 billion debt to the IMF. A spokesperson told AFP that Milei will hold “protocol meetings to explain the economic plan: fiscal adjustment, monetary reform, state reform and deregulation.” Last week, Milei stated that shutting down Argentina’s central bank is “non-negotiable” in response to the economic crisis in Argentina.