Javier Milei, Argentina’s chainsaw-wielding president, has won Trump’s praise and will attend his inauguration. Under Milei, inflation is down and poverty is up.

Argentina brought in its first budget surplus in more than a decade in 2024, data published on Friday showed, marking a win for libertarian President Javier Milei and his sweeping austerity push in his first full year in office.

Argentina's first budget surplus in a decade achieved through drastic austerity measures by libertarian President Javier Milei.

President Javier Milei made good on his promise to deliver a fiscal surplus in his first year, achieving a feat not seen in over a decade in Argentina’s deficit-prone economy.