100 days after his inauguration, Javier Milei has already started his budget cuts. A number of ministries halved, tens of thousands of civil servant positions eliminated.
A drastic reduction in public aid for food and transport and the freezing of public construction sites have enabled it in less than two months to restore order in the public accounts. The government's shock therapy began with a 54% devaluation of the peso, and was accompanied by a loss of purchasing power of 18% of Argentines.