Argentina's Milei: "At some point people are going to die of hunger, and they are going to decide not to die"

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6. True - but Milei's counting on Cheeto's winning in November, and then saving his ass

Trump, you might recall, forced the IMF to give his pal Macri a record, $45 billion bailout on the eve of Macri's (failed) 2019 re-election bid.

An estimated 80% of that loan went out the back door in the form of frantic offshoring by Argentina's elites (as well as short-term fly-by-nighters such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JP Morgan) - leaving Argentines the tab.

Nice work if you can get it.