Argentina's Milei swaps cabinet chief in major government shakeup
The Hindu
Argentine President Milei's cabinet shakeup amid economic reforms, with Posse resigning and Francos taking over as cabinet chief.
In the first cabinet shakeup of his five-month-old administration, Argentine President Javier Milei accepted the resignation of cabinet chief Nicolas Posse on Monday night amid strains over major economic reforms pitched by the government.
Mr. Posse will be replaced by current Interior Minister Guillermo Francos, according to a government statement.
The cabinet shuffle comes at an especially delicate moment for Mr. Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, as his signature reform bill is facing fresh obstacles in Congress and a market rally for government bonds and the local currency appears to be stalling.
The next government role for the outgoing cabinet chief will be announced in the coming days, the statement added.
Mr. Posse was a key part of the team involved in debt talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), along with Economy Minister Luis Caputo.
The economic reforms pushed by Mr. Milei include plans to privatise state companies, along with other austerity measures aimed at reversing a prolonged economic crisis marked by inflation running at close to 300%.
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