Javier Milei supports possible US attacks in Venezuela and affirms that Chavismo is a “continental threat”” data-eio=”l”/>The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, once again launched harsh criticism this Wednesday against the socialist model, which he blamed for “deep economic and humanitarian crises.”
During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which captured the attention of leaders and academics gathered in Switzerland, Milei used the Venezuelan case as a paradigmatic example of what he called the “aberrant consequences of statism.”
To set the tone of his intervention, he began by quoting the American economist Thomas Sowell: “We must never forget the words of Thomas Sowell about socialism, which he recognized the merit of sounding very nice, but whose flip side is that it always ends badly, horribly badly.”
This phrase set the tone for a presentation focused on the defense of free market capitalism and criticism of interventionist models.
Milei maintained that, beyond the “disasters” of the 20th century, Venezuela represents the most recent and dramatic case of economic and social collapse under a socialist government. “We see the aberrant damage caused in Venezuela, and not only due to an 80% drop in its GDP, but even worse in light of the establishment of a bloody narco-dictatorship whose terrorist tentacles expanded throughout our American continent,” he said.
The president took advantage of the occasion to defend the structural reforms he is promoting in his country, focused on the reduction of the State, economic deregulation and opening to international trade. As he explained, his government seeks to “reverse decades of decline” through a free enterprise model, which he described as “the only system that is fair.”
Milei’s speech is part of a strategy of alignment with the United States and other countries that promote market economies. His presence in Davos included meetings, in an attempt to attract capital and support his ambitious economic transformation plan.
