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Argentina

Political journey

Independent from Spain in 1816, Argentina grew rich on exports before a century of instability: military coups, the populist Peronist movement from the 1940s, a brutal dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 and repeated economic crises. Democracy has held since 1983, alternating between Peronism and its opponents. Javier Milei’s libertarian government, elected in 2023, has pursued radical spending cuts.

Argentina today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Argentina today

Portrait of Javier Milei

Javier Milei

President of Argentina, 2023 to present

A self-described anarcho-capitalist economist who took office promising to slash the state to fight inflation, and made deep spending cuts.

Javier Milei sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly growth-first on environment.

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Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.