Buenos Aires, Jan 17, 2025 (AFP) - Milei touts 'promises kept' after producing rare Argentine budget surplus

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2025-01-18

Argentina's government said Friday it had produced the country's first budget surplus in more than a decade in 2024, after a year of drastic austerity by libertarian President Javier Milei, whose term has also seen inflation fall. Economy Minister Luis Caputo said the budget surplus, which amounted to 0.3 percent of GDP, was the first since 2010. "The promises have been kept. The 'zero deficit' is a reality. Long live freedom, goddammit," Milei......

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