Overview
- In new radio interviews, President Javier Milei outlined a U.S.-linked package with three components: a liquidity swap, potential secondary-market bond purchases with profit sharing, and options for primary-market debt operations.
- Milei confirmed a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on October 14 and said he expects positive developments, while insisting any assistance would focus on rollovers or instrument changes rather than new net borrowing.
- He praised U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—whom he likened to Lionel Messi—and lauded IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva, signaling close coordination with Washington and the Fund.
- Downplaying currency volatility, Milei rejected claims the government is burning reserves and asserted the Central Bank has bought more than $25 billion since he took office.
- Facing campaign-season turbulence, he defended ally José Luis Espert against corruption allegations as a political operation and cast the year as an electoral inferno while stressing efforts to shore up governability.