Overview
- President Javier Milei spoke at Colegio ORT on Thursday, August 27, 2026, presenting a book to fourth- and fifth-year students in an event that was not open to the press and whose remarks were later posted by the Office of the President.
- He told students he will not change his economic course despite pressure and repeated the line “Al populismo no se le gana con más populismo” to defend continued fiscal tightening.
- Milei rejected claims that his policies are linked to a rise in morosidad, arguing that critics use the issue to sow division and citing earlier 2023 false-accusation campaigns as precedent.
- The administration controlled the outreach by staging the school appearance and distributing the speech via official social accounts, while media outlets published differing titles for the book—reported as either “La moral como política de Estado” or “Ética como política de Estado.”
- The speech signals policy continuity that could extend Argentina’s economic adjustment and leave households facing higher delinquency rates under existing austerity pressures, so markets, opposition scrutiny, and morosidad figures will be key indicators to watch next.