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Ultra-Right Forum Brings Milei Supporters Together in Buenos Aires to Celebrate His Government’s Plan
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Ultra-Right Forum Brings Milei Supporters Together in Buenos Aires to Celebrate His Government’s Plan

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • About 500 supporters of Argentine President Javier Milei attended the “Winds of Change” conference in Buenos Aires to celebrate the government’s results and defend its political and economic values.
  • The event included far-right representatives from Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and El Salvador, while technology investor Peter Thiel did not attend despite being announced as a participant.
  • Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger said the government had carried out 17,000 deregulations since Milei became president in December 2023.

Around 500 committed supporters of Javier Milei gathered at a Buenos Aires conference to celebrate the results promoted by Argentina’s government and defend its ultraliberal economic and far-right political values.

The event, titled “Winds of Change,” borrowed its name from the Scorpions song associated with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It took place at the Sheraton hotel, but lacked the bustle of a similar ultra-right gathering at the nearby Hilton in December 2024. Many attendees were young men in suits, with few women visible, alongside representatives of the far right from Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and El Salvador.

Peter Thiel finally will not be able to participate in the event for reasons of force majeure beyond the organization’s control.

— Conference organizersThe organizers explained Thiel’s absence after previously announcing that he would attend.

Peter Thiel, the U.S. technology investor and Palantir founder, did not attend. Organizers had announced his participation a month earlier, then said he could not come for reasons beyond their control. Around the same period, Thiel’s investment fund, Thiel Macro LLC, bought a more than $75 million stake representing 1% of Argentine oil company Vista Energy, whose main assets are in Vaca Muerta.

Ministry of happiness

— Federico SturzeneggerArgentina’s deregulation minister used the phrase to describe his department’s work removing bureaucratic barriers.

Protests later began outside a mansion Thiel bought in Barrio Parque, one of Buenos Aires’ most exclusive areas. The property was intended as a base for his business in Argentina. Milei has welcomed Thiel through the Incentive Regime for Large Investments, known as RIGI, and a proposed “Super RIGI” for future-oriented sectors such as technology, data centers and artificial intelligence.

Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger opened the conference by calling his department the “ministry of happiness.” He said it had freed Argentines from bureaucratic obstacles and claimed that 17,000 deregulations had been carried out since Milei took office in December 2023. Among those attending was 26-year-old law student Matías Miguel, who said he and many people his age had voted for Milei and described the balance as “super positive.”

Super positive

— Matías MiguelThe 26-year-old law student gave his assessment of Milei’s government at the conference.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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