Argentina's Milei names adviser Caputo as economy minister
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[November 29, 2023]
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei will
appoint Luis Caputo as his economy minister, he said in a radio
interview on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, after a two-day trip to the
United States.
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Former governor of Argentina's central bank, Luis Caputo, speaks
alongside Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne during a news conference in
Buenos Aires, Argentina May 4, 2018. Picture taken May 4, 2018.
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Caputo, seen as a market-friendly pick, was part of the
entourage that traveled with the radical libertarian, whose
economic plans include dollarizing Argentina, erasing the fiscal
deficit and closing the central bank.
"The minister of economy will be Luis Caputo," Milei told Radio
La Red, although his office has yet to officially confirm the
nomination.
Caputo was already seen as frontrunner to be Milei's economy
chief and last week met local and international bank officials
to lay out the president-elect's proposed "shock therapy" for
the embattled economy.
(Reporting by Jorgelina do Rosario, editing by Adam Jourdan and
Bernadette Baum)
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