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Javier Milei, president of Argentina, gets angry with a Univision journalist during an interview

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By Evaristo Lara

May 10, 2024, 11:58 AM EDT

The South American president reprimanded a journalist from the Univision television network who, as part of her work, tried to find out more about his personality outside of politics.

During the dialogue he had with the Puerto Rican journalist Carolina Rosario, the person in charge of Argentine politics He was satisfied with the adjustments carried out in his country’s economy, with the relationship his government cultivates with China, and He even took time to talk about his musical tastes.

However, the hairy ruler It transformed towards the final part of the interview when the woman in front of him indicated that they would move on to questions about personal topics.

“I don’t answer personal issues. I don’t have to,” Milei told him, visibly upset on three occasions.

However, the controversial moment escalated even more when the leader of La Libertad Avanza made it clear to the Univision envoy that he was very upset that she would try to deviate from the political issues he promised to talk about.

“It also seems disrespectful to me,” he emphasized.

During his time at the head of the Argentine government, Javier Milei has implemented several laws that Argentines find controversial. (Credit; Natacha Pisarenko / AP)

In this regard, the journalist admitted on platform

“Here President Milei says that the economy is going to improve for Argentine retirees and the rest. “He tells us if China will let them enter the base they have in Argentina and that worries the US. He confesses why he stopped flying on a commercial plane and talks about music after getting angry because he didn’t want to answer personal questions,” he wrote next to a video where you can see the moment in which Javier Milei radically changes his behavior.

In his defense, the Argentine president also resorted to ‘platform X’ to justify his position taken in the interview with Univisión.

“The journalist, respectful, by the way, almost as a confession, acknowledged that several Argentine journalists and politicians called her to attack me during the note with personal questions.”, wrote.

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