As he campaigned for president of Argentina last year, Javier Milei brandished a chainsaw as a symbol of the ferocity with which he intended to slash the country’s massive public sector.

To his bemusement, Mariano, 45, was drafted into the libertarian struggle by Argentina’s president Javier Milei, who wields an elaborately designed chainsaw made in this apartment at rallies and ...

Kent Nishimura—Bloomberg/Getty Images In 2023, candidate Javier Milei offered himself to voters as the antiestablishment, chainsaw-wielding bolt from the blue that Argentina needed to tame the ...

They are the janitors of economic history. In Argentina’s case, Javier Milei — armed with a metaphorical chainsaw — took on this Herculean task in December 2023. So far, it’s fair to say ...