President Javier Milei began his speech at the Faro Foundation, the think tank led by Agustín Laje, during the event “Ideas for a Free Society.” The activity started with opening remarks from Laje himself and then continued with a dialogue panel featuring Alberto Benegas Lynch, David Friedman, and Martín Krause.
This presentation also marks Milei's first public activity alongside Adrián Ravier as the newly appointed presidential spokesperson. The event brings together key figures of contemporary liberal thought and serves as a new demonstration of the intellectual alignment that supports the political, economic, and cultural direction of the Government.
At the start of his speech, Javier Milei especially thanked Adrián Ravier, congratulating him on his new role as presidential spokesperson. The President emphasized that Ravier “has not only accompanied me at various economic outreach events” and in the publication of his latest book, but now has a key task ahead within the Government.
“I want to congratulate him and thank him because in the coming days he will face a great challenge: to become the spokesperson for the President,” Milei stated. In that regard, he highlighted that it is “a fundamental task in the cultural battle,” one of the central axes of his political project.
Then, Milei again took aim at opposing economists and media who insist on the thesis of currency lag. “Exports since we started are growing five times faster than GDP. It is the strangest currency lag in history,” the President quipped, questioning the failed forecasts against the economic program. This statement came on the same day that INDEC released data for the first quarter of 2026, with GDP and private consumption hitting historic highs.
In that same vein, Milei targeted those who, he argued, repeat erroneous diagnoses despite the management results. “As long as they keep repeating their same lies, we will continue to repeat the same truths,” he asserted before the audience at the Faro Foundation.
In another part of his speech, Milei defended the recovery of incomes and assured that the Government has managed to reverse the deteriorating trend that had been dragging down the Argentine economy. “We broke that trend of the historical decline in real wages,” the President stated, emphasizing that “real wages in April outpaced inflation.”
He then linked the decrease in inflation with a future improvement in pensions and consumption. “As the inflation rate continues to drop, pensions will rise; therefore, consumption will take off,” Milei maintained. He concluded with an optimistic statement that was met with applause from the audience: “Buckle up, because Argentina is starting to be great again.”
Milei also explained why he considers Ravier's arrival in the presidential spokesperson role to be key. “In this context, which will require expertise to explain it and, above all, a lot of patience, Adrián's experience as an economic communicator is a fundamental tool,” the President stated.
He proposed that the goal will be for the transformations driven by the Government not to remain confined to technical debates among economists, but to reach society clearly. “We want all Argentines to understand the historic moment we are living in and to be able to take full advantage of it. We trust you, Adrián, to communicate it correctly,” Milei affirmed.
“They said we were going to close public universities. We just gave them a 28% increase that the media did not report. They also said we were going to close hospitals; as far as I know, we haven't closed any,” Milei stated, emphasizing the disinformation campaigns pushed by the opposition.
He then criticized the role of the left in public discussion. “The left, in its various forms, operates by trying to sow fear. If we manage to disseminate the ideas of freedom and their results, as David (Friedman) proposes, we will defeat them a thousand times in elections,” he asserted.
