How long can Javier Milei’s popularity last amid painful reforms?

Also on the daily podcast: how the Olympics might reshape Paris and a tribute to the longest occupant of an iron lung

Apr 5th 2024

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After more than 100 days in office, Argentina’s President Javier Milei has managed some much-needed economic reforms. But the hit to voters’ pockets may limit his popularity, and progress. Sprucing up a peripheral Paris neighbourhood for the Olympics is just part of a plan to transform the city’s geography (9:42). And the astonishing life of the longest-ever user of an iron lung (17:20). Runtime: 25 min

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