With a level of hyperactivity suggesting he understands there is no time to be lost, President Milei has ____ what appears to be one of the most ambitious ____ any Western democracy has seen in decades, maybe ever. The combo of a DNU and “ley omnibus” ____ count with nearly 1000 dictates, a wide-ranging ____ of reforms which has been ____ by the Milei administration as an absolute condition in order to avert a catastrophe by liberating the productive forces and animal spirits of the economic actors. They came a week after Economy Minister Luis ‘Toto’ Caputo ____ an economic plan that including a ____ together with ____ which ____ to achieve a budget ____ through tough ____ and the dilution of ____ obligations through fierce inflation. Both in his ____ and in the few public appearances since taking the Presidency, Milei was explicit about the need for ____ in order to deal with massive price ____ and as a prerequisite to ____ Argentina’s economy. Seen together, this ____ policies are the basis for what the nascent Milei ____ plans to achieve during its four years in power. While many issues appear urgent and necessary, many others seem frivolous or unnecessary. The method utilised by Milei is also unnatural, not only using ____ but also ____ the DNU and the law with so many pieces of information that they are ultimately ____ indecipherable for the majority of the people, including most legislators. All of these are signs which should be taken together to understand how Milei, sister Karina, and his team view their mission, but also how they can achieve it. It’s not just economic shock but also political. While many see in this strategy certain totalitarian ____, they seem to suggest a level of self-awareness regarding this government’s political weakness, together with an understanding that a smart communications strategy could be their only hope in keeping the political support ____. The strategy is the same that ____ them to the Casa Rosada in the first place and one of the oldest political tricks in the books: find an enemy and blame them for everything. That enemy is the “caste” which has extended beyond the political class and has become anyone opposed to this government, including the media. The concept is so powerful and most socio-political actors are so terrified at being ____ that they prefer to hide their heads in the sand. The Milei administration will try to ____ the next few months as the economic situation becomes ____ by trying to ____ its political opponents in the eyes of its electorate. The pan-Peronist Unión por la Patria ____ is ____ to figure out how to respond, along with ____ and social movements already starting to organise protests against the government. Yet, one thing is a march of 5,000 and another a mobilisation of 50,000 including the middle class. Across the aisle, Juntos por el Cambio is ____ to remain together as a bloc, despite a ____ between PRO party ____, the Radical Cívica Unión and independents like Miguel Ángel Pichetto. They are bound at the hip to Milei given their anti-Kirchnerite essence but it seems difficult that they could maintain unity ____ this policy path. Milei knows the clock is ticking and is ____ moving as fast as he can. The opposition is still disoriented, trying to figure out ____ and what the best way to respond is. Being ____ by ____, they “don’t see it,” as Milei suggests, ____ his modern communications strategy that, via social media, penetrates deeper than the traditional politician’s speeches. A president can’t ____ its social media popularity, though.

Reading and Vocabulary: Milei knows the time is ticking

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