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Archive photo · 2 December 2011Javier Milei Confirms 2027 Re-Election Bid at Buenos Aires Exhibition
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Javier Milei confirmed he will seek re-election in the 2027 presidential race. He announced this during La Noche de los Museos at Casa Rosada museum.
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Milei backs 2027 bid
President Javier Milei confirmed that he will run for re-election in the 2027 elections during the opening of an exhibition in Buenos Aires. Milei said, “For those who doubt whether I am going for re-election, yes, I will run for re-election,” as he addressed the crowd at the inauguration.
Milei tied the campaign to economic goals, including expanding international trade relations to reach 90% of the world and returning to Argentines 500,000 million dollars in taxes. Milei also framed his administration’s direction around international trade and the economic crisis, while defending that Argentina had become increasingly isolated in the “hundred years” before his government took office.
Belgrano exhibition and promises
Milei inaugurated the exhibition “Belgrano, the Revolution of Ideas” at the Rosada House Museum, as part of La Noche de los Museos, and the program included documents chosen by Diego Valenzuela. Milei presented Manuel Belgrano as “the first modern economist of the Río de la Plata,” and he said he read Adam Smith and “improved” him with the subjective theory of value.
Milei linked his economic program to deregulation and energy and mining projections, saying the Glacier Law “will multiply our mineral exports by 20.” Milei also set a trade target for 2031, saying the objective was to trade with 90% of the planet, and he connected the speech to his repeated re-election message.
Trade, taxes, and stakes
Milei said Argentina traded “with 10% of the countries on the planet” when he came to power and that it had opened “more than 500 markets” to reach “30% of the planet.” Milei told audiences, “We will keep lowering taxes and, throughout the period, if the base scenario is met, we will return to Argentines 500 billion dollars, that is, the debt we have.”
Milei described the energy sector outlook as a surplus of 50,000 million dollars in the base scenario, and he said the trade balance in the energy sector had “turned around” by almost 30 billion dollars at current prices. Milei’s re-election bid therefore centered on continuing his economic program, including trade openness and tax cuts, while his speech at the Casa Rosada Museum positioned Belgrano’s ideas as the intellectual foundation for the next term.