By Amy Booth and Martina Jaureguy

Libertarian economist Javier Milei became president of Argentina at 11.57 a.m. on Sunday morning, at a ceremony in a packed congress.

Milei’s inauguration, 40 years to the day since Argentina’s return to democracy, ushers an era of right-wing economic liberalism that marks a sharp contrast with both the statist, redistributive policies of Peronism under outgoing President Alberto Fernández and the center-right gradualism of Mauricio Macri, who preceded him.

To chants of “Libertad! Libertad!” Milei swore the presidential oath at........

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