Desde que el economista Javier Milei asumió la Presidencia de Argentina, en diciembre de 2023, ha mantenido un discurso que tiende a agravar la dura herencia recibida por el kirchnerismo y a magnificar sus logros económicos. Este martes, durante su discurso en el Nueva Economía Forum en Madrid, además de volver a insultar a Pedro Sánchez, enumeró una catarata de datos como evidencia del avance económico del país sudamericano. La mejoría macroeconómica es innegable, pero no tan grande como la pinta. Su discurso, además, omite cifras desfavorables como el aumento del desempleo, el cierre de más de 30.000 empresas, la agonía de algunos sectores industriales, la morosidad récord de las familias argentinas por la imposibilidad de devolver créditos y la caída del poder adquisitivo de salarios y pensiones por el aumento del gasto en servicios como luz, gas, agua y transporte. A continuación se ofrece una revisión de algunos de los datos mencionados por el presidente argentino:

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Lula, who was born in 1945 in a small town in the interior of the state of Pernambuco, defied the odds by surviving hunger and disease as a baby — a fate that befell so many of his compatriots in those same circumstances. Now he dreams of defying the odds, and history, once again. Never since Brazil restored democracy in 1985 has anyone who finished second in the first round of the presidential election gone on to win the final vote. President Lula da Silva, who on Sunday secured 45% of the vote compared to Flávio Bolsonaro’s 47%, is devising a strategy to attract centrist voters and mobilize the masses of abstainers, with a special focus on those aged over 70. He has three weeks to make what now sounds like nothing short of a miracle a reality.

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Brazil is in the final stretch of a tightly contested presidential election, but the campaign is almost absent from the streets of São Paulo, the country’s most populous city. On Paulista Avenue, only a few small banners with candidates’ photos remind people of this Sunday’s ballot, to which nearly 159 million Brazilians are summoned. Framed by towering office blocks, Paulistanos walk among street vendors, offices, shopping and cultural centers and show an enthusiasm for the spring day that vanishes when the conversation turns to the vote. Fewer people passionately defend their own candidate’s platform than those who want to stop the one they despise from winning.

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