Brian A. Nichols, a senior official within the U.S. state department, said Tuesday that Argentina needs a “change of era” to fix its economic problems and that he believes the general population still supports the electoral platform that President Javier Milei campaigned on.
“I think change is necessary because the country couldn’t continue as it was,” he stated in a meeting with journalists at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Buenos Aires.
Nichols, who is the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, also welcomed the Milei administration’s attempts to bring inflation under control and balance the nation’s books.
“We have always tried to collaborate on difficult negotiation issues between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund, but we also have to evaluate those processes and their merits, and I think the reform process by the Javier Milei government is key for the future,” Nichols said, when the Herald asked whether the US would support any potential future deals between the Milei administration and the IMF.
“Argentina can’t continue with this crisis — a decade with no economic growth,........