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Milei visits Corrientes to participate in an economics congress

Argentine President Javier Milei visited Corrientes province for the opening of the 12th Economics Congress of the Freedom Club. The head of state will not meet with the governor, who is on a business trip to India. Milei will speak at a forum on economic growth, accompanied by high-ranking officials.


Milei visits Corrientes to participate in an economics congress

On Thursday, President Javier Milei visited the province of Corrientes to participate in the opening day of the 12th Economics Congress of the Freedom Club. According to Argentine News Agency, the head of state will not be received or share activities with the governor of Corrientes, Gustavo Valdés, who will travel to India in search of investments. The libertarian aims to have a greater presence in the interior of the country and will start with a first trip to the province where La Libertad Avanza lost by less than 7,000 votes to the local ruling party's list, after Valdés failed to reach an agreement with the interior's kingmaker, Eduardo 'Lule' Menem, to form an alliance. Accompanied by Deputy Lisandro Almirón, Milei will speak at the Economics Congress of the Freedom Club, which is being held this Thursday and will have as its main theme economic growth. Likewise, it will feature panels with more than forty speakers, including officials, businesspeople and academics, who will debate in an extensive day that began at 8.30 and will conclude at 20. The registration fee to attend the talks was 50,000 pesos, and its organizers clarified that there will be no broadcast of the event. Through the firm's X account, they announced: 'We are honored to announce that President Javier Milei will be the main speaker at the 12th Regional Economics Congress of the Freedom Club. Registration: http://bit.ly/congresoregional12. Exclusive in-person event'. Javier Milei will be escorted by the Undersecretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and by the Vice President of La Libertad Avanza, Martín Menem, who is also the head of the Chamber of Deputies. To debate 'The challenges of economic growth' in Argentina.