{"id":29856,"date":"2026-08-20T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/?post_type=program&p=29856"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:50:44","slug":"crazy-days-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/program\/crazy-days-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy days in Argentina"},"featured_media":29857,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[99,98,81],"acf":{"description":"Argentina got a new president, Javier Milei. A book titled \"El Loco\" \u2013 or \"The Madman\" \u2013 has now been published about him. The author, Juan Luis Gonzalez, says he didn't consider any other title. Even as a footballer, Milei was nicknamed \"Mad Milei,\" as well as during his brief rock musician career. Both opponents and supporters describe Milei as mad. He has even turned this weakness into a strength\u2014everyone knows how unpredictable and quick-tempered he is, so people are afraid to provoke him, says Gonzalez.\r\n\r\nArgentinian TV comedian Fede Simonetti says that, on one hand, the president's eccentricity is a gift for a comedian, providing plenty of material. On the other hand, if the president's oddity is extreme, it's hard to parody\u2014because he does it himself.\r\n\r\nOvershadowed by the president's eccentricity is the impact of his actions: in line with his campaign promises, he has dismissed tens of thousands of state officials, abolished half of the ministries, and cut funding for social programs.\r\n\r\nAs a result, poverty has increased more than ever in Argentina's history. When Milei took office six months ago, about 40 percent of citizens were below the poverty line. Now it's around 60 percent. Prices have risen\u2014rent, food, bus fares. More and more people are sleeping on the streets.","teaser_vimeo_url":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1219843237","cut_teaser_bool":"yes","cut_teaser_in_seconds_value":30,"special_prizes":null,"lang_list":[{"lang_item":"english"}],"format_list":[{"format_shows_quantity":1,"format_shows_duration":"52"}],"quality_list":[{"quality_item":"hd"}],"season_display":"false","season":[{"season_title":"","season_shows_list":[{"show_media":29857,"show_title":"Crazy days in Argentina","show_synopsis":"Argentina got a new president, Javier Milei. A book titled \"El Loco\" \u2013 or \"The Madman\" \u2013 has now been published about him. The author, Juan Luis Gonzalez, says he didn't consider any other title. Even as a footballer, Milei was nicknamed \"Mad Milei,\" as well as during his brief rock musician career. Both opponents and supporters describe Milei as mad. He has even turned this weakness into a strength\u2014everyone knows how unpredictable and quick-tempered he is, so people are afraid to provoke him, says Gonzalez.\r\n\r\nArgentinian TV comedian Fede Simonetti says that, on one hand, the president's eccentricity is a gift for a comedian, providing plenty of material. On the other hand, if the president's oddity is extreme, it's hard to parody\u2014because he does it himself.\r\n\r\nOvershadowed by the president's eccentricity is the impact of his actions: in line with his campaign promises, he has dismissed tens of thousands of state officials, abolished half of the ministries, and cut funding for social programs.\r\n\r\nAs a result, poverty has increased more than ever in Argentina's history. When Milei took office six months ago, about 40 percent of citizens were below the poverty line. Now it's around 60 percent. Prices have risen\u2014rent, food, bus fares. More and more people are sleeping on the streets.","show_duration":52,"show_vimeo_url":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1219843237"}]}]},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/29856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/29856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29859,"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/29856\/revisions\/29859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}