Argentina’s President Javier Milei ran for office promising to repair the economy through austerity measures. Martin Castellano, head of Latin American Research at the Institute of International Finance in Washington tells host Carolyn Beeler how Milei’s “shock therapy” for the country’s ailing economy has generated some backlash.
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