In an academic passage, he quoted Friedrich Hayek to illustrate the role of the State as a "badly designed insurance" and recalled the pandemic: "We paid a huge premium and if we had done things like a mediocre country, we would have had thirty thousand deaths. However, we had one hundred thirty thousand. The system, when put to the test, didn't work. That is the lie of the State."
The President insisted that the private sector offers more efficient solutions than the state apparatus. "Everything the State promises can be done better by the market," he pointed out. In line with his 2026 Budget proposal, he announced an innovative plan for national highways: "Of the 40,000 kilometers (24,855 miles), 10,000 (6,214 miles) that are profitable will be put out to tender for the private sector to operate. For those that are not, a budget will be allocated to the bidder who provides the best solution."
In contrast to previous administrations, Milei fired back: "It's much easier to say we're going to build a lot of highways like was done in another government. As a consequence, there is a person with an ankle monitor because he stole the highway money."
Milei's visit to Paraguay comes after his participation in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), consolidating his international leadership within the liberal-conservative movement. Once again, the Argentine President reaffirmed that his project is based on concrete facts: fiscal balance, crime reduction, and a leaner, more efficient State.
