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Nov 2023
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Milei elected president of Argentina

Financial Times
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Radical libertarian economist, Javier Milei, has won Argentina’s presidential elections, investors are shaking up the venture capital market by raising money to buy out start-ups, and Bangladesh is struggling to keep the lights on after going all-in on liquefied natural gas. 


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Radical libertarian Javier Milei elected president of Argentina

Investors shake up VC market by raising money to buy out start-ups

Will Bangladesh come to regret its dash for gas?

Altman appears at OpenAI offices as pressure grows to reinstate him


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Josh Gabert-Doyon, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com



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