L’Argentine dans la tourmente - Milei, le grand sauveur ? | Documentaire 2025 | ARTE

Jun 24, 2025 | Après des années de crise, l'arrivée au pouvoir de l'ultralibéral Javier Milei a plongé l'Argentine dans une ère d'austérité radicale. Entre colère et espoir, cet état des lieux part à la rencontre d'une population divisée pour dresser un premier bilan de l’action du nouveau chef d’État.

En novembre 2023, le candidat d'extrême droite Javier Milei, émule de Donald Trump, remporte le second tour de l'élection présidentielle argentine au terme d'une campagne sulfureuse, menée tambour battant à la télévision, sur le terrain et les réseaux sociaux. L’économiste ultralibéral se distingue par ses déclarations provocatrices et ses slogans fétiches, comme le fameux "Vive la liberté, bordel !" Lors de ses meetings, il brandit parfois une tronçonneuse, symbole de son projet de réduire drastiquement les dépenses de l'État, dans un pays miné depuis des décennies par la corruption, la dette et l'inflation. Promesse tenue : sept mois après son investiture, il lance l'un des plans d'austérité les plus radicaux de l'histoire de l'Argentine. Baisse massive des subventions, gel des retraites, suppression de milliers de postes dans la fonction publique… Pour la première fois depuis 2015, le pays affiche un excédent budgétaire. Mais début 2024, près de 53 % de la population vit sous le seuil de pauvreté. Quel est aujourd'hui le bilan de cette politique de choc ? Et comment la société argentine encaisse-t-elle ces mesures brutales ?

Dictature et démocratie

Nourri de nombreux éclairages et d'images d'archives, ce documentaire retrace l'histoire politique de l'Argentine, marquée par une alternance entre ouverture et repli économiques, privatisations et nationalisations, dictature et démocratie. Économistes, chercheurs et syndicalistes offrent une analyse contextuelle de la politique de Javier Milei, tandis que des habitants témoignent des conséquences de sa cure d’austérité sur leur quotidien. Entre espoir d'un retour à la prospérité d'antan et colère d’une population précarisée, voyage à travers un pays profondément divisé, dont les virulents partis pris présidentiels ont creusé les inégalités et les antagonismes historiques.

Documentaire de Matthias Ebert (2025, 54mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 24/06/2026

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Jul1 , 2025 | After years of crisis and instability, the election of neoliberal populist Javier Milei as president in 2023 has plunged Argentina into an era of radical austerity.

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Argentinien im Teufelskreis: Bringt Milei die Wende? | Doku HD | ARTE

Argentiniens amtierender Präsident Javier Milei unterzieht sein Land einer neoliberalen Rosskur und stutzt den Staat so mit rigoroser Haushaltsdisziplin zurecht. Während Unternehmer*innen jubeln, protestieren Staatsangestellte, Rentner*innen und Studierende, weil sie von Milei dadurch finanziell immer mehr geschwächt werden. Sieht so Mileis Wende aus?

Der derzeitige argentinische Präsident Javier Milei verfolgt eine neoliberale Strategie, die den Staat radikal einer drastischen Haushaltsdisziplin unterziehen und zurechtstutzen soll. Während sich dies positiv auf Unternehmer und Landwirte auswirkt, so negative Folgen hat dies für Staatsangestellte, Rentner und Studierende, die dazu führen, dass sie immer ärmer werden. Die Ärztin Lucia Garcia kommt trotz vier Jobs samt Nachtschichten nicht mehr über die Runden.

Die Wut vieler Argentinier über den jahrzehntelangen wirtschaftlichen Teufelskreis aus wiederkehrenden Krisen, Verschuldung und Inflation – im einst reichsten Land der Welt – bescherte Milei schließlich das Amt des Präsidenten. Auch José Michael Reyes aus dem Armenviertel „Villa 31“ setzt auf Milei, weil er an dessen Mantra der wirtschaftlichen Freiheit glaubt und sich davon mehr Wohlstand und ein Ende der Inflation erhofft.

Doch ob Milei den wirtschaftlichen Teufelskreis durchbrechen kann, ist unklar. Denn Argentiniens Misere hat historische Ursprünge: Nachdem das Land 1890 zu den reichsten weltweit gehörte, ging es steil bergab. Diktaturen und Demokratien wechselten sich ab – mit einhergehenden gravierenden Wechseln in der Wirtschaftspolitik. Weder linke noch liberale Regierungen konnten verhindern, dass der Staat stets über seine Verhältnisse lebte. Zudem gab es keinen politischen Konsens über den Kurs des Landes. Stattdessen standen grassierende Korruption, eine extreme politische Polarisierung und ein chronisches Schuldenproblem auf der Tagesordnung.

Dokumentation von Matthias Ebert (D 2025, 54 Min)
Video verfügbar bis zum 24/06/2026