Javier Milei and the Spanish Tradition of Liberty – Quillette

Javier Mileis popularity has had unforeseen consequences. One of these has been the creation of the Milei Explains account on X (formerly Twitter), which teaches libertarian principles by posting old, subtitled interviews with Argentinas new president. This is a welcome innovationand not least because it is making many native speakers of the current lingua franca aware of a Spanish tradition of economic liberalism that most people did not realise even existed.

This is important. As I wrote in 2020, Latin America needs to rediscover what legal scholar Leonard Liggio has called the Hispanic tradition of liberty. The expression refers to Medieval Spains long history of limited government, a tradition most powerfully ingrained in two historical institutions: the fueros and cortes.

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