President Javier Milei continues to make history in Argentina, now with even greater international support thanks to the measures his friend, President Donald Trump, is taking. While each president defends their people with different measures in areas like the economy and geopolitics, both completely agree on what's most important: the cultural battle against progressivism.
In January 2025, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Milei, for the second consecutive year, was very clear in denouncing the harm caused by progressive ideology in all Western countries. It was a powerful, thoughtful speech that brought to mind great statesmen of the past. And this year it was complemented by President Trump's speech, which was equally potent in other areas.
To summarize, let's look at some key excerpts from Milei's speech:
"It is no coincidence that these same people are the main promoters of the bloody and murderous abortion agenda, an agenda designed based on Malthusian premises that overpopulation will destroy the Earth, and therefore, we must implement some form of population control. Indeed, this has been adopted to such an extreme that today on the planet, population growth rate is beginning to become a problem."
"Wokism has penetrated so deeply into our societies that it has even questioned the very idea of sex through the nefarious gender ideology."
"Peace has made us weak; we were defeated by our own complacency. (...) Today we witness a global exhaustion of this system that has dominated us for the last few decades. (...) Fortunately, in the entire free world, there is a silenced majority organizing, and in every corner of our hemisphere, the echo of this cry for freedom resounds. (...) In essence, what I am proposing to you is that we make the West great again."
"Today I come here to tell you that our battle is not won, that although hope has been reborn, it is our moral duty and historical responsibility to dismantle the ideological edifice of sick wokism."
In the days following his speech, Milei went to work.
Milei's government has taken real steps to end the progressive agenda within Argentina. One step has been to suspend the distribution of materials related to Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) in the country's schools. According to the Education Minister, Carlos Horacio Torrendell, sex education should be the responsibility of parents, not the state. If the state is to assist parents, this support should not include the introduction of gender ideology, which has been the main focus of the programs implemented in Argentina so far. Therefore, the Ministry of Education will review all currently used educational materials to leave only those useful for parents.
Even before Milei's party officially implemented this change, a ripple effect was seen. The Government of the City of Buenos Aires, before the Federal Government, went ahead and canceled its comprehensive sex education program for the same reason, even though the mayor of Buenos Aires is not from Milei's party and had previously leaned towards progressivism. This serves as evidence that Milei's strong policies are setting the tone for his allies and others.
Another step Milei's government has taken is to ban sex-change treatments for minors, a practice pushed as part and parcel with gender ideology. In January 2025, the government approved Decree 62/2025, which specifically prohibits minors under 18 from receiving gender transition treatments, arguing that young people do not have the maturity to make decisions about irreversible medical procedures.
Milei's government hasn't restricted its impact to within Argentina, but spread internationally as well. Following the footsteps of the Trump administration, Milei ordered Argentina to withdraw from the World Health Organization. This is another important step to cut off negative influences that push the progressive agenda.
Milei's government is making major strides, and the next step in dismantling the woke agenda is to put pro-life laws back into place. But taking down the abortion law in Argentina is an uphill battle. Abortion was legalized in Argentina in 2020 and Milei has very few senators and deputies in place to repeal that law. However, this could change moving forward after Argentina's midterm elections in October, if the number of deputies and senators from Milei's party, La Libertad Avanza, increases significantly. Come October, the Argentinian pro-life movement could have a real hope of ending the legalization of abortion.
Milei is determined to dismantle the woke agenda, and thus far he's been successful. The next goal: End the nefarious abortion law. It's not impossible.