Jack Nicas Natalie Alcoba and Lucia Cholakian Herrera

Javier Milei has railed against Argentina’s government for years. In his first week in charge, he’s begun cutting it down.

Years of economic quagmire created an upside-down economy in Argentina. Javier Milei won the presidency by promising to blow it all up.

Javier Milei has said that society is better without government. Now he is about to run Argentina’s.

Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, could be elected Argentina’s president on Sunday. If he is not, he has already pointed to fraud.

Javier Milei, who wants to abolish the central bank and adopt the U.S. dollar as Argentina’s currency, is now the front-runner in the fall general...