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LeMonde
05-07-2025
- Politics
- LeMonde
In Argentina, a libertarian cartoon serves as Javier Milei's weapon in the 'culture war'
LETTER FROM BUENOS AIRES Emily and Ethan are friendly twins who travel through time with their grandmother. On their adventures, they meet various liberal or libertarian thinkers: John Locke, Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises. Initially skeptical, the twins end up eagerly listening to the lessons of these historical figures. Public assistance? That's bad. Currency issuance? Also bad, since it inevitably fuels inflation. Single-parent families are stigmatized: Children whose fathers have left are said to be more likely "to commit crimes and drop out of school." In Argentina, the upcoming broadcast of the cartoon Tuttle Twins on the public children's channel Paka Paka (starting in July) demonstrates the determination of far-right libertarian President Javier Milei's government to wage his so-called "culture war" against progressive values on every front, including childhood. Since its unveiling on May 22, this new program has sparked controversy. The arrival of the American production, which has been dubbed in Spanish, has also placed a spotlight on the international alliances the government is forging with conservative and libertarian groups. Milei, who has been in office for more than a year and a half, called for an international alliance in December 2024, declaring that Argentina could even serve as a "beacon for the world."
Bloomberg
28-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Milei Gets Tuttle Twins to Teach Free Markets to Argentine Kids
After denouncing it as a propaganda tool for the left, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei is relaunching a state-run TV channel for kids set to feature a cartoon teaching free market economics while stressing the evils of taxes and communism. Paka Paka, first introduced by leftist former President Cristina Kirchner in 2010, will launch new programming in July ranging from Dragon Ball Z to Tuttle Twins, a US cartoon series that includes animated versions of free-marketeer economists Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. The channel will also carry a re-tooled version of Zamba, a local history cartoon.
