...on many issues that won’t go away despite his best efforts
Like a thorn in his side, President Javier Milei can’t seem to shake off the $Libra case. Opposition figures from various political circles are preventing him from doing so, and it doesn’t help that the scandal has led to complaints or lawsuits in three countries. But what’s complicating matters the most is his own actions, those of his sister Karina, and those of his collaborators, which have left a string of unanswered questions and disturbing clues, to say the least.
The scandal began more than 150 days ago. On the night of February 14, an unknown 28-year-old American, Hayden Davis, who presented himself as a “crypto expert,” launched $Libra. That is, a “memecoin” that drew in hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to a tweet from President Milei who spread — or promoted — its supposed benefits, but which imploded after just five hours.
From there, the storm intensified. Complaints were filed in Argentina, the United States, and Spain, and investors from several countries have since demanded their money back, while opponents smell blood in the water as investigators detected one inconsistency after another, with neither Milei nor his administration able to overcome the storm. Quite the opposite.