### Summary
🇦🇷 Argentina's right-wing populist presidential candidate Javier Milei assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the country would not default on its debts if he is elected.
### Facts
- 🗳️ Milei, who gained popularity by criticizing the political establishment, became the surprise frontrunner in Argentina's national primaries.
- 💰 Argentina currently has a $44bn loan program with the IMF and Milei assured officials that the country would continue to make payments and not default on its debts.
- 🗣️ During a virtual meeting with IMF officials, Milei outlined his economic proposals, which include fiscal adjustments, opening up the economy, labor law reform, spending cuts, and ending the Central Bank.
- 🇨🇱 The peso devalued and consumer prices surged after Milei's victory, causing market uncertainty.
- 🤝 The IMF also met with Patricia Bullrich, the main opposition coalition's presidential candidate, as part of routine engagements with political and economic stakeholders.
- 🗳️ Milei and Bullrich will compete against Minister of Economy Sergio Massa in the October elections, where a candidate needs to secure at least 45 percent of the votes to win outright.
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