While Mr Obi admitted that “two years may not be enough to change a nation with a 100% turn”, he insisted that “it is more than enough to kickstart the transformation journey”.
Mr Milei’s austerity measures saw him devalue the peso, shrink government ministries and sell off two national aircraft.
Mr Adorni added, “Time to honour our history and make Argentina great again.”
Cardinals have started arriving in Rome, while 113 met Thursday morning to discuss church business.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who clashed repeatedly with the pope about immigration, said he and his wife would fly to Rome for the service.
“A year ago, a degenerate printed 13 per cent of GDP to win an election, fuelling inflation. Today, monetary emission is a thing of the past,” said Mr Milei.
Mr Milei’s move to undo rent-control regulations has resulted in one of the clearest-cut victories in what has been described as “economic shock therapy.”
Mr Milei sold off two national planes, merged 18 government departments into nine.
He also called Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador “ignorant”.
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He stressed that the increase already paid to officials would be deducted from their next paycheck.
