阿根廷政府的交通政策核心是货运铁路私有化和大幅削减客运服务成本，但其铁路改革议程能在多大程度上得到落实仍存在诸多不确定性。 3月1日，阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱在第144届国民议会上发表了极具争议的开幕致辞，他称此次会议标志着阿根廷的转折点。米莱在其任期两年之际，声称已避免了一场可能导致国家灭亡的危机，并列举了百年来首个零赤字预算以及通货膨胀率从2023年的200%以上大幅下降至2025年底的30%左右的成就。 Milei’s administration has been defined by a relentless reform agenda, including the Labour Modernisation Law and the Incentive Regime for Large Investments, which has already attracted US$25bn in approved projects. Central to this economic revival is the total overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure. During his speech, Milei made his intentions for the rail sector very clear. ‘And all of this would be accompanied by the privatisation of our freight railway system. In one year, we will have the entire network undergoing its largest modernisation in more than a century’, the president said. Yet despite these triumphs, the political arena remains a battlefield. While the economy has grown by approximately 10% in the last two years, it has been accompanied by severe socioeconomic impacts, with the national poverty rate reaching around 57% before reportedly falling to 30%. Milei, however, continues to maintain broad public support reflecting an underlying acceptance of the need for reform, albeit this view is not shared across the political spectrum. Show Fullscreen The sprawling Belgrano Cargas freight network provides an essential link for agricultural produce to be transported from the country’s rural interior to ports on the coast. In this context, the privatisation of the railways — a historic pillar of Argentinian identity — is no longer a theoretical debate but an imminent reality. Understanding the Argentinian network Argentina has a network of around 36 000 track-km, one of the largest in Latin America. The network is a patchwork of different gauges, reflecting its development by different private companies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Freight dominates rail activity in Argentina, led by the movement of bulk commodities such as soybeans, maize
