BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Argentine President Javier Milei will travel this weekend to Brazil for the first time since taking office, his spokesman said on Monday, but plans to meet with the neighboring nation’s former right-wing leader instead of the current president. Outspoken libertarian Milei and leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have […]
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he believes his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei owes him and Brazilians an apology for having said “a lot of stupid things” about Brazil. The leftist Brazilian leader said in an interview with news outlet UOL that he has still not met […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three suspects went on trial Wednesday before a federal court in Argentina for the assassination attempt two years ago of then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of the country’s most powerful and divisive political figures in recent decades. On that day, Sept. 1, 2022, Fernández stepped out of her […]
President Javier Milei stopped all new public works projects as part of his drive to slash spending (STRINGER) Argentina’s austerity-hit economy contracted by 5.1 percent in the first quarter, the national statistics agency said Monday, driven by a slowdown in the construction and manufacturing industries. President Javier Milei, who took office in December, stopped all […]
PRAGUE (AP) — Argentina’s self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei wrapped up his brief trip to three European Union countries by visiting the Czech Republic on Monday. Milei met Czech leaders, including his counterpart, retired Gen. Petr Pavel and conservative Prime Minister Petr Fiala, and gave a speech at a conference on how to deal with […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Argentina’s self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei met with German officials on Sunday in Berlin, part of his ongoing lap of Europe which has been greeted with both celebration and outrage. His meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday came after he accepted an award from the neoliberal Augusto von Hayek […]
Argentinian President Javier Milei was awarded a medal by the Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation in the German port of Hamburg on Saturday. Milei received the award from the think tank – named after the Austrian pioneer of neoliberalism – as hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the venue against his invitation. Around 200 supporters attended […]
Argentina’s President Javier Milei is planning a visit to the German port of Hamburg on Saturday where he will receive a medal but is also likely to hear loud protests against his ultra-liberal economic policies. The Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation, a think tank named after the Austrian pioneer of neoliberalism, plans to award him […]
Argentinian President Javier Milei arrived in Madrid on Friday afternoon, beginning a European tour that will also include a visit to Germany over the weekend. However, the ultra-liberal Milei has been snubbed by Spain’s left-wing government and King Felipe VI – no meetings with him are scheduled on this first leg of the journey. At […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wall Street rallied Thursday as Argentina’s President Javier Milei traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit, buoyed by his first legislative victory after the Senate passed sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his powers. Having hitched his political fortunes to the goal of cutting down Argentina’s […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate began what’s likely to be an all-night voting marathon on the details of President Javier Milei ‘s sweeping proposals to slash spending and boost his own powers early Thursday, shortly after giving the plan overall approval in a narrow vote as thousands of protesters clashed with police outside. […]
(Bloomberg) — Argentine President Javier Milei fired his cabinet chief Nicolas Posse Monday as the government’s major reform bill has stalled in congress, marking the most high-level departure since Milei took office Dec. 10. Most Read from Bloomberg Milei accepted Posse’s resignation and replaced him with Interior Minister Guillermo Francos, according to a statement on […]