BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s inflation slowed in February for a second consecutive month, as right-wing President Javier Milei continues to push austerity and deregulation measures in an effort to revive the country’s struggling economy. According to figures released Tuesday by the government’s INDEC statistics agency, Argentina’s monthly inflation slowed down to 13.2% in […]
Sixty-eight Nobel science laureates urged Argentina’s self-professed “anarcho-capitalist” President Javier Milei Wednesday to restore budgets for science and technology that have been cut under his drive to slash public spending. In an open letter addressed to Milei, the scientists expressed concern at the recent elimination of the ministry of science and technology and the dismissal […]
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Workers at Argentine state news agency Telam found the doors of the 80-year-old institution’s office barred on Monday and were told to down tools for at least a week after libertarian President Javier Milei said he would close the agency down. Telam’s website was taken down – with […]
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei said on Friday he would send a new package of bills to Congress, nearly a month after lawmakers rebuffed his so-called “omnibus bill” which would have carried out sweeping reforms. Milei, speaking to lawmakers in a state-of-the-union style address, laid out several of the proposals in the […]
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei said on Monday a threat by oil-rich province Chubut to cut off gas and oil supplies amounted to “extortion” amid a brewing fight over tax disbursements to the Patagonian region. The conflict started late last week when the central government […]
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Javier Milei, the fiery, right-wing populist president of Argentina, gave Donald Trump on Saturday an ecstatic hug a day after meeting with Biden administration officials in Buenos Aires. Trump and Milei were the biggest speakers to wrap up the annual Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington. During their backstage greeting, […]
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Whisper it quietly, but Argentina’s embattled markets are showing signs of doubling down on the country’s no holds barred libertarian leader Javier Milei, betting he can pull the economy out of crisis. Amid a painful economic downturn and with the government strapped for cash, Milei has made tough […]
(Bloomberg) — President Javier Milei blasted Argentina’s monthly inflation figure of 20.6% in January as “horrendous” even as it came in slightly below estimates, adding that the result should be seen in context. Most Read from Bloomberg Milei’s government had planned for a hyperinflation scenario given annual inflation of more than 200%, he said in […]
By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Argentina’s President Javier Milei visited his compatriot Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday, bearing pastries and gifts as he seeks to make up with the pontiff he had long dismissed and derided. Milei, a maverick right-wing libertarian, had heaped insults on Francis during his vote campaign, calling […]
Pope Francis and Argentina’s President Javier Milei held their first official talks on Monday, meeting at the Vatican as they seek to mend fences amid the explosive economic situation in their native country. Milei, a liberal economist, had sharply criticised his compatriot while campaigning for election last year, accusing the pope of political interference and […]
By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) –Pope Francis on Sunday canonised the first female saint from his native Argentina, an event that brought his former fierce critic, Argentine President Javier Milei, to the Vatican. Francis led a canonisation Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Maria Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, better known as “Mama Antula”, […]
Argentine President Javier Milei met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Netanyahu “thanked the President for his decision to declare Hamas a terrorist organization and for his unwavering support for Israel’s right to defend itself,” according to his office. Israel’s prime minister also praised Milei as a “great friend of the Jewish […]