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Montevideo, December 21st 2024 - 16:07 UTC

Stories for 2023

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:28 UTC

    No more public radio, TV, and newsagency under Milei

    Aerolíneas will need to be competitive and not rely on State subsidies

    Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei announced Monday in a broadcast interview that he would privatize the state-run Public TV (TVP), National Radio, and the news service Télam because he did “not adhere to those practices of having a covert Ministry of Propaganda.” He also explained he had plans for the oil company YPF and flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas to no longer hinge financially on the national treasury.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:05 UTC

    PM Sunak, Falklands sovereignty dispute is a “resolved issue” and “will not change”

    PM Sunak's spokesperson pointed out that “Argentina and UK as members of the G20 and with a prosperous relationship, must develop a solid and reproductive relationship”

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday extended his government's congratulations to the Argentine elected president Javier Milei on his Sunday's windfall victory, but also affirmed that the dispute over the Falklands-Malvinas Islands sovereignty is a “resolved issue”.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:01 UTC

    Rutley celebrates 80 years of Canning House and reaffirms UK's constant support of the Falklands

    “We are committed to constantly renewing a partnership founded on shared values of democracy, human rights, and self-determination; and on mutual interest and trust.”

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Americas and the Caribbean David Rutley was the main speaker at the event celebrating the work and achievements of Canning House during the last eighty years.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:00 UTC

    Massa stays in office for “an orderly transition” but no Milei-Alberto meeting yet

    Until Dec. 10, President Fernández and Massa are responsible for the Argentine people, Milei's camp stressed

    After it was reported in the wee hours of Monday that Sergio Massa would be seeking a leave of absence as Argentina's Economy Minister following his defeat at Sunday's presidential runoff, he announced during Monday's national holiday that he would be staying on his job until Javier Milei's inauguration.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 15:38 UTC

    China congratulates president elect Milei and wishes to continue working with Argentina

    The Chinese satellite tracking station in Neuquen allegedly run by the Chinese National Space Agency, but banned for all Argentines entering the premises

    China said on Monday it would continue working with Argentina, congratulating president-elect Javier Milei on his victory, after he had vowed on the campaign trail to cut ties communists countries, that ignore freeedom, and specifically named Beijing and Brazil's Lula.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 15:29 UTC

    EU promises a Milei government cooperation and hopes for a quick ratification of the Mercosur/EU trade deal

    “Congratulations to Argentina's new president-elect Javier Milei for his victory”. the European Council president Charles Michael said

    European Union officials on Monday congratulated liberal economist Javier Milei on his Sunday windfall election as Argentina's president, with European Council president Charles Michel describing Buenos Aires as a “close partner” and hoping the EU/Mercosur trade deal will be finally ratified.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Alberto Fernández meeting with Javier Milei to kick off transition

    With no sitting economy minister, who will run the country's finances during the transition? Milei and Fernández need first of all to answer that

    Despite the Nov. 20 national holiday in Argentina, President Alberto Ferfnández is expected to show up for work Monday and hold his first meeting with President-elect Javier Milei to finalize the details of the transition toward the Dec. 10 inauguration. “I trust that tomorrow we can start working with Milei to ensure an orderly transition,” wrote the head of state on social networks. It was yet to be determined whether the encounter would be at Casa Rosada, at the Olivos presidential residency, or elsewhere.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Javier Milei to become Argentina's next president

    Sergio Massa acknowledged defeat from the campaign bunker in front of hundreds of long faces

    The ruling party's presidential candidate and current Minister of Economy of Argentina, Sergio Massa, acknowledged on Sunday the victory of his libertarian and far-right contender, Javier Milei, in the second round of elections in the country. The candidate of Libertad Avanza surpassed Massa in the ballotage by almost 11 points. The support received in the interior of the country, especially in Córdoba and Mendoza, was decisive, it was reported.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 09:36 UTC

    Leaders and diplomats congratulate Milei on his win

    “Brazil will always be available to work together with our Argentine brothers,” said Lula

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay were among those Sunday who congratulated Javier Milei on his victory over Sergio Massa at the runoff elections in Argentina. Also joining the celebrations were Uruguayan Vice President Beatriz Argimón and US Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 09:11 UTC

    Milei: Reconstructing Argentina starts today

    “We know that there are people who will resist,” Milei admitted

    Upon accepting his victory and the challenge ahead, President-elect Javier Milei of La Libertad Avanza said Sunday that “today begins the reconstruction of Argentina” after Sergio Massa of the ruling Unión por la Patria (UP) conceded defeat at the runoff.