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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 06:45 UTC

Argentina

  • Tuesday, July 9th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Argentine FM backs Lacalle's call for a more flexible Mercosur

    Mondino spoke about ceasing to be a small, protected, fearful Mercosur

    In addition to President Javier Milei not attending the 64th Southern Common Market Summit in Asunción, Argentina brought another dissenting note to the regional bloc when Foreign Minister Diana Mondino upheld the idea of brokering unilateral deals with foreign powers or blocs in blunt opposition to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the matter.

  • Tuesday, July 9th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    Milei gets May Pact signed on Independence Day (July 9)

    Those not signing the Pact are trying to cling to the privileges of the past, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei finally had his coveted May Pact endorsed in the wee hours of Tuesday at the historical house in San Miguel del Tucumán where the country's Independence was declared on July 9, 1816. “If we fulfill these points we will live in a country without inflation for the rest of our lives,” the Libertarian leader said after signing the document and delivering a speech lasting about one hour.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 16:50 UTC

    Lacalle Pou urges Mercosur unity, emphasizes importance of Milei's participation

    Lacalle Pou underscored the importance of Milei's participation in Mercosur, noting his absence from the summit.

    During the Summit of Mercosur Heads of State and Associate Members, President Luis Lacalle Pou delivered a compelling speech emphasizing the significance of Mercosur and advocating for greater openness within the bloc. Uruguay is set to assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur, and Lacalle Pou used this opportunity to address pressing regional issues and international trade agreements, particularly focusing on the recent political changes in Argentina.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 13:59 UTC

    Argentina: Bases Law enacted as a prelude to the so-called “May Pact”

    Argentine President Javier Milei enacted this weekend the most encompassing Bases Law granting the Government most of the tools it claims to need to rescue the country from her plight as the Libertarian Administration fine-tuned the last details for the so-called “May Pact” to be signd in Tucumán on the Eve of the Independence Day celebrations.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 10:38 UTC

    Chilean budget carrier interested in domestic flights within Argentina

    SKY would have to start and finish flights in Chile but would be allowed to make as many stops as it wishes within Argentine

    Chilean budget carrier SKY has expressed its interest in operating domestic routes within Argentina given President Javier Milei's shift to “open skies” policies, as recent agreements with Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Canada and Panama would corroborate.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:35 UTC

    Mercosur not going through the best of times ahead of Asunción Summit

    Peña will be handing over the pro-tempore presidency of the bloc to Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña admitted that the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) was not going through the best of times as he prepared to host the bloc's Summit in Asunción Monday during which he is to hand over the grou's rotating presidency to Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:30 UTC

    Milei attends conservative gathering with the Bolsonaros

    The Argentine president is due back in his country Monday, thus skipping the Mercosur Summit in Asunción

    Instead of attending Monday's Mercosur Summit in Asunción, Argentine President Javier Milei chose to spend the weekend in southern Brazil with his friends the Bolsonaros, including the former head of state Jair, with whom he watched their national team eliminated from the Copa America by Uruguay on penalties on Saturday.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Argentina: No love lost between Macri and Bullrich

    Bullrichists are not leaving the PRO but rather preparing for next year's primaries against the Macrists

    There seems to be no love lost between former Argentine President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich after Thursday's events at the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) Party Assembly the latter was supposed to chair but was sidelined. The rift between Macri and Bullrich has been going on for months, it was also reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    Argentines fairing worse off under Milei, study finds

    Having a job does not mean getting out of poverty in Argentina

    Studies published this week corroborate that Argentines are fairing worse off under President Javier Milei, with people sinking into poverty despite having formal jobs which showed in a dwindling consumption of red meat, among other items, in a country that used to top the world's lists.

  • Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    Milei creates Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State

    Presidential Advisor Sturzenegger has been chosen for the new position

    The Government of Argentina announced Thursday the creation of a Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State to be headed by Economist and former Central Bank (BCRA) President Federico Sturzenegger, who will be sworn in Friday.