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Montevideo, March 14th 2026 - 16:41 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 09:32 UTC

    Milei and Alberto Fernández meet for two and a half hours

    “What I talked with him remains between him and me,” Fernández said in a post-meeting interview

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández finally met Tuesday with his elected successor the Libertarian Javier Milei to officially kick off the transition toward the Dec. 10 inauguration. “The meeting took place at the Olivos presidential residence to initiate the institutional transition process between the teams appointed by both in the different areas of government,” Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti wrote on social media.

  • Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 09:15 UTC

    Falklands lawmaker reaffirms self determination and questions Argentina's claim

    MLA Pollard highlighted the democratic tradition of the Falklands. “2023 was the tenth anniversary of the referendum with a turnout of 92% and the 99,8% vote to remain a British Overseas Territory”

    Falkland Islands elected member of the Legislative Assembly, Mark Pollard speaking with the UK media insisted on the Islands' people right to self determination and even questioned that the Falklands ever belonged to Argentina.

  • Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 09:05 UTC

    UK Minister of Defense, “Falklands are British, that is nonnegotiable and undeniable”

    Minister Shapps, in his tweets rejected any negotiation on the future of the Falklands, and highlighted HMS Forth had been sent back to “protect the Islands”

    “The Falkland Islands are British, that is nonnegotiable and undeniable” emphasized UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, adding that “99,8% of Islanders voted in 2013 to remain British and we will always defend their right to self-determination and UK's sovereignty”.

  • Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 08:50 UTC

    Chinese official warns Milei it would be a mistake to cut ties

    In the last debate, Milei said products not sold to China could be traded elsewhere or triangulated towards the Asian giant

    Chinese authorities congratulated Javier Milei on his victory in Sunday's runoff but warned it would be a step in the wrong direction for Argentina to cut ties with Beijing.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Paraguayan President holds phone conversation with Milei

    Peña, Milei, Mondino, and Ramírez Lezcano are all economists, which heralds a good understanding between the two countries

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei held a telephone conversation Monday during which they discussed bilateral issues. The Libertarian economist extended an invitation to Peña to attend his inauguration on Dec. 10 in Buenos Aires, which was accepted.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Bolsonaro attending Milei's inauguration, not a word from Lula

    “It would be a great honor for me,” Milei told Bolsonaro

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday confirmed he would be attending Javier Milei's inauguration as President of Argentina in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10. The retired Army captain told Milei so during the telephone conversation when the Brazilian rightwing leader congratulated the Libertarian candidate on his win at Sunday's runoff.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 09:34 UTC

    Argentina's next FM holds talks with Uruguayan ambassador in BA

    Mondino acknowledged that Argentina's situation was causing problems for Uruguay's economy

    Economist Diana Mondino, who has been confirmed by President-elect Javier Milei to be the next Foreign Minister of Argentina, met in Buenos Aires Monday with Uruguayan Ambassador Carlos Enciso to discuss the “macroeconomic conditions” affecting ties between the two countries.

  • Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:47 UTC

    Milei to visit US and Israel before inauguration

    Milei will be visiting some rabbi friends

    Citing spiritual reasons and meetings with rabbi friends, Argentina's President-elect plans to visit the United States and Israel before taking office on Dec. 10, it was reported Monday in Buenos Aires. “I am sleepless, the international agenda is calling so we have to work”, said Javier Milei.

  • 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”.