Tag: Javier Milei

• Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.

• Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

  Orsi invited Milei over to Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi extended a formal invitation to his Argentine colleague, Javier Milei, to visit Montevideo during their bilateral meeting, lasting approximately 30 minutes, as part of the 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 18:12 UTC

  Brazil formally handed over Mercosur's rotating presidency

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei formally transferred the pro tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the close of the bloc's summit in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 17:44 UTC

  Mercosur Summit: Milei pledges to go through together or solo

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei urged the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) on Thursday to abandon its “destructive inertia,” as he hosted the bloc's Summit in Buenos Aires. He also underscored his government's commitment to “the path of freedom,” warning that “we will embark on” it, “either accompanied or alone.”

• Monday, June 30th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Spotlight on BA for Mercosur Summit this week: Lula meeting Milei and CFK

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is preparing to host the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit Wednesday and Thursday in Buenos Aires, during which he will have to welcome his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with whom he does not see eye to eye after calling him names during the 2023 campaign.

• Friday, June 27th 2025 - 19:34 UTC

  CFK claims Milei's model is on the brink of collapse

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) said in an audio recording from her house arrest played during the bank workers' La Bancaria union’s National Congress that President Javier Milei’s economic model was “unsustainable” and “on the verge of collapse.”

• Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

  Uruguayan La Libertad Avanza fails to overcome first hurdle

  

  The Uruguayan version of Argentine President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) failed to secure the 1,350 valid signatures required by Uruguay's Electoral Court to register as a political party, particularly after many signatures were ruled unacceptable. The group, led by Nicolás Quintana, has 20 days to gather additional signatures.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 16:09 UTC

  Milei claims Argentina is the world’s 23rd military power — but global rankings say otherwise

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei has sparked controversy by claiming that Argentina is currently the 23rd strongest military power in the world. The statement, made during a recent interview in Casa Rosada, credited Defense Minister Luis Petri’s leadership. However, data from international defense rankings tell a different story.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Family of autistic child sues Milei over social media posting

  

  The family of 12-year-old Ian Moche, an autism awareness activist, sued Argentine President Javier Milei over an offensive post on X.

• Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:51 UTC

  “We are on the right side of history”: Milei defends bombings in Iran

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has publicly supported the recent US and Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.