Tag: Javier Milei

• Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentine Senate passes property bill after dropping two key chapters

  

  Argentina's Senate approved in the early hours of Friday, by 37 votes to 33, the Inviolability of Private Property bill promoted by Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger, after the governing bloc withdrew the two chapters that drew the most resistance. The text now goes to the Chamber of Deputies.

• Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:43 UTC

  Milei promotes a summit of right-wing presidents outside existing regional bodies

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is working to convene a summit of right-wing leaders from across the Americas outside existing multilateral organizations, though no date has been set. The initiative comes amid a series of trips that took him this week to Ecuador and Colombia.

• Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 22:08 UTC

  Two months from the vote, Lula turns diplomatic crises into a sovereignty message

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enters the final stretch toward the October 4 elections with three open diplomatic fronts and a message centered on defending national sovereignty.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:55 UTC

  Brazil ties its ambassador's return to an end to Milei's insults

  

  Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday that the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level will remain in place until Argentine President Javier Milei stops what he called repeated insults and attacks against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:38 UTC

  Brazil downgrades ties with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level over Milei's remarks

  

  Brazil decided on Tuesday to downgrade its diplomatic relations with Argentina to the level of chargé d'affaires and to postpone indefinitely the return of its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Julio Glinternick Bitelli, following a fresh round of remarks by Argentine President Javier Milei against his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 06:21 UTC

  Around 140 vessels stranded at Argentine ports after government deregulation decree

  

  Around 140 vessels were waiting on Monday to enter or leave Argentine ports after maritime pilots stopped accepting new assignments in protest at a decree deregulating their profession. The figures come from industry sources; some reports put the number above 150.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 23:14 UTC

  Milei: the alliance with Washington is the “key” to sovereignty over the Falklands

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei said on Monday that his government's alignment with the United States will advance Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands, in remarks to Radio Mitre.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 20:17 UTC

  Argentina: $LIBRA investors to file civil suit after mediation fails

  

  Un grupo de inversores que se consideran perjudicados por el lanzamiento del criptoactivo $LIBRA presentará una demanda por daños y perjuicios en el fuero civil argentino, tras no alcanzar un acuerdo en la instancia de mediación obligatoria previa.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 16:08 UTC

  Milei on Lula: released over a procedural flaw, not for being innocent

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei repeated his accusations against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, arguing that the corruption convictions once against him were annulled on formal grounds, in remarks that came just as Brazil's ambassador to Buenos Aires was preparing to return after being recalled for consultations.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 07:24 UTC

  Milei says he has chosen a 2027 running mate amid rupture with his vice president

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei said he has already decided who will run alongside him as vice-presidential candidate in the October 2027 elections, while withholding the name, in remarks that come amid an open confrontation with his current vice president, Victoria Villarruel.