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Montevideo, July 4th 2025 - 17:02 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 08:44 UTC

    Milei and Macri meet at Olivos presidential residence

    Macri said at a rally that he would still support Milei but PRO and LLA would not merge

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed former head of state Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) at the Olivos residence. The private encounter lasted about four hours. No information was released about the issues discussed but Spokesman Manuel Adorni said it was “a meeting of friends.” According to local media, it was a follow-up on the talks they held on July 8 and 9 in Tucumán during the signing of the so-called May Pact.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 08:59 UTC

    Milei promises rural producers that things will get better

    “The economic program has times and conditions, we have to look at the movie and not just the photo,” Milei argued

    In his appearance Sunday at the Argentine Rural Society Annual Exhibition's main ceremony in Buenos Aires, President Javier Milei promised to remove all export taxes in due time, for which he asked producers to be patient.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 17:31 UTC

    Milei and Macron discuss bilateral issues in Paris

    France might play a key role in the modernization of Argentina's Armed Forces after Friday's talks between Milei and Macron

    Presidents Javier Milei of Argentina and Emmanuel Macron of France got together Friday at the Elysee Palace ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to discuss ongoing world affairs and bilateral issues. It is the South American leader's 12th trip abroad since his inauguration on Dec. 10, 2023.

  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Fitch says default on Argentine bonds in foreign currency likely

    The scope of Minister Toto Caputo's plan is still unclear, Fitch stressed

    The credit rating agency Fitch outlined Wednesday the possible consequences of Argentina's latest measures, which would aggravate the uncertainty about the South American country's reserves, particularly after some of its gold was shipped abroad, in addition to other financial gambits that would allow for the creation of banking pesos that would jeopardize a return to “global capital markets.”

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Milei attending Paris Olympics amid rumors of rift with VP

    Milei was jeered and applauded at the Teatro Colón

    Argentine President Javier Milei is off to Paris to attend the inauguration of the 2024 Olympic Games, leaving Vice President Victoria Villarruel at the helm of the Executive Branch amid mounting rumors that things between the two of them are far from good.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    Milei wants retirement age of Argentines raised

    People who live up to the age of 90 retire too soon for the Libertarian government

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei is reportedly planning to raise the retirement age of women to equate it with that of men, among other initiatives to be brought before Congress in the coming month by the newly-created May Council, a political committee provided for in a presidential decree last week after the “May Pact” signed earlier this month in Tucumán.

  • Saturday, July 20th 2024 - 12:23 UTC

    Argentine VP's comments said to be a personal view

    Things between Villarruel and Milei have been mercurial since the beginning of the Libertarian administration

    Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel's posting on X in support of international footballer Enzo Fernández over his controversial video celebrating the Copa America victory with a chant that could be interpreted as homophobic and racist “was an unfortunate comment” that in no way represents the views of Casa Rosada and showed only the Senate Speaker's personal views.

  • Friday, July 19th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Milei's gov't keeps sacking officials as global controversy over football chant mounts

    Garro said and denied saying that Messi should apologize for the controversial chant

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei sacked Sports Secretary Julio Garro after the latter said that Lionel Messi should apologize for the controversial chants of the national football team with discriminatory mentions to the ethnicity of France's players and Kylian Mbappé's sexual orientation. He was in fact called “puto” (faggot).

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    Milei underlines 30 years of impunity in AMIA case

    Milei promised a Jewish gathering in Buenos Aires that his government would not be like the others before it

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Wednesday that all those who died or were wounded in the July 18, 1994, bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters were still demanding Justice after “three decades of impunity.” During his appearance at a World Jewish Congress gathering in Buenos Aires, Milei also pledged that, under his administration, a difference would be made compared to previous ones.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 14:14 UTC

    Presidents Peña, Lacalle Pou and Milei convening in Buenos Aires

    Peña and Lacalle will be joining Milei on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing

    Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay are to convene in Buenos Aires Wednesday to participate alongside Javier Milei in a conference on anti-terrorism which will be their first encounter after the July 8 Mercosur Summit in Asunción Milei skipped to avoid rubbing eyes with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he dubbed a “corrupt communist” during the 2023 campaign and never apologized. The following day they will join again for the event marking the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA).