Tag: Javier Milei

• Thursday, March 28th 2024 - 11:59 UTC

  Colombia expels Argentina's diplomatic mission over Milei statements against Petro

  

  Gustavo Petro ordered all of Argentina's diplomatic staff in Colombia expelled after derogatory remarks against him by fellow President Javier Milei during an interview with CNN. The Libertarian leader called him a “murderer, terrorist,” given his past as a M-19 guerrilla fighter. Colombia also withdrew its Ambassador from Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Power outages hit Argentine Embassy in Caracas after granting asylum to opposition leaders

  

  The Government of President Javier Milei denounced the power outage at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas after the Libertarian administration granted asylum to a group of Venezuelan nationals chased by the Nicolás Maduro regime.

• Monday, March 25th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

  Paraguayan president gets along with Milei, but not quite so with Alberto

  

  Paraguayan President Santigo Peña said during a TV show aired this weekend in Buenos Aires that he had a tough time dealing with former Argentine President Alberto Fernández but was pretty much on the same page with Javier Milei.

• Monday, March 25th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

  Argentina commemorates 1976 coup under gov't prone to siding with the military

  

  Thousands of Argentines marched through Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo on Sunday to commemorate another anniversary of the March 24, 1976 coup by the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla against the democratic government of María Estela Martínez de Perón.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2024 - 14:36 UTC

  The Economist, “After 100 brutal days, Javier Milei has markets believing”

  

  “We are genuinely very satisfied,” declared President Javier Milei of Argentina on local radio, after inflation in February fell by more than expected, to 13%. That, however, is the monthly figure. Over the past year it has amounted to 276%—the highest in the world. Inflation of just 8% annually has rattled politics in richer countries.

• Friday, March 22nd 2024 - 09:27 UTC

  Argentine VP against involving armed forces to fight drug gangs

  

  Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel spoke against involving the Armed Forces in the fight against crime and defended the need to increase the wages of Senators to cope with the country's rampant inflation. She made those remarks during her first TV interview since taking office on Dec. 10.

• Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 19:55 UTC

  Milei criticized for his choices for the Supreme Court

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei took heavy flak Thursday after signing a decree Wednesday whereby he nominated Buenos Aires City Federal Judge Ariel Lijo to fill the Supreme Court (CSJN) vacancy left by Justice Elena Highton de Nolasco when she retired in 2021. The head of state also singled out Manuel García-Mansilla to take over from sitting Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age later this year.

• Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 09:07 UTC

  Milei deepens ties with Washington by choosing used F-16 jets

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei announced Wednesday that his country would purchase second-hand US-built F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, which would represent “the biggest advance in Defense in the last 20 years” according to a social media user eventually validated by the head of state.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei and Villarruel together at event marking anniversary of Israeli Embassy bombing

  

  President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel were seen together Monday at the ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires after they were reported to be at odds following the Senate's rejection of the head of state's most-encompassing emergency decree (DNU) 70/2023 last week. They reportedly held a confidential meeting at Olivos Residence to lower tensions.

• Monday, March 18th 2024 - 19:29 UTC

  Protesters prevented from blocking access to Buenos Aires

  

  Federal troops and Buenos Aires City Police clashed Monday with leftwing organizations seeking to block access to the country's capital through the Saavedra (north) and Pueyrredón (south) bridges to protest against President Javier Milei's policies.