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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 05:02 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Monday, March 11th 2024 - 11:32 UTC

    Milei caught red-handed “increasing” his own salary by 48%

    Congresswoman Victoria Tolosa Paz broke out the new chapter in the political caste saga

    Just a few days after ordering Lower House Speaker Martín Menem to reverse his decision together with Vice President Victoria Villarruel to increase the wages of lawmakers by around 30%, Argentine President Javier Milei was forced to announce that he would do the same regarding a pay hike of around 48% he had decreed for himself and the members of his cabinet, it was reported in Buenos Aires during the weekend.

  • Friday, March 8th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Argentina: Libertarian gov't wants wage hike for lawmakers reversed

    Menem will seek to have the wage increase repealed as per Milei's instructions

    Argentina's Lower House Speaker Martin Menem admitted Thursday that a bill was to be submitted to backtrack on the resolution granting wage increases of nearly 30% to lawmakers amid strict austerity measures affecting most of the country's population, particularly the more vulnerable.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Two schoolchildren faint as Milei gives a speech

    Speaking about Communism always brings on problems, the president joked as two students fainted during his appearance at the Catholic school he and his sister attended

    Two students fainted Wednesday in Buenos Aires as Argentine President Javier Milei inaugurated the school year at the Cardenal Copello Catholic school in Buenos Aires, which he attended with his sister and current presidential secretary, Karina.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Argentine lawmakers from the “political caste” get wage increase

    Martín Menem hired his nephew as his personal assistant

    Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel as head of the Senate and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem agreed to increase the wages of lawmakers by nearly 30% effective from January 1, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Milei pledges to lower taxes soon

    Milei also pointed out that State expenditures were cut down 30% in January and another 36% last month

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Tuesday at the Expoagro 2024 rural event in the city of San Nicolás in the province of Buenos Aires that “by improving the fiscal numbers, the door would be opened for us to start lowering taxes.”

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina shuts down Telam news service

    Press guilds dubbed the government's decision an attack against freedom of expression

    Argentina's state-run news service Télam came to an end Monday when 700 of its workers received emails telling them they should not show up for work because they had been placed on leave while the outlet's website shows a sign reading it is “under reconstruction.” President Javier Milei had announced on March 1 that one of his spending cuts would involve closing what he dubbed “a nest of Kirchnerite propaganda.”

  • Monday, March 4th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Milei's policies leave almost no Urguayans shopping across the border

    Prices in Argentina are no longer that attractive to Uruguayan consumers who used to cross the bridge between Fray Bentos and Gualeguaychú to do their shopping

    Business owners in the city of Gualeguaychú in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos are foreseeing increasing losses after the latest economic measures by President Javier Milei's administration have resulted in fewer Uruguayans crossing the border to do their shopping as prices are no longer considerably lower.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    Milei launches “May Pact” offer to governors in exchange for financial aid

    Milei chose Córdoba for the historical agreement because it is “the country's foundational place in terms of knowledge”

    Argentine President Javier Milei Friday announced he was summoning the governors of the 23 provinces plus the mayor of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires as well as former heads of state and other political leaders to sign on the national May 25 holiday what he named “the May Pact,” a foundational agreement whereby the rules of the country's future would be laid out. He launched this appeal during his speech opening the 142nd Legislature.

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 13:32 UTC

    President Milei anticipates decree-based economic reforms, stating Parliament's obstacles

    Addressing concerns about potential social unrest, Milei dismissed the notion unless incited by politically motivated events or foreign interference.

    Argentina's President Javier Milei, ahead of his first appearance before the Congress of the Nation for the opening of ordinary sessions, has signaled a proactive approach to economic reform. In an interview with the Financial Times, Milei emphasized his intent to implement reforms “by decree,” citing challenges in garnering parliamentary support due to the current composition.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 23:28 UTC

    Argentina adapts strategy on Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim: “There is no discussion”

    “There is no possible discussion about Malvinas, it is in the Constitution. We are looking for the best way to achieve it,” Mondino said

    Argentina's strategy on its sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands “has changed,” Chancellor Diana Mondino said after meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron.