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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 12:09 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

    Argentina: College students rise against Libertarian budgetary constraints

    The protests include classes in the streets

    Last week's veto by President Javier Milei against the University Finance Bill, which survived a parliamentarian challenge, has nevertheless sparked a nationwide conflict between the Libertarian administration and student groups claiming that the tuition-free higher education that has been a pillar of social mobility in Argentina was at stake. Some outlets even defined the uprising as “Estudiantazo” as some classes were held in the streets as part of the surging protests.

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Milei welcomes Boris Johnson at Casa Rosada

    The main topic of their encounter was reportedly a meeting between Milei and Mick Jagger. The Falklands/Malvinas case was never discussed

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday welcomed former UK Primer Minister Boris Johnson at Casa Rosada, after which the South American leader announced he would travel to England for a meeting with musician Mick Jagger at a date yet to be determined. Milei had already discussed rock with another exPM - Lord David Cameron - whom he met as Foreign Secretary.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Milei's veto of college funding bill survives Congressional challenge

    Overriding his veto would have meant “giving in to the old policy and return to the Country Risk we had with Kirchnerism,” Milei explained

    Despite lacking a majority of its own, Argentina's ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Wednesday succeeded at the Lower House in keeping enforceable President Javier Milei's veto from last week against the newly approved university funding bill by garnering a total of 84 votes with help from occasional allies such as a few rogue UCR lawmakers, thus rendering the opposition's 164 votes insufficient after key abstentions to override the presidential decision.

  • Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 10:03 UTC

    Argentine VP meets with Spanish Senate Speaker in Madrid

    Villarruel and the conservative Rollán talked for over an hour

    Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel met Monday in Madrid with her Senate Speaker colleague Pedro Rollán on the opening day of her first trip abroad since her inauguration last year.

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 18:47 UTC

    Milei vetoes university funding bill, sparks another feud with the opposition

    Milei kept his word to not let anything affect his zero-deficit policies

    Despite Wednesday's demonstrations against it nationwide, Argentine President Javier Milei vetoed the bill on funding public universities passed by Congress last month on the grounds that “it would seriously hinder the sustainability of public finances.” After the measure was announced, opposition lawmakers pledged to convene next week in a move to reverse it through Parliamentarian mechanisms.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Venezuela issues arrest warrant against 16 other Argentines in connection with Emtrasur case

    Milei is an agent of international Zionism in Latin America, Saab claimed

    Venezuela's Public Prosecutor's Office Monday requested the arrest of another 16 Argentines in connection with the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter airplane seized in Buenos Aires and handed over to the United States during the government of Alberto Fernández for its alleged involvement in logistics support to Iran-backed terrorist activities.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 09:16 UTC

    Milei welcomes Bukele at Casa Rosada

    Bukele arrived in Buenos Aires last Friday but his activities during the weekend remained under the utmost secrecy

    Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele met Monday in Casa Rosada with his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei to discuss bilateral cooperation on issues such as “energy, trade, and security,” it was reported in Buenos Aires. During his stay in the Argentine capital, Bukele also held an encounter with Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and participated in other protocol engagements.

  • Monday, September 30th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    Milei launches LLA nationwide with 2025 elections in sight

    “We are the best government in Argentine history,” Milei also claimed

    Argentine President Javier Milei launched his political party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) as a nationwide force ahead of next year's mid-term elections during an event at the Parque Lezama amphitheater in Buenos Aires before scores of would-be followers bussed to the site, Kirchnerism style.

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    Argentina's Health Minister Russo resigns for “personal matters”

    Russo will be replaced by Mario Lugones

    Mario Russo turned in his resignation as Health Minister of Argentina Thursday citing ”strictly personal matters, it was announced in Buenos Aires through a statement from the President's Office. He will be replaced by fellow physician Mario Lugones.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:56 UTC

    Argentina to no longer remain neutral, Milei tells UN

    The UN lost “credibility with the citizens of the free world,” Milei said in New York

    Argentine President Javier Milei Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that his country would be dropping its traditional neutrality and taking sides in ongoing conflicts. He also said the global organization was seeking to “impose an ideological agenda” instead of “pursuing peace” in the world by allowing “bloody dictatorships” in.