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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 05:32 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Moody's says adjustment in Argentina inevitable

    Domestic demand is bound to contract regardless of who wins on Nov. 19, Moody’s said

    A recent report from Moody's heralded that a macro-fiscal adjustment is inevitable in Argentina regardless of who wins the Nov. 19 runoff between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei.

  • Monday, November 6th 2023 - 09:19 UTC

    Lula’s party announces endorsement to Massa

    Lula is a key regional ally of Argentine President Alberto Fernández.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Workers’ Party (PT) announced it would support Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa against Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei in the Nov. 19 runoff.

  • Wednesday, October 25th 2023 - 20:43 UTC

    Argentina: Macri and Bullrich go rogue from JxC to support Milei

    “When the homeland is in danger, anything goes,” argued Bullrich.

    The opposition coalition Juntos x el Cambio (JxC) of former President Mauricio Macri is practically broken after presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich announced following dinner with the former head of state that the two of them would support the candidacy of Congressman Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza - LLA) in the Nov. 19 runoff against Economy Minister Sergio Massa of Unión x la Patria (UP).

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Bullrich will defend her values, but her coalition is mortally wounded

    “I am not the one who is going to congratulate someone who has been part of the worst government in Argentina,” Bullrich said about Massa

    Former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich admitted that she would not abandon her values after being eliminated from the Argentine presidential race on Sunday. But her loss may have signaled the end of the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition.

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    No president-elect in Argentina

    Presidential Secretary Julio Vitobello announced the preliminary results before 10 p.m., as originally hoped

    Argentina's next president will be chosen in a runoff election on Nov. 19, according to preliminary results released Sunday minutes before 10 p.m. local time in Buenos Aires (GMT -3).

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 09:09 UTC

    Milei willing to reshuffle and deal again to beat Kirchnerism

    “All of us who want change must work together,” Milei said in one of his messages to JxC

    Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said Sunday after finishing second in Argentina's presidential election that he was willing to reshuffle and deal again to defeat Kirchnerism, which is represented by Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who was Sunday's winner but failed to avoid a runoff.

  • Sunday, October 22nd 2023 - 23:34 UTC

    Argentina's general election records lowest turnout since return to democracy

    The primary determination regarding the overall turnout suggests that this general election records the lowest voter participation in the nation since its return to democracy

    In the general elections held on Sunday, Argentina witnessed a voter turnout of 74% of its electoral roll, a slight increase of five points compared to the turnout in the August primaries, as reported by official sources.

  • Saturday, October 21st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Argentina ready to choose next president: What has each one said about the Falklands?

    There are 35.8 million people registered to vote

    Amid rampant inflation, Argentina will celebrate 40 years of democracy when the new president to be elected on Sunday, Oct. 22, takes office. Although five candidates made it through the Aug. 13 Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections, only three of them are considered to have a real chance to succeed Alberto Fernández.

  • Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 08:34 UTC

    Argentina: JxC's strength lies in the others' weaknesses

    Bullrich insisted Argentina would “free itself from this mafia once and forever”

    Opposition candidate Patricia Bullrich of former President Mauricio Macri's Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) Monday closed her presidential campaign in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) together with Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, whom she defeated in the primaries and would now appoint as Cabinet Chief if elected.

  • Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Argentina: All candidates but one condemn bloodshed in Israel

    Will there be a second round or can Milei wrap it up on Oct. 22?

    Loquacious Leftwing Front (Frente de Izquierda) Congresswoman Myriam Bregman was the only presidential candidate not to condemn Hamas' actions against Israeli civilians this weekend during their opening speeches of the second (and last) debate ahead of the Oct. 22 elections. Moreover, she somehow blamed Israel for what happened.