Tag: Javier Milei

• Friday, July 31st 2026 - 23:11 UTC

  Argentina's central bank reform bill reaches the lower house: what would change

  

  Argentina's executive branch sent the bill to overhaul the central bank's charter to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, a day after President Javier Milei outlined it in a nationwide broadcast. The measure will formally enter the parliamentary record on Monday and be referred to committees; the government hopes to pass it in August.

• Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 23:05 UTC

  From closing the central bank to reforming it: Milei's shift on monetary authority

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei presented on Thursday, in a nationwide broadcast, a bill to overhaul the central bank's charter, the statute governing the monetary authority, in an initiative the government considers central to its economic program and which it will send to the Chamber of Deputies in the coming days.

• Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 18:59 UTC

  Milei decree allows expulsion of foreigners over hate messages against Argentina

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei has signed an emergency decree allowing authorities to bar entry, cancel residence permits already granted and expel foreigners who direct or incite expressions of hatred, discrimination or violence on grounds of nationality, as well as those who desecrate national symbols.

• Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 16:26 UTC

  Brazil confirms its ambassador will return to Buenos Aires but sets no date

  

  The Brazilian government confirmed that its ambassador to Argentina, Julio Glinternick Bitelli, will return to Buenos Aires after being recalled for consultations, without specifying when, in the first sign of de-escalation in the most serious diplomatic crisis between the two countries in decades.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 22:54 UTC

  Milei and Fujimori meet in Lima and agree to strengthen economic and security cooperation

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei met on Tuesday in Lima with Peru's President Keiko Fujimori in a bilateral encounter held at the Torre Tagle Palace, headquarters of Peru's foreign ministry, hours before the handover ceremony. It was the first official contact between the two leaders.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

  “Who is that guy?”: Lula's response to Milei's remarks in São Paulo

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed for the first time the remarks made against him by Argentine President Javier Milei, with a brief and ironic response that avoided escalating the controversy. Asked by reporters while preparing to receive South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, he replied: “Who is that guy?”

• Monday, July 27th 2026 - 22:20 UTC

  Milei announces Starlink deal to bring satellite internet to 6,000 rural schools

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei announced an agreement between the National Communications Agency (Enacom) and Starlink to provide satellite connectivity to 6,000 rural schools that currently have poor internet access or no connection at all. The announcement was made on Sunday during the main event of the 138th International Livestock, Agriculture and Industry Exhibition in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, July 27th 2026 - 19:59 UTC

  IMF chief says Argentina is in “a strong position” despite missing its fiscal target

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Monday endorsed the economic program of Javier Milei's government during a visit to Buenos Aires and ruled out that the country will need additional financing from the institution next year, when presidential elections are due. “Argentina today is in a strong position,” she said at a press conference alongside Economy Minister Luis Caputo.

• Monday, July 27th 2026 - 09:14 UTC

  Mercosur's two largest partners in their worst diplomatic crisis as Brazil recalls its envoy

  

  Brazil on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Julio Bitelli, for consultations and summoned Argentina's ambassador in Brasília, Daniel Raimondi, to provide explanations at the Foreign Ministry, in the sharpest diplomatic response between the two countries in years. The measures, taken by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, follow the speech Argentine President Javier Milei delivered on Saturday in São Paulo at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy.

• Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:24 UTC

  Milei backs Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy, drawing a rebuke from Brazil's governing party

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei on Saturday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro at the Liberal Party (PL) National Convention in São Paulo, in a speech with sharp criticism of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that drew rejection from Brazil's governing party and a response from the judiciary.