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Montevideo, November 17th 2025 - 15:24 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:01 UTC

    “Argentina’s finances just got even more surreal”, by The Economist

    President Milei and mentor, Donald Trump, Make Argentina Great Again

    On September 22nd, 15 minutes before Argentina’s foreign-exchange markets opened, America’s government made an intervention. “Argentina is a systemically important US ally,” Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, wrote on X, a social network. He added that the United States would “do what is needed” and that “all options for stabilization are on the table.”

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    CFK fears peso devaluation after Oct. 26 midterm elections

    CFK also highlighted Milei's failure to deliver on his election promises

    As the Argentine Government of Javier Milei grapples to keep the local peso from plunging against the US dollar, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posted from her house arrest that everybody knew about the impending devaluation after the Oct. 26 midterm elections. “Oh, Milei! ... It seems to me that they realized that after Sunday the 26th, you would devalue,” CFK wrote.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei announces new meeting with Trump at White House

    Milei and his entourage will be staying at the Blair Residence, spared for visiting close allies

    Argentine President Javier Milei will meet on Oct. 14 with his US counterpart, Donald J. Trump, at the White House, just a few days ahead of the midterm elections in the South American country, Casa Rosada confirmed Tuesday. “MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. End,” Milei posted on X.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Milei restores ties with Macri after Buenos Aires defeat

    The reunion between the two leaders comes less than a month before the national legislative elections

    Argentine President Javier Milei has resumed dialogue with former president Mauricio Macri after more than a year of political distance. The rapprochement comes in the wake of La Libertad Avanza’s electoral defeat in Buenos Aires province, where Peronism won by more than one million votes.

  • Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 11:38 UTC

    Falklands responds to Milei, we trust in self-determination and British support

    Spink: “The Falklands are used to demands from Argentine presidents, it's nothing new, nor surprising, nor does it cause panic”

    “In the Falkland Islands, we feel very secure and confident with the support we receive from all British political parties for the exercise of our right to self-determination and our desire to remain a British Overseas Territory,” said Falkland Islands MLA Roger Spink in a telephone interview with GBnews from the UK.

  • Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Falklands, Argentina’s Milei two lanes approach

    President Javier Milei before the General Assembly complains UN has not made advances in helping Argentina with its claims over the South Atlantic Islands

    Argentine cabinet chief Guillermo Francos received this week, recently arrived new UK ambassador David Cairns, and according to reports cooperation, trade and bilateral investments were the issues addressed by the two top officials.

  • Friday, September 26th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Milei and Netanyahu meet in New York

    The meeting reinforced Milei's “absolute support” for Israel

    Argentine President Javier Milei met in New York on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly.

  • Thursday, September 25th 2025 - 09:43 UTC

    Milei has busy agenda in New York

    Milei was given the Global Citizen 2025 Award by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

    Argentine President Javier Milei had a busy agenda on Wednesday in New York after his speech before the 80th United Nations General Assembly.

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 21:21 UTC

    Milei reiterates Argentina's claim to Malvinas at UN Assembly

    Milei accused world leaders of sticking to the current status quo not to offend potential voters

    In his speech to the United Nations' General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Argentine President Javier Milei insisted on his country's claim to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, describing the case as “legitimate and inalienable.”

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Additional financial help for Argentina announced

    Caputo thanked the World Bank for its efforts

    Following meetings in the United States, including the one between President Javier Milei and his US colleague Donald Trump, the South American country has secured significant financial support from international agencies.