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Montevideo, July 1st 2025 - 00:06 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei adjusts Yacyretá tariff ahead of new operating agreement

    Milei adjusted the price of Yacyretá electricity to US$ 28 per megawatt hour (MWh) from the previous US$ 17

    Argentine President Javier Milei signed Decree No. 303/2025, authorizing a new Operating Agreement for the Yacyretá Hydroelectric Power Plant, a binational entity co-owned by Argentina and Paraguay. The agreement sets a tariff increase from US$17 to US$28 per megawatt-hour (MWh) to optimize supply, ensure financial stability, and support technological modernization

  • Monday, May 5th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Argentina: US SOUTHCOM Chief passes through – consequences to be seen shortly?

    Admiral Holsey's recent trip should produce visible results shortly, it is speculated

    Argentine nationalist sectors are concerned that US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Chief Admiral Alvin Holsey's recent visit could signal the beginning of a sovereignty handover to Washington, which President Javier Milei is believed to favor.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    World Bank grants additional US$ 230 million to Milei's Argentina

    The WB has so far given US$ 1.5 billion to Milei's administration

    The World Bank (WB) Friday approved a US$ 230 million loan for Argentina to enhance job creation and training, supporting the “Promoting Employment” and “Back to Work” programs. This financing, part of a US$ 12 billion three-year package following Argentina’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement, aims to benefit over 800,000 unemployed individuals through training, job search services, and socio-labor skill certification, it was explained.

  • Friday, May 2nd 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    Milei insists Argentines “do not hate journalists enough”

    “Today, they cannot extort and blackmail,” given the existence of social media, Milei also argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei launched a fierce attack on the press via social media, defending his advisor Santiago Caputo, who intimidated a Tiempo Argentino photographer during a Buenos Aires City electoral debate.

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 20:55 UTC

    Supermarket sales in Argentina plummet under Milei, UBA study finds

    There are no positive signs on the demand side

    Supermarket sales in Argentina have dropped by 8% while wholesale sales have plummeted by 22% under President Javier Milei, a report from the University of Buenos Aires showed Tuesday. The decline is attributed to adjustment policies causing high inflation and tariff hikes, which eroded wage purchasing power, redirecting spending from consumer goods to basic services, thus reversing a brief recovery between January and November 2023 (before Milei took office).

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Milei returns to BA after lunch with Meloni

    While attending the Pope's funeral, Milei had lunch with Meloni but almost no contact with any other world leader except Macron

    During his stay in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral, Argentine President Javier Milei had lunch with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interacted briefly with other leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, but had no direct contact with US President Donald Trump, who had other priorities, like talking to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

    Aerolineas Argentinas to shut down all but 2 ticket offices

    These cost cuts come as the Libertarian government is expected to resurface privatizing the airline

    Argentine President Javier Milei's “chainsaw” policies reached flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas, which will be shutting down 19 of its 21 ticket offices nationwide. Only the Mendoza and Córdoba branches will remain operational, pushing customers to online booking and purchasing.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentine President off to funeral of Argentine Pope

    Milei is due back in Buenos Aires on Sunday

    Argentine President Javier Milei will be departing Thursday for Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral at the Vatican. No bilateral meetings have been confirmed with other attending world leaders, such as US President Donald Trump. Milei is due back in Buenos Aires on Sunday.

  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Milei's romantic partner announces end of relationship

    Milei has been involved with entertainment figures who never played any First Lady roles

    Amalia Josefina Trombetta, known publicly as Amalia Yuyito González, announced Monday that her romantic affair with Argentine President Javier Milei had come to an end after less than a year.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Journalists' guild says Milei crossed the line

    Fopea urged Milei and other people in positions of power to perform their duties with moderation

    Argentina's Forum of Journalists (Fopea) Tuesday condemned President Javier Milei for his “aggravating and violent expressions” against journalists Jorge Fernández Díaz, Carlos Pagni, and Alfredo Leuco, whom he accused of “poisoning people,” lying, and causing economic harm.