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Montevideo, September 4th 2026 - 15:11 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

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

    Milei decree allows expulsion of foreigners over hate messages against Argentina

    Whoever attacks the Argentine Republic is not welcome in the country, the Office of the President said in announcing the measure

    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 crisis erupted when Argentine President Javier Milei spoke at the Liberal Party's national convention in São Paulo, where he backed Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy

    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

    The remarks led to the sharpest diplomatic response between the two countries in years

    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

    At the time of the announcement, neither the text of the agreement nor any public statement from the company about its terms had been released

    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

    It is Georgieva's first visit to the country since taking over the institution in 2019 and the first by a top IMF official to Buenos Aires in eight years

    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

    Milei defended his government's alignment with the United States and Israel and again criticized Brazil's judiciary for barring him from visiting Jair Bolsonaro

    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

    Milei said Brazil faces what he called a “Lula risk” and argued the country is heading toward a debt crisis for lack of fiscal adjustment

    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.

  • Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:20 UTC

    “Brazil bows to no one”: the official reaction to Milei's speech in São Paulo

    STF President Luiz Edson Fachin signed a note on behalf of the court describing Milei's remarks as a “disrespectful reference” to a justice of the country's highest court

    Brazil's government and the leadership of its judiciary responded on Saturday to the speech by Argentine President Javier Milei at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy, in which he sharply criticized Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and disparaged a Supreme Federal Court (STF) justice.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 09:14 UTC

    New US tariff scheme expands Argentine zero-duty lines to 2,212

    Argentina was also placed in the lowest band of the new regime, with an additional 10% tariff, the same rate that previously applied

    The new US tariff scheme that took effect on Friday raised to 2,212 the number of Argentine tariff lines that can enter the US market at a 0% rate. To the 1,675 lines already covered by the Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement (ARTI), signed on February 5 in Washington, another 537 were added following a review by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).