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Tag: Javier Milei

  • Tuesday, October 7th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    Milei plays rockstar in midterm campaign rally and book launch

    “I'm going to have to write more books to have more of this,” Milei celebrated

    Argentine President Javier Milei held a large-scale political event at Buenos Aires' Movistar Arena on Monday, combining a musical show with the presentation of his new book, La Construcción del Milagro (The Construction of the Miracle), just three weeks before the midterm elections, with his La Libertad Avanza forecast to suffer a major defeat following the scandal involving Congressman José Luis Espert and other dubious affairs..

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Espert steps down from reelection bid

    “The necessary explanations will be given at the appropriate time and in the appropriate place,” Espert argued

    Despite previous announcements in the opposite direction, Libertarian Congressman José Luis Espert admitted on Sunday that he would be dropping his reelection bid to the federal Congress after he was linked to a notorious drug-trafficker wanted in the US State of Texas.

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Milei-Macri rapprochement agreed upon for after midterms

    This renewed dialogue was reportedly influenced by Trump and the IMF

    Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Friday visited the incumbent Javier Milei at the Olivos Residence to discuss a joint strategy after the Oct. 26 midterm elections.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Bessent insists US ready to help Argentina

    Under heavy flak for his crumbling economic policies, Milei likened Bessent to footballer Lionel Messi

    US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly reiterated his strong support for Argentine President Javier Milei's government, confirming that his agency was prepared “to do whatever it takes” to stabilize the South American country's economy and was working on a currency swap package believed to be around US$20 billion.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Two vetoes repealed: New Congressional defeat for Milei

    The Senate rejected the vetoes Milei signed in August

    The Argentine Senate rejected President Javier Milei's vetoes on two key bills—the University Funding Law and the Pediatric Emergency Law (which allocates resources to the Garrahan Hospital)—effectively ensuring both laws remain in force.

  • 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.