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Montevideo, May 6th 2025 - 19:22 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Unprecedented storm: Roof collapses in Bahía Blanca killing 13

    “I am perfectly confident that you will be able to resolve this situation in the best possible way, with the existing resources,” Milei told the people of Bahía Blanca

    At least 13 people were reported dead in the city port of Bahía Blanca some 690 kilometers south of the Argentine capital and three others elsewhere in the province of Buenos Aires after Sunday's storms. Parts of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), where one victim was reported, and other provinces were left without electricity for hours.

  • Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Milei booed at Boca Juniors elections for supporting Macri

    Milei, who once tried a career in football, is not quite popular in the most popular of clubs

    Argentine President Javier Milei was jeered and called names Sunday when he cast his vote for Andrés Ibarra for president of Club Atlético Boca Juniors at the iconic Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires before leaving for the storm-hit Bahía Blanca.

  • Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

    IDB will continue to support Argentina

    However, the IDB is not involved in Argentina's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, Goldfajn explained

    Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn said his entity “has supported Argentina for many years and decades and will continue to” do so after President Javier Milei's administration adopted a series of measures he found to be “strong.”

  • Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Argentina: Milei says burden on private sector is “transitory”

    Argentina: Milei says burden on private sector is “transitory”

    Argentine President Javier Milei Friday released a live broadcast through his Instagram account explaining that “The effort that falls on the private sector is transitory.” The head of state added his administration was “focused on avoiding hyperinflation.”

  • Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Presidential Spokesman warns Argentina going through hyperinflation

    President Milei's administration wants to put an end to privileges, Adorni also said

    Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni Friday confirmed his country was going through hyperinflation since the 1% daily rate mentioned earlier this week by Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo would result in a 3,678% per annum.

  • Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Inflation is 1% daily, Caputo says

    Argentina needs an orthodox fiscal policy, Caputo explained

    Argentine Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo said Thursday that inflation in his country stood already at 1% per day and insisted that measures were being taken to get out of this “financial catastrophe” through a classic orthodox stabilization plan. “We are in that process, but we are very confident,” he stressed.

  • Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Argentine granted CAF loan to face IMF maturities

    Milei did ask for the release of a US$ 6 billion swap agreed upon with former Economy Minister Massa

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has been granted a loan of nearly US$ 1 billion by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) to face maturities with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) later this month.

  • Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Ties between Brazil and Argentina to remain despite ideological differences, FM says

    The bilateral relationship will continue well beyond the fact that Lula did not attend Milei's inauguration, Vieira explained

    Brazil intends to keep a good relationship with Argentina despite the ideological differences between the governments of Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

  • Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

    Milei's LLA gets to appoint 2nd in line to Casa Rosda lawmaker

    Villarruel was praised for brokering a majority vote with no help from Peronism

    President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Wednesday managed to get Senator Bartolomé Abdala from the province of San Luis elected Provisional Speaker of the Upper House. The lawmaker thus became second in line to the Casa Rosada behind Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who was praised for her political skills brokering a majority with no help from Peronism to garner 39 votes in favor of Abdala and 29 abstentions with no negative voices.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: Devaluation and austerity measures announced

    “There is no money to pay for works that often end up in the pockets of politicians and businessmen,” Caputo argued

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo Tuesday admitted people would be worse off for a couple of months while announcing in a recorded message the new measures adopted by the administration of President Javier Milei to bounce back from the deep crisis.