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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 20:43 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:50 UTC

    Milei praises Minister Caputo and says 30% monthly inflation would be ”a great achievement”

    Some “useful idiots” focus on the forms when the country needs a rapid response, Milei insisted

    Argentine President Javier Milei praised Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo for his management of the country's inflation for December 2023 and said that if it reached 30% it would be “a great number” because previous estimates spoke of 45%.

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 11:03 UTC

    Milei arrives in Rio Gallegos enroute to Antarctica

    Milei is to tour the Marambio and Esperanza bases, weather permitting

    Argentine President Javier Milei landed at around 8.30 pm Friday in Río Gallegos to stay the night before flying on to the Marambio Base in Antarctica. Traveling with the head of state were Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs), Guillermo Francos (Interior), and Luis Petri (Defense) as well as Presidential Secretary Karina Milei, among other officials making up the entourage of 23.

  • Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 22:45 UTC

    Milei's radical reform suffers first legal setback after court suspends labor chapter

    In response to this setback, the Milei government promptly announced its intention to appeal the court's decision

    In a significant legal blow to President Javier Milei's ambitious labor reform agenda, a court in Argentina has temporarily suspended the recently enacted labor reform, responding to concerns raised by labor unions. This marks a judicial obstacle for Milei's rapid-fire reformist approach since taking office less than a month ago.

  • Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:42 UTC

    IMF delegation to visit Buenos Aires for further discussions

    Argentina is in an extremely delicate situation, Adorni admitted

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo are to meet in Buenos Aires with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Argentina lifts restrictions on beef exports

    Before the restrictions, beef exports in 2020 amounted to one million tons

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has authorized the export of seven “popular cuts” of beef which had been banned from sales abroad under Alberto Fernández, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Milei traveling to Antarctica this week

    Milei has been criticized for his disregard of environmental issues

    Argentine President Javier Milei will be traveling to Antarctica this coming Friday, Jan. 5, alongside Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Petri (Defense), it was reported in Buenos Aires. The head of state intends to launch a “pollution control,” according to Casa Rosada sources.

  • Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:24 UTC

    Argentina sends note rejecting BRICS entry

    Milei prefers the United States and Israel as partners

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei this week sent a note announcing that the South American country would not be joining the BRICS group on Jan. 1 as agreed upon with the previous administration of Alberto Fernández.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 11:16 UTC

    Petro opens arms to free-ride students targeted by Argentine bill

    On the domestic front, Petro wants local companies to “free themselves” to compete and be more productive

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Friday announced on social media that his government would assist some 20,000 nationals from his country who might be affected by Argentine President Javier Milei's proposed austerity measures regarding spending cuts including an end to tuition-free studies for non-resident foreigners.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina's Supreme Court to review Milei's decree in February

    DNU 70/2023 “causes irreparable damage to the citizenry for being contrary to” several articles of the Constitution, Quintela argued

    Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) Friday agreed to review the constitutionality of President Javier Milei's recent emergency decree (DNU) deregulating most of the country's economy but announced it will not happen until after the Jan. 2024 Judiciary recess

  • Thursday, December 28th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Milei sends multi-item reform bill to Argentine Congress

    The bill, named the “Bases and Points for Argentine Freedom Act,” has 664 articles

    Argentine President Javier Milei Wednesday sent to Congress a multi-item bill providing for the suppression of the Mandatory, Simultaneous, and Open Primary (PASO) elections, tougher police control in case of protests, and the privatization of 41 public companies, among other measures to rescue the South American country from its current crisis.