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Montevideo, February 1st 2025 - 20:44 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

    Milei reshapes Tax Bureau, blends it with Customs

    The move entails a 15% staff downsizing and a significant salary cut for the higher-ranking officials, explained Adorni

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei announced Monday that it was dissolving the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP), which is to be replaced by a simplified agency known as ARCA which will also assume Customs functions.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 23:32 UTC

    Milei wants to put last nail in Peronism's coffin with CFK inside

    While Milei wants to sink Peronism, VP Villarruel meets with Peròn's widow and inaugurates a bust of her at the Senate

    Argentine President Javier Milei said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would like to be the one “to put the last nail in the coffin of Kirchnerism with Cristina inside.” By “Cristina” he meant two-time former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).

  • Friday, October 18th 2024 - 09:35 UTC

    Indec: Argentina's wholesale inflation up 2% last month

    Milei said on X that his government was “taming” inflation

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released a study Thursday according to which wholesale prices went up only 2% last month, it was reported in Buenos Aires. President Javier Milei celebrated the news and praised Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo for it.

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

    Argentina: College students rise against Libertarian budgetary constraints

    The protests include classes in the streets

    Last week's veto by President Javier Milei against the University Finance Bill, which survived a parliamentarian challenge, has nevertheless sparked a nationwide conflict between the Libertarian administration and student groups claiming that the tuition-free higher education that has been a pillar of social mobility in Argentina was at stake. Some outlets even defined the uprising as “Estudiantazo” as some classes were held in the streets as part of the surging protests.

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Milei welcomes Boris Johnson at Casa Rosada

    The main topic of their encounter was reportedly a meeting between Milei and Mick Jagger. The Falklands/Malvinas case was never discussed

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday welcomed former UK Primer Minister Boris Johnson at Casa Rosada, after which the South American leader announced he would travel to England for a meeting with musician Mick Jagger at a date yet to be determined. Milei had already discussed rock with another exPM - Lord David Cameron - whom he met as Foreign Secretary.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Milei's veto of college funding bill survives Congressional challenge

    Overriding his veto would have meant “giving in to the old policy and return to the Country Risk we had with Kirchnerism,” Milei explained

    Despite lacking a majority of its own, Argentina's ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Wednesday succeeded at the Lower House in keeping enforceable President Javier Milei's veto from last week against the newly approved university funding bill by garnering a total of 84 votes with help from occasional allies such as a few rogue UCR lawmakers, thus rendering the opposition's 164 votes insufficient after key abstentions to override the presidential decision.

  • Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 10:03 UTC

    Argentine VP meets with Spanish Senate Speaker in Madrid

    Villarruel and the conservative Rollán talked for over an hour

    Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel met Monday in Madrid with her Senate Speaker colleague Pedro Rollán on the opening day of her first trip abroad since her inauguration last year.

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 18:47 UTC

    Milei vetoes university funding bill, sparks another feud with the opposition

    Milei kept his word to not let anything affect his zero-deficit policies

    Despite Wednesday's demonstrations against it nationwide, Argentine President Javier Milei vetoed the bill on funding public universities passed by Congress last month on the grounds that “it would seriously hinder the sustainability of public finances.” After the measure was announced, opposition lawmakers pledged to convene next week in a move to reverse it through Parliamentarian mechanisms.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Venezuela issues arrest warrant against 16 other Argentines in connection with Emtrasur case

    Milei is an agent of international Zionism in Latin America, Saab claimed

    Venezuela's Public Prosecutor's Office Monday requested the arrest of another 16 Argentines in connection with the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter airplane seized in Buenos Aires and handed over to the United States during the government of Alberto Fernández for its alleged involvement in logistics support to Iran-backed terrorist activities.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 09:16 UTC

    Milei welcomes Bukele at Casa Rosada

    Bukele arrived in Buenos Aires last Friday but his activities during the weekend remained under the utmost secrecy

    Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele met Monday in Casa Rosada with his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei to discuss bilateral cooperation on issues such as “energy, trade, and security,” it was reported in Buenos Aires. During his stay in the Argentine capital, Bukele also held an encounter with Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and participated in other protocol engagements.