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Montevideo, August 18th 2025 - 20:54 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Friday, April 4th 2025 - 08:35 UTC

    Argentine Senate gives thumbs down to Milei's Supreme Court nominees

    García-Mansilla must now decide whether to stay until Nov. 30 or pack up

    Argentina's Upper House Thursday gave its thumbs down to the two candidates President Javier Milei had nominated to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court (CSJN). While Manuel García-Mansilla has already been sworn in for the duration of the current Legislature as per a presidential decree, Ariel Lijo chose not to follow suit because he was not granted unpaid leave as the magistrate in charge of the Buenos Aires City Federal Court # 4.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Milei promotes war veterans to reserve second lieutenants

    “The first step to advance our demands is to honor those who have historically fought and given their lives for them,” Casa Rosada argued in a statement

    Argentine President Javier Milei signed a decree promoting combatants in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War who wished to enlist as reserve officers -known as “aspiring reserve officers” or AOR- to the rank of Second Lieutenant.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 16:46 UTC

    Milei wants Islanders to want to be Argentine

    Sovereignty is an Orwellian concept under which politicians have mascaraded their dirty business, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Wednesday during the main Malvinas War Veterans' Day ceremony that his government would work to turn his country into a serious one so that the people of the Falkland Islands would want to be a part of it.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Milei announces new trip to US to seek help

    Milei meeting with Trump to speed up negotiations with the IMF is expected but not confirmed

    Argentine President Javier Milei is set to travel to the United States again late Wednesday after the April 2 Malvinas Veterans' Day ceremony, probably to meet his local colleague, Donald Trump, at the latter's Mar-a-Lago residence. However, this encounter has not been confirmed.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 19:55 UTC

    April 2 Malvinas Day to further showcase rift in Argentine gov't

    Villarruel has a separate agenda from that of the President, Malvinas or otherwise

    The April 2 Malvinas War Veteran's Day holiday will showcase the rift in the Argentine Government much more than it would highlight any question of sovereignty and patriotism. While President Javier Milei will head the ceremony in the Buenos Aires district of Retiro, where a cenotaph remembers thhose fallen in the 1982 conflict, Vice President Victoria Villarruel -who was not invited- is to attend an event in Ushuaia to join a group of former combatants, which her late father also was.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Milei celebrates official figures showing a decline in poverty

    “The drop in the number of poor people is more than ten million,” Milei noted

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday boasted his administration's achievement of lowering poverty from 52.9% in the first semester of 2024 to 38.1% by the end of the year, compared to 41.7% at the end of 2023. Indigence (extreme poverty) also decreased to 8.2% from higher levels earlier in the year, according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).

  • Saturday, March 29th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    No place for “chainsaw” policies in Chile, says Boric

    Boric highlighted his difference with the Argentine government and the Chilean opposition

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font, speaking at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) annual meeting in Santiago Friday, underlined the importance of long-term projects and institutional stability over short-term, drastic reforms like the ones implemented by his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, whom he was obviously referring to, since he used the Libertarian's “chainsaw” war cry, which US Department of Government Efficiency Chief Elon Musk has also echoed.

  • Saturday, March 29th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentina: Skyrocketing food prices threaten gov't inflationary targets

    It is highly unlikely that Milei's administration can record a 2% inflation in March with food prices going up as they are

    Argentina is experiencing a sharp increase in food prices, complicating the government's goal of keeping inflation close to 2%. Private consulting firms report that food prices rose by approximately 3.2% to 4% so far this month, with total inflation projected to be between 2.4% and 3%. Key drivers include dairy and eggs (up 5.8%), meat (up 5%), vegetables (up 3.3%), and beverages (up 2.2%).

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Argentina can always count on France, Macron tells Milei

    “We will continue to work together,” Milei said after conferring with Macron

    Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France and Argentina's Javier Milei held a telephone conversation Tuesday, during which the European leader conveyed his strong support to the Libertarian administration's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “The Argentine people can always count on France,” Macron stressed. His country has a 4.03% voting power on the IMF executive board, ranking fifth globally. Milei and Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo thanked Macron on social media for his message while the IMF was discussing Argentina's case at it Washington DC headquarters.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 09:07 UTC

    Milei orders declassifying Nazi and military dictatorship files

    The announcements are pure demagogy because the people who could do the declassifying have all been fired citing spending cuts, it was argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced Monday two significant declassification initiatives. First, at the request of US Senator Steve Daines, he ordered the release of all official documents related to Nazis who sought refuge in Argentina after World War II, Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos confirmed. These files, primarily held by the Defense Ministry, include financial records and their release would end decades of secrecy.