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Montevideo, November 6th 2025 - 21:05 UTC

Tag: Jose Luis Espert

  • Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 09:19 UTC

    Argentina to extradite alleged drug trafficker Fred Machado to US

    Machado's connection with Espert triggered another scandal affecting Milei's La Libertad Avanza

    After around three years of shelving, Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) on Tuesday acquiesced to the extradition request of alleged drug trafficker Federico Andrés “Fred” Machado to the US State of Texas, after which the Executive announced it would move on with all necessary proceedings.

  • Tuesday, October 7th 2025 - 19:12 UTC

    Argentina: Espert steps down as chairman of Lower House's Budget Committee

    Milei wants Congressman Bertie Benegas Lynch to take up the Budget Committee's Chair from Espert

    Congressman José Luis Espert has resigned as chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee in Argentina's Lower House, just hours after withdrawing his reelection candidacy amid a scandal linking him to a drug trafficker wanted in the State of Texas. His bid had further tarnished the already dire situation that President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) is going through.

  • 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.

  • Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Argentine Libertarian Congressman tied to drug trafficker wanted in Texas

    It is becoming more apparent that Espert is not the corruption fighter he claimed to be

    Argentine Congressman José Luis Espert of President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza has been reported to have received campaign funds and other kinds of support from an alleged drug trafficker, now under arrest pending his extradition to the United States.

  • Saturday, September 6th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Buenos Aires province elections could tip the balance of Milei's future

    Espert represents Milei's hopes in the country's largest district

    The Argentine province of Buenos Aires heads into Sunday's midterm elections as a beacon of what may happen in the rest of the country later this year, which could decide President Javier Milei's future, particularly following recent significant setbacks in the Upper House.

  • Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 20:14 UTC

    Argentina: Milei reckons June's inflation to rebound

    Failing to reach a zero fiscal deficit is also the consequence of politicians delaying the approval of the so-called Bases Law, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei admitted that his country's process of curbing inflation would be making “a pause” from the 4.2% the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced for May this year. In addition to a rebound in the decline, there will be no zero deficit, the Libertarian leader also admitted.

  • Wednesday, May 15th 2024 - 16:58 UTC

    Milei celebrates inflation figures football-style

    Milei thanked Toto Caputo for the latest achievement

    Argentine President Javier Milei became overtly extrovert on social media Tuesday after the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced that April's monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) had stood at 8.8%. “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL...!!!!,” he wrote in football-fan mode. Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said inflation had “its death certificate signed.”

  • Wednesday, May 1st 2024 - 23:50 UTC

    Mondino assured of China's support for Argentina's stance regarding Malvinas/Falkland issue

    Beyond China's old support regarding the Malvinas/Falklands controversy, Mondino's trip seems to have yielded almost no results

    Although Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino had the near-impossible task of putting her country on good terms with China despite President Javier Milei's disparaging campaign comments, some common ground was reached this week as the South American diplomat reaffirmed the one-China principle and Beijing backed Argentina's claim to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

  • Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

    Florencio Randazzo makes it to the House after edging Libertarian candidate

    Randazzo was Interior Minister under CFK

    Former Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo finally made it through to the House of Deputies on his own Vamos con Vos front after the final vote count ended up granting him the votes he needed to snatch the seat from the Libertarians, who had already secured victories for José Luis Espert and Carolina Piparo.

  • Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 04:27 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez to court to explain her government's handling of the futures dollar market

    Federal judge Bonadio said Fernandez was suspected of being part of a scheme to keep the Argentine peso inflated by selling derivatives below market value.

    An Argentine court on Friday ordered former President Cristina Fernandez to face questions about her government's handling of the futures dollar market, marking the first time she has been legally summoned for any of the handful of investigations against her.