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Montevideo, August 18th 2026 - 08:35 UTC

Tag: Victoria Villarruel

  • Tuesday, August 18th 2026 - 06:52 UTC

    Argentina's vice-president says she is “extremely worried” about those who cannot make ends meet

    “The political class has to start thinking about those issues, almost to the exclusion of everything else,” she added, speaking to farmers and reporters

    Argentina's vice-president, Victoria Villarruel, has again distanced herself from Javier Milei's government, voicing concern over unemployment and the financial difficulties facing households. “I am extremely worried about Argentines who today have no work or who cannot make ends meet,” she said at the opening of Expo Venado 2026, an agricultural fair in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe province.

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  • Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 07:24 UTC

    Milei says he has chosen a 2027 running mate amid rupture with his vice president

    He said he has settled on his running mate for next year but prefers to keep the name to himself for now, in an interview published on Sunday by Diario Río Negro

    Argentine President Javier Milei said he has already decided who will run alongside him as vice-presidential candidate in the October 2027 elections, while withholding the name, in remarks that come amid an open confrontation with his current vice president, Victoria Villarruel.

  • Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 04:10 UTC

    Argentine VP tells islanders to 'go back to England' as US presses UK over F-16 jets

    Villarruel made the statement despite despite the fact that in the 2013 referendum islanders voted by a 99.8% majority to remain British

    The Falklands sovereignty dispute returned to the centre of the diplomatic agenda this week with two developments of immediate impact: comments by Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel demanding that islanders “go back to England” if they “feel English” — despite the fact that in the 2013 referendum islanders voted by a 99.8% majority to remain British — and a disclosure published by The Telegraph that the United States had pressured the British government to tolerate the delivery to Argentina of F-16 fighter jets sourced from allied territory.

  • Friday, September 12th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Argentine VP posts cryptic entry on social media after Bolsonaro's sentencing

    Villarruel never mentioned Bolsonaro by name, leaving her followers guessing what she meant exactly

    Following the conviction of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel posted a message on social media stating, “It is disturbing that in America, democratically elected presidents end up in prison.”

  • Friday, September 5th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Argentine Senate overrides Milei's veto against Emergency Disability Law

    The Senate was presided over by Abdala because Villarruel is discharging executive duties, given Milei's trip

    Argentina's Senate voted Thursday by 63 to 7 to override President Javier Milei’s veto of the Disability Emergency Law, making it the first time in 22 years that Congress has successfully overturned a presidential thumbs down.

  • Monday, July 14th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    Milei ups rift with Villarruel

    Milei reposted publications calling Villarruel a “traitor”, a “demagogue,” and a “brute”

    Argentine President Javier Milei has publicly escalated his conflict with Vice President Victoria Villarruel, reposting a series of accusatory messages on his X account, labeling her a “traitor,” “demagogue,” and “brute.” This follows growing tension between the two, particularly after Villarruel presided over a Senate session that approved opposition-backed bills to increase pensions, which Milei vowed to veto.

  • Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Villarruel leads Independence Day celebrations amid Milei’s absence

    “I left late, I had already decided to come because I have been here many times,” Villarruel explained

    While President Javier Milei could not attend the main Independence Day celebrations in Tucumán, citing poor visibility affecting flights, Vice President Victoria Villarruel managed to travel to the city where the declaration was signed 209 years ago. “How could I not be here?” she said.

  • Monday, May 5th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Argentina: US SOUTHCOM Chief passes through – consequences to be seen shortly?

    Admiral Holsey's recent trip should produce visible results shortly, it is speculated

    Argentine nationalist sectors are concerned that US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Chief Admiral Alvin Holsey's recent visit could signal the beginning of a sovereignty handover to Washington, which President Javier Milei is believed to favor.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 17:09 UTC

    Argentine VP calls for “re-Malvinization” process

    The cause of the Malvinas Islands unites Argentina, Villarruel argued

    Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel was the main speaker at a ceremony in Ushuaia marking the 43rd anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Her participation at an event separate from the one headed by President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires transpired internal differences within the once successful electoral ticket.

  • 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.

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