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Montevideo, September 23rd 2025 - 13:35 UTC

Tag: Victoria Villarruel

  • 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.

  • Saturday, January 18th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Villarruel in charge of Argentina's Executive due to Milei's trip

    Milei is to attend Trump's inauguration and the WEF in Davos, among other engagements

    Argentina Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni posted on X Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel was to be briefed shortly that she was to take over the Executive Branch given President Javier Milei's trip to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration and to Davos for a World Economic Forum (WEF) convention, among other engagements.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    Senator Kueider's expulsion sparks new controversy in Argentina

    “Until they do not transfer power to me, I am vice president,” Villarruel wrote on X

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted from Italy that Thursday's session during which Senator Edgardo Kueider was expelled from the Upper House after being arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared cash was not valid because it was chaired by Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who, at that time, was in charge of the Executive. Other analysts shared that view.

  • Saturday, November 30th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Posters of VP Villarruel rekindle feud with Milei

    It is yet unknown who was behind the stunt that did shake Buenos Aires' political waters

    Buenos Aires dawned Friday with posters of Vice President Victoria Villarruel apparently launching a political movement of her own, which further stirred the political momentum amid tensions between her and President Javier Milei. The phenomenon sparked a series of accusations as to who was behind the initiative, of which the Senate Speaker's Office denied any knowledge.

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