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Montevideo, May 30th 2025 - 08:01 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • 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.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

    Human rights groups and opposition criticize Milei's denialist stance regarding the country's genocide in the late 1970s

    “Enough of denialism and apology of the genocide,” the groups underlined (Pic AFP)

    Argentine human rights organizations gathered Monday at Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo to deliver a speech marking the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta's uprising against María Estela Martínez de Perón. During the National Memory, Truth, and Justice Holiday, they once again addressed the disappearances and tortures during the dictatorship while blaming President Javier Milei and Vice-President Victoria Villarruel for their “denialist” approach to the issue.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Argentine gov't releases “full history” video highlighting pre-coup terrorism in the 1970s

    “History must be told in full or it becomes an instrument of political manipulation,” Milei's Government argued

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei Monday released a video on social media saying March 24, 2025, should be the “Day of Complete Memory” on the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta uprising headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafel Videla, marking the beginning of the self-appointed National Reorganization Process which ended up in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War and a return to democratic rule the following year.

  • Friday, March 21st 2025 - 09:32 UTC

    Argentina: Indec finds unemployment on the rise

    The lagging dollar has economic activities stagnating. Milei desperately needs a new loan from the IMF to boost the economy

    Unemployment in Argentina in the last quarter of 2024 rose to 6.4%, up 0.7 points from 5.7% in Q4 2023, but down 0.5 points from Q3 2024 (6.9%), the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) said in a report released Thursday. Joblessness was higher in the Greater Buenos Aires area (7.1%) and lower in Patagonia (4%) while more women (6.9%) than men (6.1%) were going through that plight.

  • Thursday, March 20th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Argentina's Lower House greenlights Milei's IMF emergency decree

    Most lawmakers “understood the mandate of the ballot boxes,” Casa Rosada said after the outcome

    Argentina's Lower House Wednesday gave its nod to President Javier Milei's Emergency Decree (DNU) clearing the way for further borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reinforce Central Bank reserves and manage debt by 129 votes in favor, 108 against, and 6 abstentions with endorsements from the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) as well as other parties, such as PRO, UCR, Coalición Cívica, Innovación Federal, Producción y Trabajo, and a group of Encuentro Federal lawmakers. Opposition came primarily from the Peronist Unión por la Patria (UxP), leftwing groups, and other minor factions.

  • Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 19:09 UTC

    Milei halts scheduled trip to Israel

    Milei was visited at Casa Rosada by Israel's Ambassador Eyal Sela (L) and World Holocaust Remembrance Center and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance President Dani Dayan (R)

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced Wednesday that he suspended his planned trip to Israel this coming weekend. Although no specific reason was given, it is speculated that the resumption of hostilities against the terrorist group Hamas coupled with various domestic challenges tipped the scale in this direction.

  • Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Peronists oppose Milei's intention to take another loan from the IMF

    Milei's DNU circumvented his duty to have Congress approve indebting the country, the PJ argued

    Argentina's Justicialist [Peronist] Party (PJ) led by former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Tuesday expressed its rejection of President Javier Milei's Emergency Decree (DNU) 179/25 clearing the way for further borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with no Congressional approval. The PJ deemed the initiative “illegitimate” and unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated Law 27.612, which requires the Executive to submit full IMF agreement details to Congress, and Article 75 of the National Constitution, which assigns Congress the authority to manage national debt.

 

 

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