By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s public universities held protests on Wednesday against sharp budget cuts by the government of President Javier Milei, turning off the lights in …
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Argentine President Blasts Socialism In Speech At CPAC
Argentine President Blasts Socialism In Speech At CPAC Arjun Singh on February 24, 2024 NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — President Javier Milei of Argentina railed against socialism on Saturday in a …
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Argentine president calls for extraordinary sessions of Congress to speed up reforms
by Reutersby ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei has issued a decree calling for extraordinary sessions to speed up reforms, reinstate the tax on salaries abolished by the previous government, …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s peso opened down 54.24% at 801 per dollar on Wednesday, following a devaluation of the currency carried out by the country’s new government as part …
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Mexico’s America Movil denies report it’s eyeing Argentine telecoms firm Arsat
by Reutersby ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – America Movil, the Mexican telecommunications company controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, on Thursday denied a report it is in talks with Argentine President-elect Javier Milei’s team …
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Argentine election may boost farmer spending, grain prices -biotech firm Bioceres
by Reutersby ReutersBy Tom Polansek (Reuters) – Argentina’s farmers may be more willing to spend money on seeds and other agricultural products, hoping that new President-elect Javier Milei’s policies will improve earnings …
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(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated libertarian Javier Milei, an outsider with radical views to fix the economy, on being elected president in Argentina on Sunday. “The whole …
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Patricia Bullrich: Argentine conservative pledges ‘backbone’ to fight inflation, crime
by Reutersby ReutersBy Eliana Raszewski and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine conservative Patricia Bullrich, who many pegged just months ago as favorite to win the country’s presidential election, is now …
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Argentine executives pitch fiscal discipline as election hits home stretch
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s next government will have to cut spending and stop printing pesos to get the inflation-wrecked economy back on track, executives and other …
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Wielding chainsaw and huge dollar bill, Argentine radical taps into voter fury
by Reutersby ReutersBy Horacio Soria and Juan Bustamante LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – Wielding a chainsaw above his head in the Argentine city of La Plata this week, radical presidential front-runner Javier …
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Argentine peso steady after devaluation as central bank tightens control
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s peso was flat on Tuesday at 350 per dollar after the central bank guided a sharp devaluation a day earlier in the …
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Analysis-Could Argentine radical libertarian Javier Milei win the presidency?
by Reutersby ReutersBy Adam Jourdan, Eliana Raszewski and Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine far-right libertarian Javier Milei shocked the country on Sunday when he won the largest share of the vote …
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Argentine farmers back conservatives in election, hoping for freer markets
by Reutersby ReutersBy Maximilian Heath and Miguel Lo Bianco SAN VICENTE, Argentina (Reuters) – In Argentina’s grains fields and cattle ranches, farmers are hoping upcoming elections will bring political change and an …
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Pope names Argentine bishop, author of kissing book, to top Vatican post
by Reutersby ReutersBy Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Pope Francis has named an Argentine theologian and prolific author who decades ago wrote a book on the healing properties of kissing to be the …
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Argentine judge asks Interpol to arrest suspects in 1994 Jewish centre bombing – media
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – A judge in Argentina sent arrest warrants to Interpol for four Lebanese men suspected of involvement in the 1994 truck bomb attack on a Jewish community centre in …
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Argentine political blocs share spoils in regional elections as libertarians lag
by Reutersby ReutersBy Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s main two political forces both secured victories in regional elections, results showed early on Monday, but candidates for a new libertarian party …
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Argentine central bank logs biggest U.S. dollar purchase in five months
by Reutersby ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s central bank purchased $451 million of foreign currency on Wednesday to bolster its dwindling hard currency reserves, after daily sales from farm exports topped $1 …
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By Horacio Soria BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In Juan Capano’s shoemakers’ workshop on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, 109% inflation makes a painful daily impact: constantly changing input costs for …
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Argentine peso hits record low in black market as economy creaks
by Reutersby ReutersBy Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s peso currency sank in widely used parallel markets on Thursday, hitting a record low against the U.S. dollar as concerns grew about …
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ROME (Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis said on Monday it had invested $155 million to buy a minority stake in a copper mine in Argentina as part of its global push …
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Argentine lawmakers okay 2023 budget bill in overnight session
by Reutersby ReutersBy Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday passed President Alberto Fernandez’s 2023 budget bill after a lengthy, overnight session marked by heated debates …
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Argentine executives expect already sky-high inflation to go higher
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s surging inflation will just keep rising, according to the vast majority of executives surveyed in a poll released on Thursday, even though …
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Argentine state-run miners launch first-time lithium project
by Reutersby ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Units of Argentina’s state oil firm YPF will next month begin lithium exploration in a first-ever entry into the sector by state-run miners as the government …
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Argentine chamber allows release of Venezuelan plane’s detained crew
by Reutersby ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine judicial chamber has allowed 12 of 19 crew members of a Venezuelan plane to leave Argentina, local media reported on Tuesday, after the plane …
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Argentine soy farmers who hoard stock to face higher financing costs, central banks says
by Reutersby ReutersBy Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine soy farmers who hold onto stock of more than 5% of their production will face an elevated financing cost above the normal …