Argentina’s Milei sees ‘second chance’ for pared back reform bill
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government has circulated a pared back version of its sprawling omnibus reform bill to lawmakers and governors after Congress rejected it earlier this year, a spokesperson for…
Argentina’s Milei embarks on diplomatic trip to Israel, Italy
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s President Javier Milei set off on an overseas tour on Monday that will see him visit Israel, locked in a conflict in Gaza, and…
Argentina places $3.7 billion in first peso debt auction under Milei
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government placed 2.96 trillion pesos ($3.7 billion) at a debt auction on Wednesday, according to an economy ministry statement, coming in the second week of libertarian President…
Mexican president urges Argentines to peacefully resist Milei
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s leftist leader on Friday recommended that Argentines peacefully protest the new government of radical libertarian President Javier Milei, who took office last week promising deep budget cuts…
Argentina inflation tops 160% spotlighting challenge for Milei
By Hernan Nessi and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s annual inflation rate hit 161% in November, faster than expected and the highest monthly figure this year, laying bare the daunting…
Argentina’s Milei formally seeks OECD accession talks
By Jorgelina do Rosario BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s President Javier Milei has sent a letter to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), formally requesting to start accession talks and…
Argentina monthly inflation set to spike to 12% as Milei era begins
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s consumer prices likely spiked around 12% in November alone, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday, which will be the first monthly inflation…
Mercosur summit overshadowed by fate of EU trade deal, Milei in the wings
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Presidents of the four Mercosur nations met for their annual summit on Thursday with black clouds hovering over the fate of a trade deal…
Nicaragua recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei criticism
(Reuters) -Nicaragua on Monday recalled its ambassador to Argentina ahead of the inauguration of radical right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as the South American country’s next president following his criticism of the Nicaraguan…
Argentina’s Milei to meet Biden aide after lunch with Bill Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei will meet with a top security aide to U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, the White House confirmed on Monday, after the far-right libertarian lunched…
Trump unlikely to attend Milei inauguration in Argentina -source
(Reuters) – The December inauguration of Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei will likely not count former U.S. President Donald Trump among the attendees, a person familiar with matter told Reuters on Monday. The…
Argentina’s Milei, IMF discuss fiscal adjustment plan, monetary program
(Reuters) – Argentina President-elect Javier Milei said on Friday he had spoken with the director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, regarding plans to adjust the country’s fiscal policy and…
Argentina’s Milei says shutting central bank ‘non-negotiable’
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei said on Friday that the closure of the country’s central bank, a signature campaign pledge, was a “non-negotiable matter”, according to a statement from…
Argentina’s Milei taps new YPF chief in one of first major decisions
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei selected a senior energy executive to lead state oil company YPF on Wednesday, his spokesperson announced, in one of the leader’s…
Mexico president calls Argentina’s election of Milei an “own goal”
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday called Argentina’s election of Javier Milei as its new president an “own goal”, even as he said that he respected…
Argentina President-elect Milei meets outgoing Fernandez after election win
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentinian President-elect Javier Milei arrived on Tuesday morning at the presidential residence in the suburbs of Buenos Aires to meet outgoing Peronist leader Alberto Fernandez, to begin a…
Analysis-Argentina’s Milei must learn political game to make the changes he seeks
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Javier Milei promised in his first speech as president-elect that there would be “no room for half measures” to revive the country from its…
Argentines hopeful, nervous over ‘leap into the void’ with Milei
By Lucinda Elliott BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines expressed a mixture of ecstasy and trepidation on Monday after libertarian outsider Javier Milei, pledging radical fixes to the economy, swept to power with…
Shares in Argentina’s YPF soar as Milei hints at privatization
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – New York-traded shares in Argentine state-run oil company YPF soared more than 40% on Monday after President-elect Javier Milei said he would seek to privatize the firm. The…
IMF, China ready to work with new Argentina leader Milei
LONDON (Reuters) – Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund, and a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said on Monday they were ready to work with Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei. Argentina…
Populist Javier Milei Wins Argentina Presidential Election
Populist Javier Milei Wins Argentina Presidential Election Jake Smith on November 19, 2023 Libertarian candidate Javier Milei secured victory in the Argentinian presidential election on Sunday, defeating left-leaning economy minister Sergio Massa,…
Trump congratulates Argentine libertarian Milei on election win
(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 world was…
Argentina election race close with Milei in the lead, pollsters say
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Far-right libertarian Javier Milei is leading the polls ahead of Argentina’s Oct. 22 presidential vote, but it remains a tight race between the top three candidates, three surveys…
Argentina’s Milei scores big in provinces, including Kirchner stronghold
By Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s shock primary election leader Javier Milei, a radical libertarian economist, scored the largest share of the national vote with big wins in the provinces,…
Analysis-Could Argentine radical libertarian Javier Milei win the presidency?
By 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 in open…
Argentina election race narrows as libertarian Milei loses ground – pollsters
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s election race is narrowing into a two-horse race, polling ahead of the Aug. 13 primary vote shows, with the ruling Peronist coalition’s choice of…
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