The Argentine president Javier Milei has been facing a growing conflict with the governors for days over the cut in financing ordered by the national Executive to the provinces and on Monday the presidential spokesperson rejected the threat of the president of the province of Chubut to block the supply of oil to the rest […]
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Prosecutor asks to increase Cristina Fernández’s sentence to 12 years in corruption trial
A prosecutor asked this Monday to aggravate the sentence of the former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez (2007-2015) in a trial for corruption, for which the former vice president had already been sentenced in December 2022 to six years in prison and disqualification from public office. During the first hearing to review the sentence against Fernández, […]
After meeting with Trump, Milei returns to Argentina to face internal tensions
The president of Argentina, Javier Mileiarrived in Argentina this Monday after participating over the weekend in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC, English) in USA and in the midst of the controversy unleashed with the governors of the provinces over the fiscal adjustment. “Hello everyone…!!! I am the lion… I am already on Argentine soil. […]
Milei warns that cutting off hydrocarbon supplies would violate property rights
The president of Argentina, Javier Mileiwarned this Sunday that cutting the supply of hydrocarbonsas the Government of the southern Argentine province of Chubut threatens to do, would imply violating property rights. “That would imply violating property rights, which is a crime. If he does, Justice will take action,” he warned. Milei in television statements. The […]
Blinken gives a boost to Milei despite his closeness to Trump
The Secretary of State of USAAntony Blinken, this Friday, gave a boost to the new president of Argentina, the ultra-libertarian Javier Mileiand his economic reform plan despite the president’s closeness to donald trumpgreat rival of the American president, Joe Biden. Blinken traveled to Buenos Aires to meet with Mileiwho has been in office for just […]
Argentina: social movements protest against the Milei adjustment plan
This Friday the social movements and left-wing picketers carry out a series of protests in Argentina speaking out against the adjustment plan of the Government of Javier Milei and the policy that would be eliminating the mediation of these organizations in helping the most vulnerable. As part of this protest, the Piquetero Fighting Frontmade up […]
Javier Milei mocks the dialogue and raises the minimum wage by just 30%
After negotiations between the Governmentcompanies and unions, the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, established by decree a 30% increase in the minimum wage. This adjustment will occur in two tranches: in February it will reach 180,000 pesos (US$210 at the official exchange rate) and, for March, it will reach 202,800 pesos (US$235). The unilateral decision […]
Tension grows in Argentina due to the losing race of wages against inflation
They grow in Argentina union protests, such as the strike in the health sector this Thursday or in the railway sector the day before, due to the sharp drop in the purchasing power of salaries in the face of a inflation very high, in a context of severe economic adjustment. After this Wednesday’s strike of […]
Javier Milei raises the minimum wage in Argentina to US$230, less than what workers request
After failed negotiations with companies and unions, the Argentine president raised monthly remuneration by only 30% in a context where inflation shot up to 254%. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar in Peru today, Wednesday, February 20: price for purchase and sale Sunat Auctions: Superintendence will auction houses and land in […]
France lends 65 million euros to Argentine province to care for the environment
The Argentine province of Santa Fe (center) obtained this Tuesday a loan of 65 million euros (about US$ 70 million) for environmental works by signing an agreement with the French Agency for Development (AFD) within the framework of the visit of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs , Stéphane Séjourné, to the South American country. […]