The Argentine president Javier Milei returned to Buenos Aires on Tuesday after completing an intense tour abroad with redoubled desire to continue making the “chainsaw” against “political caste” by reducing public spending. This was expressed by the ultraliberal president during the flight back to the Argentine capital, after ending a week-long trip during which he […]
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After hugs and alfajores, Milei meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican
The Argentine president Javier Milei He was received this Monday by his compatriot Pope Francis, in an audience in the Vatican aimed at strengthening the relationship between two ideologically opposed leaders and in which the most Argentine of gifts was not missing: alfajores. The Argentine pontiff and Milei met for an hour and ten minutes […]
Markets in Argentina react negatively to Milei’s setback in Congress
Public securities and shares of companies Argentina fell this Wednesday, while the country risk index grew and the dollar prices increased in a negative reaction from investors to the setback suffered in Congress by the ‘omnibus law’ promoted by the president Javier Milei. Argentine sovereign bonds in dollars closed with falls of between 2.8% and […]
Fire advances in native Patagonian forests in southern Argentina
Some 6,000 hectares of native forests were consumed by an uncontrolled fire in the province of Chubut, Patagonia region in southern Argentina, while firefighters are fighting another outbreak in an important natural reserve in the neighboring province of Río Negro, this reported. Tuesday authorities. In Chubut, the strong wind and high temperatures fueled the flames […]
Milei’s ‘omnibus law’ prepares for key vote in Argentine Congress
The ‘omnibus law’ project promoted by the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, will be submitted this Tuesday to an “article by article” discussion in the Chamber of Deputies, a procedure that tests the negotiating capacity of the ruling party before submitting the initiative to the Senate. After three days of a tense debate last week […]
Argentine executive celebrates “historic day” for vote in favor of ‘omnibus law’
The Argentine Government celebrated this Friday the “historic day” that marked the favorable vote of the Law Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines, known as the ‘omnibus law’, which was generally approved pending its approval. also its articles. In a message published on his X social network account, the Minister of Economy, […]
Milei’s measures “lead us to ruin”: tension in mobilizations before Congress
Called by left-wing and union organizations, several thousand people gathered this Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, during the first debate session of the so-called ‘omnibus law’, the star project of the Executive of libertarian Javier Milei. . The mobilization passed without incident until after 5:30 p.m. (8:30 […]
Government of Argentina will appeal decision that declared its labor reform “invalid”
The government of Argentina will appeal to the Supreme Court the judicial decision made on Tuesday by an appeals court in the country that declared the “constitutional disability” of the labor reform included by the president Javier Milei in the decree of necessity and urgency that he signed in December. “We will appeal to each […]
IMF warns of risk for Argentina if lasting fiscal consolidation is not applied
He International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned this Tuesday of the risks for Argentina If your president, Javier Mileifails to implement its economic plans and the country does not apply “lasting fiscal consolidation.” This is what the IMF chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, estimated in a press conference: “The biggest risk going forward is whether this fiscal […]
What Milei is looking for with its legislative reform project and what will happen if it fails
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies will discuss this week a bill promoted by President Javier Milei that includes a wide range of economic, administrative, criminal and even environmental reforms that have been questioned by opposition parties, unions, human rights groups and artists. The initiative was enabled to be debated in the lower house after the […]