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Milei gains 'breathing room' from his ties with Trump

Yesterday 11:54 The support President Milei has garnered from the Trump administration stands in stark contrast to the mounting challenges on the home front.

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Milei’s worst week yet complicates La Libertad Avanza’s campaign

07-04-2025 10:17 Preoccupied by other pressing matters, La Libertad Avanza’s campaign for the upcoming elections is set to kick off with the “chainsaw tour,” which Manuel Adorni front and centre.

by Pablo Varela

Gerardo Werthein, Javier Milei, Diana Mondino.

PROFILE: GERARDO WERTHEIN

New foreign minister has links, resources and Milei’s trust

04-11-2024 13:51 Businessman Gerardo Werthein has President Javier Milei’s confidence and provided resources for the La Libertad Avanza leader’s campaign, meetings to key figures and advice on foreign policy.

by Pablo Varela

Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Questions for Pettovello’s Human Capital Ministry over outsourcing, funding, hiring

07-10-2024 16:45 As reports emerge of new dismissals at the portfolio, the Human Capital Ministry refuses to respond fully to enquiries over control and use of 17 programmes agreed by international bodies.

by Pablo Varela

Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri, pictured with his wife María Belén Ludueña, and President Javier Milei, pictured with his sister, presidential chief-of-staff Karina Milei.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Behind the Milei-Jorge Macri deal – and the influence of Mauricio

04-09-2024 12:09 Meetings between President Javier Milei and PRO party chairman Mauricio Macri have served to calm tempers and put an administration which had become entangled back on track.

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Foreign Minister Diana Mondino listens during a Mercosur meeting in Asunción, Paraguay on January 24.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Mondino faces virtual paralysis of Argentina’s diplomatic corps

21-08-2024 12:48 Union grouping Foreign Service employees launches strike action to press a series of pay demands. Government’s restoration of income tax has a heavy impact on the salaries of those representing the country abroad.

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Argentina's President Javier Milei, pictured his speech at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.

OVERSEAS VISIT

President Milei’s trip to Los Angeles cost US$200,000

17-06-2024 15:39 Public information request filed with government reveals three-day trip cost just over US$200,000; President stayed at Beverly Hills Hilton, spoke at conference, met with Musk and Infantino.

by Pablo Varela

Politics

Posse and Pettovello, key Milei ministers, tussle for posts and influence

06-03-2024 09:45 Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello, two high-profile officials without previous political experience, are ramping up tensions in President Javier Milei’s government.

by Pablo Varela

ELECTION 2023

Presidential debate could be decisive for run-off, analysts say

07-11-2023 17:39 Experts and analysts are split on the impact of Milei’s deal with Macri on his campaign, but all agree that the presidential debate could help swing the race for either candidate.

by Pablo Varela

Pullaro won the PASO. Capitanich seeks to retain control. Cornejo goes for another mandate.

ELECTIONS 2023

Next electoral tests: Santa Fe, Chaco and Mendoza

23-08-2023 21:58 After the national PASO primaries, September arrives with three key provincial elections that will shape the new political map. Santa Fe, Chaco and Mendoza will choose their next governors with Jorge Capitanich’s re-election hopes in doubt.

by Pablo Varela