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Milei appoints Argentina’s ambassador to US via decree

26-02-2025 12:31 President Javier Milei confirms Alejandro Oxenford as Argentina’s new ambassador to the United States by decree; Nomination was announced last December, but Senate has not dealt with paperwork, which arrived only a fortnight ago.

Milei in America

Milei meets IMF chief, gifts Musk a chainsaw

21-02-2025 00:13 Enjoying some time away from Argentina following the "cryptogate" scandal, President Javier Milei meets with Elon Musk in Washington and gifts him a chainsaw.

MILEI IN AMERICA

Milei seeks rebound from crypto saga on visit to Trump world

20-02-2025 14:06 Until last week, Milei had done little but wow investors. But last Friday's cryptocurrency controversy has tested the pillars of his popularity.

UKRAINE WAR

Russia, US to name negotiators on ending Ukraine war

18-02-2025 15:17 US President Donald Trump breaks three-year isolation of Russia in an effort to end the Ukraine war while excluding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from negotiations.

TRADE WAR

US or China? Latin America under pressure to pick a side

14-02-2025 12:55 US President Donald Trump pressures key trading partners like Mexico to break away from China's influence, vowing to shut the 'backdoor' allowing China to import products tariff-free through Latin America.

MIDDLE EAST

'We live or die here': Gazans reject Trump proposal

06-02-2025 13:35 War-displaced Palestinians say they would never agree to give up the territory.

Crisis in Middle East

US appears to backtrack as Trump’s Gaza plan sparks global outcry

06-02-2025 13:28 Palestinians, Arab governments and world leaders respond with criticism to Donald Trump’s shock suggestion that the United States should take over Gaza.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza as he welcomes Netanyahu

04-02-2025 22:07 Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas, as the US president suggested permanently resettling Palestinians from war-battered Gaza.

Deadly Plane Crash

No survivors after plane crash over Washington

30-01-2025 13:14 A midair collision sent a 64-passenger American Airlines plane plummeting into Washington's Potomac River. Overnight rescue efforts have found no survivors.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF to send team to Argentina after ‘excellent’ Milei meeting

20-01-2025 09:21 IMF Managing Director Georgieva meets President Javier Milei in Washington and highlights "tremendous progress" of Argentina’s economy. An IMF team will travel to Buenos Aires next week to accelerate talks over a new programme.

TRUMP'S INAUGURATION

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

16-01-2025 19:23 Along with the president's usual travelling crew, one unexpected Argentine will also be in attendance: San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.

International agenda

Trump’s inauguration and another Davos dash – Milei's upcoming trips

03-01-2025 14:13 Argentina's President Javier Milei will see in the New Year with two pivotal trips: a visit to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration as US president and a second appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Biden's legacy in ruins after Trump’s triumph over Harris

07-11-2024 20:32 Joe Biden hoped Kamala Harris would salvage his legacy as the man who saved America from Donald Trump. Instead, it lies in tatters.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Trump wins US election in extraordinary comeback

07-11-2024 20:18 In less than four years, Trump managed an astounding political recovery that seemed unlikely when he left office on January 20, 2021, skipping Biden’s inauguration and under a cloud over the attack on the Capitol.

POLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Wanted: Republican-friendly name for post in Washington

07-11-2024 14:11 Reacting to Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s US election, President Javier Milei’s government is on the search for Gerardo Werthein's successor as ambassador to the United States. Top of the wishlist? An individual with good ties to the Republican party.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Harris gives defiant concession speech after stunning Trump win

06-11-2024 20:20 Donald Trump's crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of upheaval for the United States and the world Wednesday, as defeated Democrat Kamala Harris gave a defiant concession speech, while promising to help his transition.

WORLD

Trump return sows new uncertainty for stunned global leaders

06-11-2024 17:16 The world digested the return of Donald Trump to the White House with a sense of shock and trepidation. In Argentina, an ecstatic Milei sent congratulatory text messages to billionaire Elon Musk.

LOCAL REACTION

Argentina’s right celebrates Trump’s victory in US election

06-11-2024 15:39 Figures from Mauricio Macri’s PRO party celebrate Republican leader’s win in US presidential election as Milei government officials revel in news.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

US media calls election: Trump at 276 electoral college votes, Harris 219

06-11-2024 08:12 Republican former US president Donald Trump has won the White House, securing more than the 270 electoral votes needed to defeat Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris, US networks projected early Wednesday.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Donald Trump: Political Houdini does it again

06-11-2024 07:43 In defeating Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has once more shown he can defy all political and legal gravity.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

World leaders pledge to work with Trump as he claims US election win

06-11-2024 07:34 World leaders raced to congratulate Donald Trump as he claimed a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris, while financial markets also rose.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

US election 2024: Trump claims 'magnificent' victory over Harris

06-11-2024 07:19 Donald Trump hails a "magnificent" victory over Kamala Harris in the fight for the presidency; Results put him on the verge of one of the most stunning comebacks in US political history.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Harris or Trump? First polls close as US nervously awaits result

05-11-2024 23:04 Kamala Harris and Donald Trump notched up early wins Tuesday as the first key polls closed in one of the tightest and most volatile elections in US history.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

US ambassador says election result 'won't change' ties with Argentina

05-11-2024 16:12 US Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley says strong relationship between two nations will continue, regardless of who emerges triumphant in Tuesday's election.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Milei considering US visit in event of Trump victory

04-11-2024 16:39 President Javier Milei is betting on a Republican victory in tomorrow’s US election – and may consider a January trip to the inauguration should Donald Trump emerge victorious over Kamala Harris.

International Monetary Fund

Argentina may combine final two IMF reviews before new talks

25-09-2024 09:10 Government may condense negotiations with IMF staff on its US$44-billion programme before opening talks on a new agreement that could include new money, Economy Minister Luis Caputo told investors Tuesday in New York.

ypf nationalisation case

US says it may weigh in on Burford’s US$16-billion Argentina award

09-09-2024 21:08 United States government “actively considering” whether to file statement of interest with courts concerning Burford Capital’s efforts to collect a US$16-billion judgment against Argentina over nationalisation of state oil firm in 2012.

AMIA BOMBING RULING

AMIA bombing: Argentina court holds Iran, Hezbollah responsible

11-04-2024 19:28 Court blames 'terrorist state' Iran for 1990s attacks; Ex-judge Galeano’s sentence reduced, opening the door to lawsuits in international courts, judges ratify attack as crime against humanity.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

CIA chief William Burns travels to Argentina for meetings

21-03-2024 13:03 Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse meets with the head of the US intelligence services at the Casa Rosada; CIA head latest in a long list of officials from Washington to visit Buenos Aires since President Javier Milei took office.

JAVIER HEADS TO WASHINGTON

Milei heading to pro-Trump event on heels of Blinken meeting

16-02-2024 17:29 President Milei will travel to Washington to deliver a speech at the pro-Trump Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington later this month.

US Republican Primaries

Ron DeSantis, from rising star to failed White House hopeful

22-01-2024 13:46 His decision to drop out of the race came less than two days before the New Hampshire primary, where polls showed him far behind Trump and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.

Latin America

US to ease Venezuela oil, gas sanctions after election deal

19-10-2023 18:03 The United States has announced that it will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country's government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year supervised by the United Nations.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

Argentina expects IMF to approve US$7.5-billion disbursement

22-08-2023 16:36 Economy Minister Sergio Massa expects the International Monetary Fund to approve a fresh US$7.5-billion disbursement to Argentina on Wednesday.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

Massa packs bags for Washington and IMF meeting

16-08-2023 13:59 Just days after being defeated by Javier Milei at the ballot box, Sergio Massa schedules visit to Washington for talks with International Monetary Fund designed to shore up Argentina's economy.

Editorial

An accident waiting to happen… and still waiting

28-07-2023 21:51 Not that any open rather than creeping devaluation was to be expected in the final fortnight before the PASO primaries, given its explosive impact on prices in the immediate rather than longer term as well as on the quasi-fiscal deficit with the huge volume of dollar-linked bonds.

INTERVIEW

Latin America bank eyes finance 'umbrella' role for Amazon rainforest

20-06-2023 15:51 Inter-American Development Bank wants to play a central role as an "umbrella" organisation coordinating climate-related projects in the vulnerable rainforest, says new chief Ilan Goldfajni.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Eduardo Porter: Chile wants to know what comes after neoliberalism

16-05-2023 10:55 The poster child of the so-called 'Washington Consensus' is navigating its economic future without a compass. The path it chooses will shape debates over the role of the markets across Latin America and beyond.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF calls for ‘stronger policy package’ from Argentina

02-04-2023 09:14 International Monetary Fund calls on government to adopt "a stronger policy package" in the face of economic crisis and historic drought.