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Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

31-10-2024 14:12 Day after sacking of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says "President Milei's position is clear" and that all staff unhappy with Argentina's new direction are free to "withdraw from the government."

Government to auction off more than 400 state properties

25-10-2024 22:14 Argentina’s government will put 400 properties up for auction in a bid to raise some US$800 million. Properties are either not being used, in bad condition or have large maintenance costs for the state.

Milei lays out clearer currency path as his popularity begins to dip

24-09-2024 11:05 In his Wall Street debut, Javier Milei tells investors at the New York Stock Exchange that currency restrictions will be lifted “when the rate of inflation in the macroeconomic programme is zero.”

Adorni: Relations with US do not depend on who wins election

19-09-2024 16:53 Milei administration takes foreign policy precautions as Adorni is quizzed over Milei’s support for Trump.

Justice minister backed as critics slam gender diversity remarks

28-08-2024 15:10 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona criticised after declaring that Milei administration “rejects the diversity of sexual identities that do not align with biology.”

War between Milei and Villarruel escalates

22-08-2024 14:33 Dispute between President Javier Milei and Vice-President Victoria Villarruel has been publicly exposed. The question is no longer why it is happening, but how it can end.

by Javier Calvo

Officials close ranks behind Pettovello as pressure builds

06-06-2024 20:51 Leading figures in government close ranks behind embattled Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello; President Milei backs ‘best minister in history’ as foodstuffs scandal rumbles on.

Adorni says Pettovello has Milei government’s ‘full backing’

03-06-2024 17:09 “We fully back minister Sandra Pettovello,” declares presidential spokesperson.

Police raid dozens of soup kitchens

14-05-2024 22:11 Authorities say dozens of raids had been carried out against soup kitchens and groups that manage them as part of a probe into alleged extortion of the poor.

No more CCK – Milei government baptises ‘Palacio Libertad’

07-05-2024 21:39 National government says it will rename the Centro Cultural Kirchner as it moves to “depoliticise” iconic building that once housed Argentina’s Post Office.

Mondino says Argentina will ‘never interfere' in Brazil’s affairs

15-04-2024 17:06 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino denies reports that President Javier Milei will mediate in Elon Musk’s row with Brazilian Judiciary, declaring that Argentina would “never interfere” in another nation's affairs.

Government rules out free dengue vaccine despite record deaths

18-03-2024 16:56 Presidential Spokesperson Maneul Adorni says there is no plan to make Dengue vaccine free and compulsory to citizens despite a record number of deaths this year. 

Teachers' unions call national strike after failure of wage talks

29-02-2024 16:36 Education workers associated with CGT umbrella union group to stage walkout on Monday in protest at failure of wage renegotiation talks and spending cuts.

Milei’s bold decree teeters as Argentina's provinces resist

27-02-2024 19:21 Growing opposition to President Javier Milei’s sweeping decree in the Senate puts it at risk of being overturned as regular sessions get underway next week.

Government to dock day’s pay from striking state workers

18-01-2024 15:24 Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni confirms that Javier Milei administration will dock a day’s salary from state-workers who join the CGT umbrella union grouping’s demonstration on January 24.

IMF mission team in Buenos Aires for talks with Milei government

05-01-2024 08:25 Argentina’s new government set to receive mission team from multilateral lender for talks over US$7.7 billion in maturities due this year; Milei administration considers IMF programme to be “virtually collapsed.”

Government out to end PASO primaries in extra Congress sessions

19-12-2023 17:39 In order to reduce political expenditure, President Javier Milei's government will seek to remove the PASO primaries from the electoral process and propose an amendment to the Electoral Code that would implement the single ballot system.

Adorni: Transport and energy subsidies to be reduced from January 1

13-12-2023 16:22 Spokesman of President Javier Milei’s Government moves to justify “urgent measures” announced by Caputo; He reveals plans to slash subsidies for energy and public transport will begin at turn of the year.

Milei's team to announce austerity measures on Tuesday, says Adorni

11-12-2023 13:17 Austerity measures "will be communicated on Tuesday by Economy Minister Luis Caputo," says Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni in first press conference.