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Juan Román Riquelme versus Mauricio Macri.

Boca Jnrs election suspended: No agreement between Riquelme and Macri:

Yesterday 15:18 Elections at Boca Juniors suspended indefinitely after court mediation between teams from Juan Román Riquelme and Mauricio Macri fails.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

President Alberto Fernández: ‘Milei should give Macri as wide a berth as possible’

Yesterday 15:04 Just days after meeting with his successor, Argentina’s outgoing president Alberto Fernández sits down to reflect on his four years of government, the challenges he faced and why he believes Javier Milei won last month’s run-off.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Patricia Bullrich, pictured during an interview with Perfil, in her offices close to the Casa Rosada.

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Bullrich returns to government as security minister in Milei's Cabinet

Yesterday 13:43 President-elect confirms in statement that Patricia Bullrich will return to the Security Ministry for a second time; Former rivals now aligned together in government.

OBITUARY

Maud Daverio de Cox, author indelibly linked to dictatorship era, dies at 92

Yesterday 11:38 Author Maud Daverio de Cox, the wife of former 'Buenos Aires Herald' editor Robert Cox who helped expose abuses perpetrated by 1976-1983 military dictatorship, passes away aged 92.

by James Grainger

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

UN praises Argentina’s reparations for victim of gender-based violence

30-11-2023 18:10 Argentina's government praised by UN body for paying “comprehensive reparation” to 67-year-old mother-of-three for lack of police and court response.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei to appoint Gerardo Werthein as his ambassador in Washington

30-11-2023 17:55 Gerardo Werthein likely to take on key role for Milei government; Businessman set to be appointed as new president’s envoy to United States, tasked with forging stronger ties with Joe Biden administration.

Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel celebrate in Congress.

POLITICS

Milei’s Cabinet begins to take shape

30-11-2023 17:38 President-elect confirms Caputo for Economy Ministry and Manuel Adorni as his spokesperson; Key ministerial posts still yet to be decided include Security, Defence, congressional posts and the intelligence services.

Henry Kissinger meets with Argentina’s then-foreign minister, Navy vice-admiral César Augusto Guzzetti, in Santiago in June 1976.

HUMAN RIGHTS

How Kissinger gave the junta tacit approval for abuses

30-11-2023 16:53 The death of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger has put his dictatorship-era policy towards Argentina in the spotlight once again.

OUTBREAK

Argentina declares health emergency due to outbreak of equine virus

30-11-2023 16:47 Argentina has declared a health emergency and established equine tethering due to an outbreak of encephalomyelitis, the SENASA food health agency says.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Diana Mondino says Argentina will not join BRICS under Milei government

30-11-2023 16:14 Economist Diana Mondino, who is set to be appointed foreign minister in Javier Milei’s government, has confirmed that Argentina will not join the BRICS on her new boss' watch.

by Martin Soltys

Then-finance minister Luis Caputo speaks during a press conference in Buenos Aires, on May 04, 2018.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Luis ‘Toto’ Caputo returns to fore with unenviable task

30-11-2023 14:54 President-elect Javier Milei confirms that Macri-era finance chief will be tasked with leading Argentina’s economy out of the doldrums and “defusing the bomb that the government is leaving behind.”

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, right, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, during a news conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, June 12, 2023.

MERCOSUR BLOC

EU, South America near deal on elusive Mercosur trade pact

30-11-2023 12:51 European Union and Mercosur are closer than ever to concluding a major free-trade agreement more than two decades in the making, with leaders optimistic they can strike a deal next week.

Election 2023

Congress formally endorses winning Milei-Villarruel ticket

30-11-2023 00:45 Legislative Assembly proclaims formula of Milei and Villarruel at event attended by lawmakers from all parties; Regulatory step before December 10 inauguration.

POLITICS

Breaking promises? Assessing eight announcements from Milei

29-11-2023 19:53 Argentina's new president-elect has confirmed or corrected a number of announcements and policy promises made during his electoral campaign. Here's where we stand.

RELIGION & POLITICS

Milei's spirituality: Catholicism, Torah and a 'libertarian' God

29-11-2023 18:37 President-elect Javier Milei's visit this week to the grave of an orthodox rabbi in New York shows the peculiar spiritual path of Argentina's future leader.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Tempers flare: Riquelme and Macri clash over Boca election

29-11-2023 15:24 Fight for the presidency of Boca Juniors between retired football star Juan Román Riquelme and former president of club and Argentina, Mauricio Macri, escalates as court suspends this weekend's election.

Release of Israeli hostages, as caputred by @CANAL44TV.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR

Four more Argentines released from Gaza

29-11-2023 14:18 Dual Argentine citizens Ofelia Roitman, Clara Marman, Gabriela Leimberg and Mia Leimberg released by Hamas.

NEW GoVERNMENT

Milei warns of 'stagflation' after picking economy czar

29-11-2023 14:00 Period of stagflation will be unavoidable as the new administration implements the fiscal adjustment needed to organise the economy, warns Javier Milei.

A shopper browses at a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

OECD: Argentina should think about ‘effectiveness of its social spending’

29-11-2023 12:22 OECD warns Argentina to assess "effectiveness of social spending" as it issues gloomy forecast for economy over next two years.

CABINET APPOINTMENTS

Milei confirms Luis Caputo will be economy minister

29-11-2023 08:19 President-elect says in interview upon return from trip to United States that both the Treasury and the IMF "understand Argentina's problems perfectly” and that ex-Macri administration official Luis Caputo will serve as economy minister.

Javier Milei and his entourage, at the White House, with US government officials Juan Gonzalez and Jake Sullivan, as well as US Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley.

Milei in America

Milei makes contact with Biden administration in Washington

28-11-2023 22:52 Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei makes first contact with officials from US President Joe Biden's government.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Federal appeals court revokes dismissal of Fernández de Kirchner money-laundering case

28-11-2023 19:52 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received favourable ruling Judge Sebastián Casanello mid-year, but federal appeals court revokes dismissal in setback for vice-president.

YPF COURT CASE

Government asks for more time to pay in YPF court case

28-11-2023 18:39 Argentina, which has been told to cough up US$16 billion, asks judge hearing YPF nationalisation legal case to extend a deadline for paying a deposit until “at least” January 10, 2024.

New government

Milei to appoint ex-Menem-era advisor as energy secretary

28-11-2023 15:56 Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo set to be appointed energy secretary and given responsibility for unravelling and restructuring subsidies on public utilities.

POLITICS

United States takes president-elect’s political pulse

28-11-2023 15:44 Joe Biden's government wants to “listen to the ideas” of Javier Milei to see where he is heading in his policy, making use of his current visit to the United States.

Karina Engel, 51, with her two daughters, Mika, 18, and Yuba, 11.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina welcomes release of six citizens held hostage by Hamas

28-11-2023 14:30 Six citizens with dual nationality released by Palestinian militants; Two groups of three, a mother and two daughters, selected for liberation from kidnapping nightmare.

Globant SA Founder And CEO Martin Migoya.

BUSINESS

Globant beefs up creative operations by purchasing ad firm GUT

28-11-2023 11:12 Argentine software firm Globant SA purchased a majority stake in creative agency GUT as it ups its bet on marketing services as a key growth driver.

Javier Milei arrived in New York on Monday morning for his first trip abroad as president-elect and headed straight to the tomb of a famous orthodox Jewish rabbi in Queens. Dawning a kippah and all black outfit, he visited Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s grave to pay respects.

Milei in America

Milei’s conversion to Judaism seals pro-Israel push by Argentina

27-11-2023 21:00 President-elect Javier Milei's fervently pro-Israel stance singles out Argentina, already home to the region’s largest Jewish population, as Israel’s top ally in Latin America.

Aerial view of the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, during the presidential election run-off on November 19, 2023

MARKETS

Traders buy Argentina ETF at fastest pace in almost a decade

27-11-2023 20:55 An exchange-traded fund tracking Argentine stocks attracted its biggest weekly inflow in nine years after firebrand Javier Milei was elected.

TRANSITION OF POWER

Milei to send ‘shock’ package to Congress on day one

27-11-2023 20:46 President-elect plans to call Congress into an extraordinary session and send a large package of reforms to stabilise Argentina’s economy on December 11, the day after his inauguration.

People march against violence holding Palestinian flags for 25N.

POLITICS

25N: Demonstrators for women's rights call for end to global violence

27-11-2023 20:42 Protesters march to defend their “conquered rights” in Buenos Aires following election of Javier Milei as Argentina’s next president. Thousands attending fear for the country's future, but also show their support for Palestine amidst war and violence.

by Montserrat Pagan

Javier Milei lunches with Chris Dodd and Bill Clinton.

POLITICS

Milei visits rabbi’s grave in NYC, lunches with Bill Clinton

27-11-2023 18:42 Argentina's president-elect heads to New York City to visit the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and share a lunch with former US president Bill Clinton. Later he flies to Washington DC for the 'work' leg of the trip.

POLITICS

President-elect to call extraordinary sessions for state reform package

27-11-2023 17:24 President-elect Javier Milei plans to call extraordinary sessions of Congress upon taking office as he seeks to deliver urgent reform for Argentina's economy.

CRIME & SECURITY

President Fernández denounces 'threats' against him in interview

27-11-2023 13:50 President Alberto Fernandez says he has subjected to threats while travelling in the state helicopter.

Javier Milei, Nicolás Posse and Luis Caputo.

TRANSITION OF POWER

Milei lines up ‘protocol meetings’ in US with IMF, World Bank

27-11-2023 11:27 President-elect has meetings scheduled with Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, and officials from International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Birthday of His Majesty King Charles III celebrated at UK Ambassador Kirsty Hayes' Residence in Buenos Aires.

COMMUNITY

Ambassador stages grand occasion for royal birthday

26-11-2023 22:14 British Embassy opens doors of residence to celebrate the 75th birthday of King Charles III.

by Michael Soltys

Javier Milei speaks during an election rally in Buenos Aires on October 22.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President-elect heads to US, invites Lula to inauguration

26-11-2023 18:47 Milei's incoming foreign minister travelled to Brazil to invite President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to December 10 inauguration.

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Luis Caputo: Economist Macri dubbed 'Messi of finance' lines up with Milei

26-11-2023 18:05 Despite Javier Milei’s backing, the potential arrival of Luis Caputo to the Econony Ministry has sparked unrest within the ranks of La Libertad Avanza and underlined the influence of Mauricio Macri on Argentina's next government.

As I see it

Javier Milei has a steep mountain to climb

25-11-2023 14:25 Is a “change of mentality” taking place? We should soon know the answer to that particular question – much will depend on how people react to the hard times that are barrelling towards us.

by James Neilson

ELECTIONS 2023 – ANALYSIS

Living in Milei’s world

25-11-2023 14:22 These initial steps are positive in maintaining the situation from blowing up but they are insufficient in and of themselves. Not only would this cordiality and cooperation have to be maintained over time, Milei’s strategy would actually have to work.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Method in his madness?

25-11-2023 14:16 Javier Milei’s solitary rise to the top from almost nowhere in a couple of years is more apparent than real. The key to this success is more like the solution to Agatha Christie’s 'Murder on the Orient Express' – they all did it.

by Michael Soltys

A supporter of Javier Milei poses for a photograph withy a fake US$100-dollar bill with the libertarian's face on it.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: November 17 to 24

25-11-2023 14:12 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

EDITORIAL

Destination unknown

25-11-2023 13:34 Milei is a man of multiple contradictions too numerous for this space but he is about to face the biggest contradiction of them all – the outsider is days away from going inside.

Paola Basso, owner of a supermarket, writes on labels the new prices of the products at her supermarket in Morón, Buenos Aires Province.

Living with inflation

Shopkeepers struggle to keep pace with soaring prices

25-11-2023 13:08 Annual inflation is already at 143% and prices rose even further after price controls on basic goods were eased.

Irish Defence and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin.

OP-ED

Ireland deepens relations with Latin America and the Caribbean

25-11-2023 10:26 The Irish commitment to step up our engagement with the Latin America and the Caribbean region has been backed by the EU’s commitment to do the same.

Javier Milei and Kristalina Georgieva share a video call.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF’s Georgieva, Milei discuss economic challenges in video call

25-11-2023 08:49 Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei and IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva had a first meeting via video call on Friday, in which they discussed the country's economic crisis.

Customers wait in line at a branch of Western Union and PagoFacil in Buenos Aires City.

ECONOMIC POLICY

Dollarisation is medium-term goal, Luis Caputo tells bankers

24-11-2023 22:06 Luis Caputo, who is leading Javier Milei’s economic team during the transition, tells banking executives in Buenos Aires that currency controls won't be lifted immediately and that dollarisation is a medium-term goal.

British Ambassador to Argentina Kirsty Hayes delivers a speech at a party marking the 75th birthday of King Charles III.

COMMUNITY

British Embassy stages King Charles III birthday bash

24-11-2023 17:01 British Ambassador to Argentina Kirsty Hayes says Britain is "ready to begin writing a new chapter in bilateral relationship" at party marking the 75th birthday of King Charles III.

Activists join the Madres de Plaza de Mayo association in their weekly protest for the people who disappeared during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Human rights

Protesters in Buenos Aires admonish incoming government’s ‘denialism’

24-11-2023 16:53 Activists join weekly Madres de Plaza de Mayo march to admonish Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel over their “denialism” of state terrorism during 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

National deputy and presidential candidate for La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei, waves a chainsaw during a campaign rally in San Martín, Buenos Aires Province, on September 25, 2023.

ELECTION 2023

53% of Argentines want Milei to make 'moderate adjustment'

24-11-2023 16:38 New CB Consultora opinion poll, conducted shortly after run-off, highlights expectations – and preferences – regarding new president-elect Javier Milei's plans to reform Argentina's economy.

by Felipe Leibovich

ECONOMY & POLITICS

Milei says closure of Central Bank is 'non-negotiable'

24-11-2023 15:12 Press release from president-elect says shuttering of Argentina's Central Bank is “non-negotiable” policy as experts behind his dollarisation plan step aside in favour of Macri-era officials.

A branch of Banco Galicia in Buenos Aires.

TRANSITION OF POWER

Argentine banks flee to one-day notes amid government transition

24-11-2023 14:34 Banks are fleeing to short-term notes for even more liquid securities as President-Elect Javier Milei’s vague comments on the debt have stoked concern over how he’ll handle the assets.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

More moderate Milei embraces trading partners he had shunned

24-11-2023 14:31 Signs indicate foul-mouthed libertarian who swept to power with radical promises to fix Argentina’s problems may be adopting a more pragmatic approach, at least in foreign policy, as he prepares to take office.

Javier Milei, presidential candidate for La Libertad Avanza, during a caravan campaign rally in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Wall Street cheers as Milei swaps dollarisation for Macri brass

24-11-2023 13:07 Javier Milei pivots away from advisers advocating for his most dramatic campaign promises, choosing Wall Street veterans closer to Mauricio Macri.

Images from the recording of the BBC World Service radio show 'Arts Hour on Tour,' recorded in Buenos Aires in November 2023. Presenter Nikki Bedi welcomed singer-composer Danta Spinetta, the band Fémina, comedian Ana Carolina, director Benjamin Naishtat and actor Delfina Chaves.

INTERVIEW

Cultural courier Nikki Bedi brings global art into your home

23-11-2023 19:55 “We aim to come here to really honour everything that we experience to the rest of the world,” notes globetrotting BBC presenter and host of 'The Arts Hour on Tour.'

by Andrea Puerto

ECONOMIC POLICY

Milei says Argentina heading for ‘shock’ fiscal therapy

23-11-2023 18:47 President-elect Milei warns Argentina faces ‘shock adjustment’; Inflation could take 18 to 24 months to calm, says libertarian.

UNESCO

Argentina drops bid for key UNESCO post after controversy

23-11-2023 18:37 Argentina dropped out of a race for a key UNESCO post after libertarian outsider Javier Milei's election as the South American country's president created controversy, and Brazil has now jumped into the fray.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Caputo leading Milei’s economic transition team, may be minister

23-11-2023 18:29 Former central bank governor Luis ‘Toto’ Caputo is now leading the economic transition team of President-elect Javier Milei and is now seen as the frontrunner to head the Economy Ministry.

This handout image released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 24, 2023 shows the booking photo of former US president Donald Trump. He was photographed for a police mugshot after his arrest on August 24 at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia.

ELECTION 2023

Trump calls Milei and announces trip to Argentina

23-11-2023 18:23 President elect Javier Milei received a call from former president of the United States Donald Trump, who congratulated him and promised a visit soon.

CRIME & SECURITY

Messi’s in-laws violently robbed in Rosario

23-11-2023 17:52 Robbers shot and stole US$21,500 from a cousin and two employees of the supermarket of the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, wife of football star Lionel Messi, in Rosario on Wednesday

ELECTION 2023

Argentina chooses pro-Israel president with rabbi as spiritual advisor

23-11-2023 17:29 Right-wing populist Javier Milei scored a clear win over ruling coalition candidate Sergio Massa in last week's presidential election. Argentina's foreign policy will now shift substantially, moving closer to Israel and the United States.

by Marcelo Raimon

BBC IN BUENOS AIRES

BBC World Service investigates thriving art scene in Buenos Aires

23-11-2023 16:04 British broadcaster records episode of Nikki Bedi’s 'The Arts Hour on Tour' in the capital, featuring live performances from Dante Spinetta, Fémina and comedian Ana Carolina.

by Justin Martinez

TWO PEAS IN A POD?

Milei is no 'Trump of the Pampas', analysts say

23-11-2023 14:54 Comparing Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei to former US president Donald Trump could be misleading, analysts say.

BLOOMBERG

Milei taps oil vet to run state energy firm YPF

23-11-2023 14:48 Milei plans to tap Horacio Marín, a 35-year industry veteran who has worked in the US and South America, to become president and chief executive officer of YPF SA.

A butcher shop in the Mercado de San Telmo in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Economy sputters toward recession as Milei takes reins

23-11-2023 14:42 Argentina’s economy stalled after an August devaluation of the official peso rate, further llustrating the challenges ahead for the president-elect.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Milei says Luis Caputo has expertise to be economy minister

23-11-2023 14:39 President-elect lauds former Central Bank president Luis Caputo, acknowledging he has the expertise to be the next government’s economy minister.

bilateral relations

Biden tells Javier Milei to count on US support

23-11-2023 14:35 Joe Biden tells Javier Milei to count on US support and that he’s confident Argentina can find a way out of its current crisis.

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Lula seeks to patch up tattered relations with Milei

23-11-2023 13:17 Lula wants to avoid a relapse in the bilateral relationship to the state it was under Jair Bolsonaro and Alberto Fernández.

A YPF facility in Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province.

US COURTS

Argentina gets delay on payment of US$16.1 billion in YPF case

23-11-2023 13:06 Judge agrees to temporarily delay enforcement of a US$16.1 billion court judgment against Argentina over its 2012 expropriation of oil company YPF.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Victoria Villarruel.

VICE-PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER

Fernández de Kirchner, Villarruel hold ‘historic’ transition meeting

23-11-2023 00:48 “Cordial and respectful” meeting held in the outgoing vice-president’s office at Senate, with no photographs taken; Villarruel says she will be "working all summer through."