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Milei gains popularity as economy shows sign of life

04-12-2024 15:44 Argentines’ approval of his government rose to about 47% in November, compared with 43% the month before.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Javier Milei's popularity survives his chainsaw cuts in Argentina

16-08-2024 11:34 Argentina’s libertarian president came to power promising to slash spending. Voters are suffering, yet polls show his support endures — for now.

BLOOMBERG INTERVIEW

Giving up China is hard, even for Argentina’s anarcho-capitalist

05-04-2024 13:40 President Javier Milei is taking a softer tone than he did as a candidate, saying he won’t touch existing trade agreements with Beijing.

BLOOMBERG INTERVIEW

Milei sees long slog ahead to bring Argentina reforms he pledged

05-04-2024 11:14 While Milei made shutting down the Central Bank and dollarising the economy centrepieces of his political campaign, he acknowledges plans are going to take a lot longer than he expected.

BLOOMBERG INTERVIEW

Milei talks up his peso plans, China, Trump and Israel

05-04-2024 09:44 Libertarian leader discusses fiscal and monetary plans, his approach to one of his country’s biggest trading partners and creditors, and much more in interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait.

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Hedge fund rides Argentina gain, says Milei is underestimated

12-12-2023 09:50 Brazilian hedge fund manager Vista Capital says Javer Milei is more "political and sensible that many watchers anticipated."

Election 2023 preview

Inflation raging at 130% is pushing Argentina down a radical path

19-10-2023 20:55 Presidential candidate Javier Milei is winning over voters with promises to revive what was once one of the world’s wealthiest nations.

BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE

Ex-Soros partner surfs Argentine crisis with real-estate empire

03-10-2023 12:43 Eduardo Elsztain avoided speculative investments in stocks, bonds and derivatives as he built up his empire over the last 30 years. Now his real-estate company IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones is booming, even as Argentina enters recession.

Lithium and Argentina

Argentina to buy lithium from Livent for battery production

02-07-2023 10:51 Argentina will buy locally-produced lithium from US company Livent Corp to produce cells and batteries in a new plant set to start operating in September.

US ELECTIONS 2024

Biden makes it official: he’s running again in 2024

25-04-2023 11:45 President Joe Biden formally announced that he would seek reelection in 2024, readying a historic campaign against a Republican field dominated by his predecessor, Donald Trump.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Eduardo Porter: Argentina's inflation problem stumped ChatGPT

22-03-2023 12:24 Artificial intelligence can do a mean verbal tango, channel the immortal Jorge Luis Borges, and parse Peronism. Ease 100% inflation? Not so much.

Bloomberg

100% inflation in Argentina opens the door for a presidential upset

15-03-2023 10:05 Javier Milei is known for his rage-filled rhetoric calculated to shock. With the country in economic turmoil, the radical conservative is climbing in the polls ahead of elections for the top job.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Why climate change is the greatest threat to human progress

07-03-2023 15:00 The Human Development Index is flashing red for the first time in three decades and adding to the urgency of reducing greenhouse gases.