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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.

Bloomberg

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.

BLOOMBERG

Lithium Americas poised to be Argentina's battery-metal ‘monster’ with arena deal

21-12-2022 17:01 Lithium Americas Corp is seeking to scoop up more Argentina assets as it looks to acquire a dominant position in the fastest-growing region for the battery metal.