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Colombia in crisis after president calls for cabinet resignation

10-02-2025 13:13 Environment Minister Susana Muhamad is one of several Colombian officials to resign following an unusual and scandalous meeting between President Gustavo Petro and his cabinet.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei boosts Bullrich’s role in Cabinet reshaping

04-02-2025 14:17 President elevates Security minister’s role in restructuring of government ministries; Bullrich’s portfolio given “national” tag in move to underline importance of role, Press Secretariat abolished.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

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."

CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT

PRO gains another spot in government as energy secretary resigns

17-10-2024 16:22 Eduardo Chirillo resigns as energy secretary; María del Carmen Tettamanti, former chief of Camuzzi gas distributor and advisor to Patricia Bullrich, appointed to post.

OFFICIAL FORTUNES

Official fortunes: New minister’s statement shakes up Milei Cabinet rich list

03-09-2024 12:14 Argentina’s new Deregulation & State Transformation Minister Federico Sturzenegger’s sworn affidavit places him as the fourth-richest member of Javier Milei’s Cabinet. President now ranks seventh on a list topped by Foreign Minister Diana Mondino.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Sturzenegger appointed ‘deregulation and state transformation’ minister

05-07-2024 15:51 Months after his appointment was first trailed, Federico Sturzenegger finally joins Milei administration as Deregulation & State Transformation minister; Ex-governor of Central Bank, who was sworn into office on Friday, has had a key role behind the scenes up until now, drafting bills and decrees.

CABINET APPOINTMENT

Milei taps former Central Bank chief to deregulate Argentina

05-07-2024 13:43 Federico Sturzenegger will lead a new Deregulation & State Transformation Ministry in President Javier Milei's government.

POLITICS

Key law, pact with governors, Cabinet tweaks – the keys to Milei’s relaunch

26-06-2024 17:09 President returns from abroad and focuses on domestic issues; He expects final approval of the mega reform to give impetus to his pact with governors and pave the way for Cabinet changes.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei at a turning point

15-06-2024 06:34 At this point, six months into office, Milei knows he needs to get something out of Congress, no matter exactly what that “something” is. Progress, not perfection.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Francos switch is a move to decentralise Cabinet chief decision-making

29-05-2024 13:39 Additional changes coming for state agencies, secretariats and state-run companies, government sources confirm; Cabinet chief portfolio concentrates “too much” and powers will be delegated to other portfolios.

POLITICS: PROFILE

Guillermo Francos: Political negotiator respected by opposition

28-05-2024 21:27 President Milei’s new Cabinet chief is a lawyer who co-founded the party Acción por la República. He will push for “dialogue” after replacing Nicolás Posse.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Intelligence shake-up: AFI chief Silvestre Sívori resigns after Posse's departure

28-05-2024 17:14 President Javier Milei accepts resignation of Silvestre Sívori, head of Federal Intelligence Agency, who steps down amid Nicolás Posse’s departure as Cabinet chief.

POLITICS

Sturzenegger set to join government, confirms new Cabinet chief

28-05-2024 13:08 President Javier Milei will appoint former Central Bank governor Federico Sturzenegger to his Cabinet in the coming days, confirms new Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos.

Cabinet reshuffle

Milei changes Cabinet chief as Nicolás Posse departs

27-05-2024 21:47 Interior Minister Guillermo Francos will succeed Nicolás Posse as Argentina’s new Cabinet chief; Transition will take place this week, with further changes expected.

POLITICS

Nicolás Posse one step closer to exit amid tension with Karina Milei

24-05-2024 17:58 The Cabinet chief’s absence at President Javier Milei show at the Luna Park has fed further into the rumours that he is to be ousted. The names that could succeed him.

POLITICS

Milei warns Cabinet’s future hinges on Congress vote

24-05-2024 09:23 Reacting to rumours of Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse's outsting, President Javier Milei warned Thursday that his entire Cabinet will be under review depending on the result of his pro-business reform bill grinding its way through Congress.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Marcos Peña: ‘Our team lost the match, it wasn't just won by Milei’

20-04-2024 05:11 Former Cabinet chief returns in a reflective mood, discussing Mauricio Macri’s PRO, the future Juntos por el Cambio and the rise of La Libertad Avanza.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Milei's ‘Bermuda triangle’ stalks government officials

20-03-2024 22:02 The three members of Javier Milei’s inner circle have the authority to bounce any Cabinet member they see fit – and there have already been nine top-level exits in the first three months of the president’s term.

by Ramón Indart

Politics

Posse and Pettovello, key Milei ministers, tussle for posts and influence

06-03-2024 09:45 Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello, two high-profile officials without previous political experience, are ramping up tensions in President Javier Milei’s government.

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS

President Milei sacks Infrastructure Minister Guillermo Ferraro

25-01-2024 22:34 Infrastructure Minister Guillermo Ferraro asked to resign post amid reports he leaked information from Cabinet meetings, local media reports.

POLITICS

Government prepares urgent decrees to ‘de-regulate’ the economy

14-12-2023 16:15 Government sources say Javier Milei and his Cabinet are preparing urgent decree to ‘de-regulate’ the economy, as well as its omnibus bill for Congress.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Silvestre Sívori tasked with overhauling intelligence services

13-12-2023 23:10 Javier Milei’s austerity has already reached the AFI intelligence services – the president is launching a voluntary retirement offer for spies. In an emergency decree criticising the agency’s handling by predecessor Alberto Fernández, the libertarian slammed its "notorious institutional decay."

POLITICS

Kicillof sworn in for second term as Buenos Aires Province governor

12-12-2023 15:24 Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof aims a dig at new President Javier Milei as he is sworn in for a second term; Kirchnerite leader is now the movement's most powerful leader in office.

NEW GOVERNMENT

Milei’s government begins with first presidential decrees

11-12-2023 12:40 President trims government from 19 to 9 ministries, confirms appointment of Cabinet officials and modifies existing decree to allow his sister, Karina Milei, to be named secretary-general.

NEW GOVERNMENT

Milei finalises Cabinet line-up ahead of inauguration

07-12-2023 21:15 At press time nearly all the members of new government had been revealed by president-elect’s team; One key gap remains the Health Secretariat, with speculation it may be separated from new ‘Human Capital Ministry.’

argentina

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

01-12-2023 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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Who will be in Milei’s Cabinet? Confirmed ministers, secretaries

22-11-2023 22:51 The libertarian government will have eight ministries, with Human Capital and Infrastructure the new innovations. Many previous ministries will become secretariats. A look at the confirmed and possible names in the next Cabinet.

PRESIDENT MILEI

Milei's future ministers – names in running for president-elect's Cabinet

19-11-2023 21:39 Following the libertarian’s storming victory in Sunday’s presidential run-off, which ministries have their ministers, which are left to be assigned and who will head them?

POLITICS

The candidates for Sergio Massa’s Cabinet

02-11-2023 23:26 The names rumoured to occupy the ministries in a future Cabinet led by Sergio Massa – and whether there is a Kirchnerite quota.

by Carlos Claá

ELECTIONS 2023

Bullrich says Rodríguez Larreta will be Cabinet chief if elected

14-10-2023 07:58 Opposition coalition leader Patricia Bullrich announces that Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the rival she defeated in the Juntos por el Cambio primary, will be named as Cabinet chief if she is elected head of state.

ELECTION 2023

Bullrich presents team for government, De la Torre returns to fore

06-09-2023 14:02 Opposition presidential candidate unveils officials who would become key Cabinet ministers; Melconian for economy, Pinedo for foreign affairs, De la Torre for social issues, Quetglas for education.

ELECTION 2023

Rumours and confirmations: Milei assesses potential cabinet options

26-08-2023 00:27 Propelled by his PASO primary victory, the libertarian lawmaker’s team is hurriedly assessing its options. The presidential hopeful has already said who will be heading Ministries of Foreign and ‘Human Capital,’ the latter pooling sensitive areas under the leadership of a woman with an unknown background. Who might join a Javier Milei cabinet if he is elected as president: confirmed names and rumours.

by Giselle Leclercq

ELECTION 2023

Massa pitches 'national unity' cabinet if elected

22-08-2023 15:22 Sergio Massa opens his arms to moderates. Ruling coalition's presidential candidate also claims Schiaretti's bloc could join part of his hypothetical government. Unión por la Patria leader targets voters who backed Horacio Rodríguez Larreta last time out.

COLOMBIAN POLITICS

Colombia's Petro calls for Cabinet resignations after setbacks

26-04-2023 09:35 Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for the resignation of his entire Cabinet as a political crisis, sparked by his government's struggles to get legislation approved by Congress, escalates.

DIPLOMATIC SPAT

Ecuador and Argentina in diplomatic row over fugitive ex-minister

15-03-2023 10:34 Diplomatic spat escalates after it emerged María de los Ángeles Duarte, a convicted former cabinet minister who had been living in the Argentine Embassy in Quito, had escaped to Venezuela.