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Why Donald Trump and Javier Milei are worlds apart on austerity

04-12-2024 12:25 Donald Trump and Javier Milei have a shared favour of theatrics, but it does not reflect their economic strategies in vastly different contexts – the Argentine enforcing radical austerity and Trump preferring tax cuts and tariffs.

Trump adviser Laffer tells Argentina ‘get it done now’ on capital controls

03-12-2024 15:19 Arthur Laffer has a word of advice for Argentina: Scrap capital controls now.

Green going out of fashion

23-11-2024 06:00 Javier Milei is far from being the only prominent person who thinks global-warming activists have rather more in mind than an understandable desire to prevent the entire planet from going up in flames.

by James Neilson

‘Fat Dan’ and libertarian childishness

23-11-2024 06:00 The childish attitudes of Milei 'troll army' come as the government has regained momentum in opinion polls.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

G20 summit ends with Ukraine blame game

19-11-2024 20:56 As the G20 summit wraps up, here are some of the main takeaways from the summit in Rio de Janeiro.

US likely to increase focus on LatAm with Rubio as top diplomat

19-11-2024 12:27 Marco Rubio's appointment as the United States' top diplomat has raised expectations that Washington will place greater emphasis on Latin America moving forward.

Milei, in the best of all possible worlds

16-11-2024 05:00 Everywhere he looks, Javier Milei sees good news, which he takes as confirmation that he has chosen the right path.

by Marcelo J. García

Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement?

15-11-2024 21:40 President Javier Milei's decision to withdraw his negotiators from the climate change conference in Baku breaks with the climate foreign policy maintained by his predecessors.

President Milei praises Trump at Mar-a-Lago event

15-11-2024 09:52 President Javier Milei congratulates Donald Trump for his electoral victory, a win he says shows the world that "the winds of freedom are blowing much stronger."

Sombre swan song for Biden in South America

14-11-2024 20:41 President Joe Biden embarked on a sombre farewell tour of South America Thursday, a trip overshadowed by Donald Trump's US election win.

'First Buddy': Musk takes unusual star role with Trump

13-11-2024 23:09 Elon Musk became a key ally to Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, reportedly spending over US$100 million to help the Republican win.

'Welcome back': Trump, Biden shake hands at White House

13-11-2024 16:57 US President Joe Biden hosts his soon-to-be successor (and predecessor) Donald Trump at the White House as duo promise a smooth transition of power.

Biden to travel to South America for APEC, G20 summits

11-11-2024 15:35 US President Joe Biden will travel to Brazil for the G20 summit, and will meet with various leaders regarding environmental issues, economic growth, and more.

Trump, Macron, G20, Meloni – Milei's coming international commitments

11-11-2024 14:44 Foreign policy and international diplomacy are set to dominate the next two weeks of Javier Milei’s agenda; President will travel to United States for CPAC event, meet Macron and Meloni in Buenos Aires and attend the G20 Summit in Rio.

Trump card, or joker?

09-11-2024 06:06 Milei is entitled to celebrate the convincing Republican win as a supreme booster for a global trend towards the far right but would be rather less accurate if he hailed it as an advance of his libertarian crusade against the deep state.

Welcome to the New Political Order

09-11-2024 06:01 Trump’s victory and the Brexit referendum in 2016 marked the first significant political manifestations of a change of order. Trump’s impressive comeback this week appears to solidify it further. The next question is where President Javier Milei fits into this puzzle.

by Marcelo J. García

Trump wins US election in extraordinary comeback

07-11-2024 20:18 In less than four years, Trump managed an astounding political recovery that seemed unlikely when he left office on January 20, 2021, skipping Biden’s inauguration and under a cloud over the attack on the Capitol.

Trump and Argentina – Business leaders hope political affinity will pay off

07-11-2024 00:25 Despite uncertainty about the overhaul of the United States economy and its impact on domestic business, business leaders hope election of Republican leader will lead to commercial resurgence.

by Ariel Maciel

Argentina’s right celebrates Trump’s victory in US election

06-11-2024 15:39 Figures from Mauricio Macri’s PRO party celebrate Republican leader’s win in US presidential election as Milei government officials revel in news.

Macri, Scioli send congratulations to victorious Trump

06-11-2024 12:47 Former president Mauricio Macri and ex-Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli send good wishes to US president-elect Donald Trump.