News of inauguration

A star is born(e)

25-01-2025 06:33 President Javier Milei returns home today from a stellar week abroad, but yet again Milei has wasted chances to promote overseas investment at an international forum.

NEW ERA IN AMERICA

Trump on Latin America: 'We don’t need them – they need us'

22-01-2025 11:10 US president's remarks indicate his forthright approach to future policy; Trump insists he will regain control of Panama Canal, sends troops to Mexican border, but Marco Rubio’s eye will remain on wider region.

UNITED STATES

Trump takes US reins with flurry of executive orders

21-01-2025 09:05 Donald Trump signed a blizzard of divisive presidential orders as he was sworn in for a historic second Monday, pardoning supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol and clamping down on immigration as he vowed a new "golden age" for America.

Trump Inauguration

Trump pledges 'golden age' during inaugural address

20-01-2025 15:13 US President Donald Trump promises the deportation of millions and makes territorial threats to Panama in his inaugural address.

Trump Takeover

Triumphant Trump set for return to power

20-01-2025 11:16 Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States, vowing mass migrant deportation and retribution against his opponents.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Peña says Paraguay thrilled to be on Trump’s radar

18-01-2025 10:10 Paraguay President Santiago Peña says as his nation stands to become more relevant in the next US administration.

Editorial

Brave new world or tempest?

18-01-2025 06:49 Slaying the inflationary dragon is both the cornerstone of Milei’s economic policy and the key to electoral success, but the sequence between lower inflation and electoral triumph is not so linear.

TRUMP'S INAUGURATION

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

16-01-2025 19:23 Along with the president's usual travelling crew, one unexpected Argentine will also be in attendance: San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.

latin america

Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

16-01-2025 17:58 Brazil's supreme court denied former president Jair Bolsonaro, under investigation for an alleged coup plot, from traveling to Donald Trump's inauguration next week.

UNITED STATES

Biden warns of US 'oligarchy' threat in farewell speech

15-01-2025 23:45 Just days away from leaving office, US President Joe Biden tells the nation to "stand guard" amidst grim future.

UNITED STATES

Trump would have been convicted, according special counsel report

14-01-2025 12:33 With the US presidential inauguration just days away, newly released special counsel report declares Donald Trump would have faced criminal charge if not for re-election.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela's Maduro sworn in for third presidential term

10-01-2025 12:17 Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a third six-year term in office, dealing a blow to opposition's dream of change.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Brief arrest rocks Venezuela as Maduro targets opposition

10-01-2025 08:48 Though she was released within two hours, the reported arrest of María Corina Machado on Thursday marks a significant escalation by Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Maduro to take presidential oath despite domestic, global outcry

10-01-2025 08:40 President Nicolás Maduro due to be sworn in for a third consecutive term, despite multiple countries recognising opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as legitimate president-elect following disputed elections past July.

International agenda

Trump’s inauguration and another Davos dash – Milei's upcoming trips

03-01-2025 14:13 Argentina's President Javier Milei will see in the New Year with two pivotal trips: a visit to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration as US president and a second appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

UNREST IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela opposition urges protests against Maduro's inauguration

01-01-2025 07:42 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia call for street protests in January, when President Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to be sworn in for a third term after his disputed re-election.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Milei expects to attend Trump’s inauguration as US president

16-12-2024 08:00 President Javier Milei is expected to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC on January 20.

NEW GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO

Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico's first woman president

01-10-2024 21:55 Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico's first female president, replacing her popular predecessor and close ally Andrés Manuel López Obrador as head of state in the world's most populous Spanish-speaking nation.

EL SALVADOR

El Salvador's Bukele sworn-in for second term as Milei watches on

01-06-2024 17:42 El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele sworn in for a second term with Argentina's Javier Milei among the guests in attendance.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei the pragmatist and Toto’s ‘caputazo’

16-12-2023 06:06 The ‘caputazo’ replaced pure austerity with a mix of higher taxes together with spending cuts and the “dilution” of part of the deficit through high inflation. The next few months will see runaway inflation run even farther away and put intense pressure on the population, as wages and salaries fall even farther behind.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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.

POLITICS

Hope and sacrifice: Milei’s followers yearn for change in Argentina

11-12-2023 16:28 Backers of Argentina's new libertarian president, Javier Milei, sounded a note of optimism on Sunday as he was sworn-in as head of state.

PRESIDENT MILEI

Key phrases from Milei’s first speech as president

10-12-2023 16:35 President Javier Milei delivered his first speech as head of state from the steps of the National Congress building on Sunday – here's what he told the nation.

PRESIDENT MILEI

Milei is sworn in as Argentina braces for his shock therapy

10-12-2023 14:25 Milei delivers sombre message to the nation, warning that Argentines will have to endure additional pain while he works to pull the country from economic crisis.

PRESIDENT MILEI

‘There is no alternative to austerity,’ declares Milei after swearing-in

10-12-2023 12:43 New President Javier Milei vows "new era" for Argentina despite inheriting "worst" economic inheritance ever received by government; Libertarian warns austerity and immediate shock reforms on way, declaring "there is no money."

Presidential handover

Milei takes office, nation braces for 'shock' economic reforms

10-12-2023 09:20 Javier Milei will be sworn into office as Argentina's next president later today, marking the beginning of a new era for the nation as it celebrates four decades of democracy.

Presidential handover

Zelenskyy arrives in Buenos Aires for Milei's inauguration

10-12-2023 09:02 Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Buenos Aires ahead of the inauguration of president-elect Javier Milei.

Presidential handover

Javier Milei: from chainsaw to fickle pragmatism

10-12-2023 08:37 Three weeks after his landslide election victory, Javier Milei – the outspoken economist who calls himself "the lion" – seems to have been tamed by the hard reality of politics.

Alberto's last speech

Fernández rejects Milei’s proposed cuts in final speech as president

09-12-2023 09:56 In his last speech as head of state, President Alberto Fernandez rejects drastic fiscal cuts proposed by his libertarian successor Javier Milei.

EDITORIAL

Exit Alberto... and enter Milei

09-12-2023 08:01 Milei has to be seen as a work in progress – even if many would see him as a piece of work. But one thing is certain, he is where the buck stops, as from today.

MILEI'S INAUGURATION

Zelenskyy headlines guestlist as leaders confirm for inauguration

08-12-2023 00:45 Javier Milei will be sworn-in as Argentina's new head of state on Sunday in a ceremony set to be attended by a host of regional and world leaders.

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.’

POLITICS

Step-by-step: Javier Milei’s inauguration as president of Argentina

07-12-2023 07:08 Argentina’s new leader will be proclaimed president in Congress, but has chosen to deliver his inaugural address from the steps of Congress before his supporters.

POLITICS

Milei’s request to use ‘Perón’s Cadillac’ for inauguration knocked back

06-12-2023 17:19 Javier Milei wanted to use a famous Cadillac commissioned by Juan Domingo Perón for his presidential inauguration, but his request was knocked back.

by Leonardo Torresi

ECONOMY & EXCHANGE RATE

Milei minister hints new exchange rate of 650 pesos per greenback

05-12-2023 16:40 Economists react with caution, doubt and criticism to incoming Interior Minister Guillermo Francos’ declaration that peso should be at between 600 and 650 per greenback.

Presidential inauguration

Milei's maiden speech to focus on moderating expectations

05-12-2023 16:16 Victorious presidential candidate will speak at his inauguration of the economic chaos left by the Alberto Fernández Presidency and why he will be unable to achieve results in the short term.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Lula snubs Milei invite to presidential inauguration

05-12-2023 13:39 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not attend Sunday's inauguration of president-elect Javier Milei, despite libertarian leader's attempts at rapprochement in recent weeks.

EDITORIAL

The beginning of the end?

02-12-2023 10:18 If the popular vote failed to rally to defend acquired rights against Milei’s chainsaw, it is because those rights have been emptied for too many people falling outside the system.

ELECTION 2023: FALL-OUT

Milei says no transition meeting planned as Massa decides to stay on

20-11-2023 18:39 Javier Milei says that "there is no meeting planned" with President Alberto Fernández and says responsibility for period until December 10 inauguration lies with head of state and Sergio Massa, who decides to stay on as economy minister.