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New foreign minister has links, resources and Milei’s trust

Yesterday 13:51 Businessman Gerardo Werthein has President Javier Milei’s confidence and provided resources for the La Libertad Avanza leader’s campaign, meetings to key figures and advice on foreign policy.

by Pablo Varela

Milei's affinity with Trump – what a Republican win would mean for Argentina

Yesterday 07:48 President Milei does little to hide his support for the Republican candidate. Negotiations with the IMF and how protectionism would affect Argentina, among other key issues.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Another one bites the dust

02-11-2024 06:50 The fiscal and macro-economic stability so obsessively sought by President Milei finds its antithesis in extreme administrative volatility, when political fragmentation could be permitting calmer waters.

Court overturns dismissal of lawsuit over Milei journalist insults

31-10-2024 19:43 Ruling which cleared President Javier Milei of charges after he slandered Perfil co-founder Jorge Fontevecchia and accused him of being “on the take”; Judge also removes previous magistrate from case.

Milei is Argentina’s most popular leader but disapproval grows

31-10-2024 09:05 About 41% have a positive image of President Javier Milei, according to a new poll, but approval has been decline as austerity measures bite.

Milei sacks foreign minister after Cuba embargo vote

30-10-2024 18:11 President Javier Milei sacks Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for backing a UN vote condemning the United States' six-decade trade embargo of Cuba.

Macri and Milei’s ‘special kind of psychology’

26-10-2024 06:01 Macri knows he’s in a position of weakness. Milei and his libertarian horde swept his electorate and forced the fracture of his Juntos por el Cambio coalition. But despite lending his votes, the former president and his team have been excluded.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

The Caputos spread their tentacles over the Mileis

26-10-2024 05:37 Not so long ago, two Caputos in Milei's inner circle seemed one too many. But now, Santiago and Luis Caputo are working closely in tandem.

by Marcelo J. García

Argentina’s quest for more IMF money stalls on currency controls

25-10-2024 16:36 Argentina wants a fresh injection of money to lift controls without worrying about a currency sell-off. But the IMF doesn’t want its resources used to artificially prop up a currency, like Argentina has done so many times before.

Stories that caught our eye: October 18 to 25

25-10-2024 09:24 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentina seeks US$2.7-billion line to cover debt maturities

23-10-2024 20:39 Argentina’s government is in talks with several banks to obtain a loan agreement of around US$2.7 billion for about three years in order to meet its principal debt obligations next January.

Caputo says Argentina in talks with IMF over new deal, fresh funds

23-10-2024 13:58 After being hailed as “finance minister of the year” by a magazine in Washington, Argentina’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo Caputo said talks with the International Monetary Fund over a new agreement that includes fresh funds are underway.

Special organic laws and presidential vetoes

23-10-2024 11:20 The total or partial veto of a law should never be used as a tool for conflict, it should only to be understood as an exceptional instrument permitting evidently unconstitutional situations in approved laws to be corrected.

by Andrés Gil Domínguez

Argentina changes refugee status rules for indicted, convicted

23-10-2024 07:50 President Milei changes existing law so that Argentina will not give refuge status to people accused or convicted of crimes in other countries.

Fifty-nine state firms targeted for privatisation by Milei

22-10-2024 10:17 President Javier Milei has ordered officials to accelerate his government’s push to privatise almost 60 state firms; Team of around 30 staff members tasked with assessing the future of public companies.

AFIP to ARCA: Milei government announces ‘dissolution’ of tax bureau

21-10-2024 17:15 Argentina’s government says it will shutter AFIP tax collection agency and replace it with ‘Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA); Move will see 34% reduction in staffing levels.

Obscurity obstructs security

19-10-2024 06:46 Both Peronism and the business world are undergoing a transitional phase.

Milei the Great or Milei the Footnote?

19-10-2024 06:44 The problems Argentina faces are too big and too enduring for anyone to solve alone, especially when alienating much of the rest of the world.

by Marcelo J. García

Milei on alert over Karina’s performance in polls

16-10-2024 14:32 Argentina’s government was shocked by numbers that have emerged from surveys conducted in Buenos Aires Province showing many voters would not even consider voting for President Javier Milei’s sister.

by Ramón Indart

Why Milei can’t lift currency controls any time soon

16-10-2024 12:15 Argentina has had strict currency controls in place for the past nine out of 13 years. President Javier Milei wants to get rid of them, but for now, he's sticking to the existing regime.