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Liberland: the micronation building bridges with Javier Milei

29-06-2024 04:32 Free Republic of Liberland, a micronation between Serbia and Croatia, has yet to receive international recognition, but its self-proclaimed president, Czech libertarian Vít Jedlicka wants to deepen its links with Argentina and Javier Milei.

by Giselle Leclercq

President Milei, Elon Musk to speak at libertarian forum in Buenos Aires

11-06-2024 17:07 President Javier Milei and billionaire businessman Elon Musk (by videoconference) to speak at event organised by Fundación Libertad y Progreso and the Cato Institute.

Javier Milei may find an unexpected friend in the IMF

21-11-2023 16:43 What will the relationship be like between Javier Milei and the International Monetary Fund, given the impact of Argentina's ongoing US$44-billion loan agreement?

United States government congratulates Milei on election win

19-11-2023 23:52 The United States congratulated Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei on his election victory Sunday, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken praising the "strong turnout and peaceful conduct of the vote."

Milei’s followers stir up spectre of fraud on social networks

09-11-2023 10:21 Echoing the elections of Donald Trump in the United States and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Argentina now becomes the latest country to battle unfounded electoral fraud claims.

Macri hates Massa more than Cristina and her Kirchnerites

04-11-2023 05:21 The talk of vanquishing Kirchnerism is as meaningless as when Milei speaks of Communists. Kirchnerism today is not Macri’s enemy, Massa is.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Airing the dirty laundry of Argentina’s political caste

13-10-2023 11:27 As we get closer to the general election there could be a few more surprises of the smear campaign machine, so hold onto your hats.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Radical outsider Milei fires up young Argentines ahead of election

05-10-2023 11:50 Many young people are flocking behind radical upstart Javier Milei, the libertarian lawmaker who has surged to the front of Argentina's presidential race.

Milei, Barrionuevo and the ‘casta sindical’

22-09-2023 05:50 Restaurant worker chieftain Luis Barrionuevo, who has been meeting with libertarian presidential frontrunner Javier Milei, is perhaps the union leader with the greatest number of leaps and bounds in modern Argentine politics.

by Javier Calvo

Former IMF board member backs Milei’s dollarisation of Argentina

21-09-2023 23:14 Mark Rosen, a former US official on the IMF's board from 2019 to 2021, offers rare show of establishment support for Javier Milei's dollarisation proposal.

Victoria Villarruel on the military dictatorship and era of state terrorism

05-09-2023 11:58 Javier Milei’s running-mate leapt into politics from her militancy in organisations for "a complete memory" of the 1976-1983 era of state terrorism. Her statements on the military dictatorship, response to those who accuse her of denialism and the national deputy’s links with dictators.

Four theses about Javier Milei

26-08-2023 06:30 In the age of near total smartphone and Internet penetration, Javier Milei has proven that a viral phenomenon is more powerful than the traditional party structures that supposedly guarantee the vote throughout the nation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei: ‘My Cabinet is in place, it’s ready to take over now’

14-08-2023 15:20 Bullish libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei gives first interview after PASO triumph; Primary results show “society is angry,” he argues, while revealing that Mauricio Macri contacted him to congratulate him on results in primary election.

Libertarian shift – the 16 provinces where Javier Milei triumphed

14-08-2023 13:24 Economist and national deputy scored surprising wins in 16 of the 24 districts across national territory; Stronger than expected performance outside of the capital and Buenos Aires Province.

In defence of Milei

11-07-2023 13:06 The debate proposed by La Libertad Avanza is a healthy one, although perhaps tainted by the source of its origin: they are raising it in order to cover up their own financial shenanigans.

by Javier Calvo

Argentina’s political hegemony crumbles in the face of primaries

17-06-2023 06:04 In a nation accustomed to charismatic leaders that create vertical organisations, the fragmentation of the political field is creating a whole lot of stress and volatility. And savagery has taken over.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A no-win election

27-05-2023 06:45 The fact remains that the last three people to run Argentina have all opted to sit this election out. The only question here is what lies behind their “fear to tread.”

by Michael Soltys

Electoral platform: Dollarisation, privatisations, guns, no sexual ed

18-05-2023 15:33 Leaked electoral platform presented by libertarian lawmaker to Judge María Servini features more than 60 proposals he aims to put into practice if he becomes president.

A social flare-up, a triple draw and the rise of Milei

15-04-2023 10:01 Javier Milei very well could be the single most voted-for candidate in the national PASOs scheduled for August 13.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Still mucking around with Milei

14-04-2023 09:58 Argentina's outspoken libertarian expresses a civic frustration that promises unpredictable consequences – it would suit politics to take him seriously and stop playing with fire.

by Javier Calvo