News of meeting

Milei confirms G20 attendance – and encounter with Lula

15-10-2024 10:06 Argentina’s President Javier Milei confirms he will attend the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, ensuring a first meeting with Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is nigh.

PRESIDENTIAL MEETING

As demonstrators protest education cuts, Milei meets with ‘Wolf of Wall Street’

02-10-2024 23:05 President Javier Milei meets Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker better known as 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' who became wealthy before being jailed for fraud and stock manipulation.

International Relations

President Milei hosts El Salvador leader Bukele at Casa Rosada

30-09-2024 17:26 President hosts Nayib Bukele at Casa Rosada for talks on energy, trade and security, among other topics.

MILEI IN AMERICA

Elon Musk says his firms are 'actively' looking to invest in Argentina

24-09-2024 14:58 SpaceX and Tesla boss posts on social media that his companies are “actively looking for ways to invest in and support Argentina,” though there’s no sign of an announcement anytime soon.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Lacalle Pou criticises Milei’s decision to skip Mercosur summit

08-07-2024 16:15 "The message is not the only important thing, the messenger is very important," declares Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou in response to Javier Milei's Mercosur summit.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND MEET

Milei to meet IMF chief during Argentina’s push for new programme

12-06-2024 23:06 President Javier Milei will meet face-to-face with the head of the International Monetary Fund in Italy this week as Argentina pushes for a new programme.

POLITICS

'Ley de Bases': Meeting between Villarruel, Francos and blocs open to dialogue

28-05-2024 16:24 Vice-President Victoria Villarruel and new Cabinet chief Guillermo Francos are meeting with Senate blocs open to dialogue as talks over President Milei's sweeping reform package ramp up.

MILEI MEETS MUSK

President Milei meets Elon Musk at Tesla factory in Austin

12-04-2024 14:52 Argentina’s President flies from Miami to Texas for a meeting with SpaceX boss Elon Musk at his Telsa factory in Austin; X owner gives Javier Milei tour of building as photos of encounter go viral online.

MILEI, MIAMI & MUSK

Milei reveals Jewish family tale as he visits US for Musk meeting

11-04-2024 14:12 Libertarian leader, who was joined in Miami by his girlfriend Fátima Florez, reveals previously unknown familial tie to Jewish faith as he receives award from religious organisation; High expectation ahead of meeting with Elon Musk in Texas as plans are drawn up for mogul’s 2025 visit to Argentina.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Blinken says Argentina 'can count' on US support to stabilise economy

23-02-2024 16:29 President Javier Milei and Foreign Minister Diana Mondino received the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, at the Casa Rosada, in a new gesture of rapprochement between Joe Biden's administration and Argentina's new government.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Blinken highlights Argentina opportunities, but warns Milei over rights

23-02-2024 14:10 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington wants to help Argentina “feed and fuel” the world, but leaves Buenos Aires with a pointed message to President Javier Milei about importance of human rights.

by James Grainger

WHEN JAVIER MET FRANCIS

Milei praises Pope in reversal after Vatican meeting

12-02-2024 14:25 "One of the things I have realised recently is that the Pope is the most important Argentine person in the whole of Argentina," says Javier Milei in interview.

FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER

President Milei mends fences in private with Pope Francis at Vatican

12-02-2024 09:18 President Javier Milei shares a lengthy 70-minute private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican – a once unthinkable proposition given his previous public criticism of his fellow countryman.

PRESIDENT @ THE VATICAN

Smiles and hugs between Pope and President on Mama Antula's day

11-02-2024 16:36 After insults and a staged reconciliation, the president embraced the pontiff on Sunday when he saw him for the first time at the Vatican.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Finally face-to-face: Milei, Pope Francis meet at Vatican

11-02-2024 09:13 Argentina's top political and religious leaders, President Javier Milei and Pope Francis, met for the first time Sunday in Rome ahead of tomorrow's private audience.

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.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

Massa heads to US for talks with IMF on loans

21-08-2023 08:40 Sergio Massa will travel to the United States on Monday for talks with the International Monetary Fund on the country’s refinancing disbursements amid the peso’s devaluation.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Fernández showers praise on ‘friend’ Lula during bilateral meet

27-06-2023 15:08 Brazilian president decorated his Argentine colleague with the Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul during meeting at the Itamaraty Foreign Ministry in Brasília.

Bloomberg

Government hauls in oil firms for meeting amid dollar shortage

24-05-2023 10:43 Officials set to meet with oil firms to discuss how imports must be financed amid a severe shortage of dollars.

Alberto in Brazil

Brazil to finance Argentina’s imports to relieve pressure on reserves

04-05-2023 01:14 Lula assures that he is seeking solutions to sustain Brazilian exports to Argentina and that he will be lobbying the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "to remove the knife from Argentina’s throat."

Foreign relations

Lula says he’s started talks with BRICS bank to help Argentina

03-05-2023 08:16 Lula offers strong support for Alberto Fernández after four-hour meeting in Brasília, confirming talks on financing for Brazilian exports and declaring that International Monetary Fund needs to "remove its knife from Argentina's neck."

Bilateral relations

Biden's envoy arrives with messages of support for Argentina

15-04-2023 13:48 IMF support, macroeconomic support and planes – US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s visit to Argentina came with clear messages. "There is a programme between Argentina and the IMF and what they are negotiating is something that the United States supports," she told reporters.

Bilateral relations

Biden, Fernández call for 'economic integration' in White House meet

29-03-2023 23:26 US President Joe Biden hails an "enormous opportunity" to increase "economic integration" with Argentina as he hosts President Alberto Fernández at White House.

BILATERAL MEET

‘Satisfied’ Fernández flies home with Biden's vow of support

29-03-2023 23:23 A long-awaited meeting between Argentina’s Peronist leader and US President Joe Biden finally took place this week, with both sides emerging subsequently to talk up bilateral relations and opportunities in the coming years.

ALBERTO IN WASHINGTON

Inside the bilateral: What did Alberto and Joe say to each other?

29-03-2023 21:54 President Alberto Fernández’s delegation spent more than an hour and a half in the White House; Seeking support in its discussions with the IMF, US President Joe Biden remarked on the heavy economic inheritance both leaders received upon taking office.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington

BILATERAL MEETING

Fernández asks Biden for IMF support in White House meeting

29-03-2023 17:28 Argentina's president hosted by United States leader at the West Wing in Washington; Alberto Fernández asks for US support with the International Monetary Fund and condemns war in Ukraine.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington

BILATERAL MEET

Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of Biden bilateral

27-03-2023 10:59 President Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden; Economy Minister Sergio Massa travelling to Washington on Tuesday to join delegation.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from New York

BILATERAL MEET

Biden to meet with Alberto Fernández during democracy summit

26-03-2023 13:09 US President Joe Biden will host President Alberto Fernández in Washington next week after a planned meeting was postponed last year, White House confirms.