News of milei

100% inflation in Argentina opens the door for a presidential upset

15-03-2023 10:05 Javier Milei is known for his rage-filled rhetoric calculated to shock. With the country in economic turmoil, the radical conservative is climbing in the polls ahead of elections for the top job.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Peronism looks into the electoral abyss

16-02-2023 17:08 Two-time former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, is the architect of the Peronist coalition. She may be about to take it down with her.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

The ornithology of Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio

11-02-2023 07:00 Argentina has been locked in a bi-coalitionism over the past several electoral periods, but the novel element this time around is the internal fragmentation of both spaces.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Milei: I’d be Bullrich’s economy minister if she defeated me in primaries

24-11-2022 14:01 Libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei claims he offered Patricia Bullrich a deal: if they both ran in the same PASO, and he lost, he would be her economy minister.

POLITICS

Milei claims he turned down US$300,000 offer not to run in 2021

20-10-2022 16:48 The deputy of La Libertad Avanza lawmaker alleges he refused a six-figure sum from "an important politician" who did not want him to compete in the last PASO.

Performance report

Javier Milei in Congress: Regular attendance, but an irregular voter

13-07-2022 14:56 The deputy for La Libertad Avanza has missed only one of five sessions but passed up voting on half the occasions to date. Neither he nor his fellow-libertarian Victoria Villarroel have yet presented any bills and nor do they belong to any committee.

POLITICS

Opposition, libertarians assess TV star Viviana Canosa’s political ambitions

03-06-2022 11:11 Juntos por el Cambio recently included the outspoken TV star in their opinion polls; Javier Milei’s people also want her but she has turned them down. Does Viviana Canosa have future plans in politics?

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS

‘Unsalted eggs’ and Rodríguez Larreta’s fight against everyone (including Milei) for 2023

28-05-2022 00:54 Given Argentina’s particular electoral system, we have a three-round bout ahead of us.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A 'QUIXOTIC' PRESIDENTIAL BID

The Milei Experience

21-05-2022 00:13 Like a long-distance runner who starts sprinting as soon as the whistle blows, Javier Milei has started his presidential campaign much earlier than anybody else.

by Eduardo Reina

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

20-05-2022 10:00 Jaime Duran Barba, one of the region's most important political analysts and consultants, discusses Javier Milei's chances of being president, Latin American politics and Argentina's coalitions.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Politics

Milei’s star continues to rise – at the expense of traditional politicians

19-05-2022 21:22 Libertarian economist continues to dominate the headlines while capitalising on voters’ rejection of both the Peronist government and the troubled opposition coalition.

ESSAY

The appeal of Javier Milei – an autopsy of the right

07-05-2022 00:16 Why the outspoken liberal economist is growing at the expense of traditional politicians. Social network populism, hatred towards the state and a not-so discreet charm. The hidden keys of his biography.

by Beatriz Sarlo

And that reminds me

Javier Milei: Might right make right?

07-05-2022 00:01 Some local pollsters and overseas media already tip Javier Milei as a presidential dark horse, but does his support extend beyond an echo chamber for anti-system politics?

by Michael Soltys

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Luciano Laspina: ‘The ideas Argentina needs today are similar to those pushed by Milei’

06-05-2022 00:01 Rosario-born economist and national deputy Luciano Laspina on Javier Milei, the Mauricio Macri government and the reforms Argentina needs to undertake.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

NEW SURVEY

Close to a third of opposition voters would back Milei in 2023, claims poll

03-05-2022 15:46 Just under 29% of those who voted for Juntos por el Cambio in the 2021 midterm elections say they would back Javier Milei in 2023 presidential ballot, a new poll by Management & Fit finds.

POLITICS

Milei talks up Casa Rosada hopes: 'If I get to the run-off, I'm the next president'

02-05-2022 11:26 Outspoken national lawmaker Javier Milei predicted he will win Presidency if he makes second round, while accusing City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta of seeking to "persecute" him.

POLITICS

Milei lets rip after Juntos por el Cambio rules out electoral alliance

30-04-2022 01:15 Meeting of Juntos por el Cambio’s leaders ends in agreement that no political force will be added to coalition without unanimous approval, putting to bed rumours that outspoken libertarian economist could be asked to join.

LAWMAKER MAKES HEADLINES (AGAIN)

Milei raffles off monthly pay – and cash is won by a Kirchnerite

14-01-2022 19:55 A 40-year-old from Buenos Aires City was the lucky winner of the raffle for Javier Milei’s first monthly paycheque this weeK – unfortunately for the libertarian deputy, he's a Kirchnerite.

BLOOMBERG

Milei: Argentina's libertarians won’t support a deal with the IMF

29-12-2021 21:28 Argentina's liberal lawmakers will not support an agreement between the International Monetary Fund and the country, says Javier Milei.

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

Todos contentos

15-11-2021 16:10 With less catastrophic results than those anticipated by the PASO primaries, all the politicians have to do now is open dialogue and get the country out of the national crisis...

by Carlos De Angelis

ELECTIONS 2021

Security guard almost draws gun onstage at Javier Milei campaign event

15-11-2021 01:07 A moment of confusion and tension drew headlines in Argentina this electoral Sunday after an armed security guard almost drew his weapon onstage during celebrations marking Javier Milei’s election as lawmaker.

ELECTIONS 2021

Milei the ultra-liberal vows to do away with Argentina's ‘political caste’

11-11-2021 23:18 Outspoken ultra-liberal economist Javier Milei’s rhetoric continues to find its target; All eyes on Avanza Libertad’s performance in Sunday’s election.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Javier Milei: ‘The more people are against the ropes, the more they will embrace freedom’

25-09-2021 11:02 In a feature-length interview, economist Javier Milei discusses his stunning PASO primaries result, political origins and experience with psychotherapy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

As I see it

Make way for the shantytown liberals

25-09-2021 00:01 Some commentators and politicians have been considering the intriguing possibility that people who live in the country’s squalid urban slums could be acquiring a taste for free-market capitalism.

by James Neilson

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Milei wins 13% of vote in City PASO, taking Avanza Libertad into third

13-09-2021 16:00 Candidates from the Avanza Libertad have hailed their party’s results in the PASO primaries, which saw the libertarian alliance finish third in the City and fourth in Buenos Aires Province.

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

What’s at stake in Argentina’s PASO primaries?

10-09-2021 14:12 Argentines take to the polls on September 12 in a PASO primary vote that will measure the political strength of the federal Peronist government and the opposition ahead of midterm elections on November 14.

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

PASO preview: Even nationwide, parliamentary majorities uncertain

10-09-2021 01:41 Apart from the dispute for seats and majorities, this election is the start of the 2023 presidential race for at least three forces.

by Nicolás Cereijo

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Government, opposition ramp up rhetoric in final days of campaigning

09-09-2021 17:00 President Alberto Fernández closes the Frente de Todos campaign by telling voters that the ‘worst of the pandemic is over’; Opposition hopefuls, led by María Eugenia Vidal in the capital, adopt a strong anti-government tone.