News of policy

Trump to make 'digital' appearance at Davos meeting

Yesterday 17:30 US president-elect will "digitally" join world leaders at the annual World Economic Forum; President Javier Milei will also address global elite at summit.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei lowers peso crawling peg to 1% after inflation stabilises

Yesterday 16:43 Monthly inflation continues to run near a four-year low, opening the door for first change to currency policy in more than a year.

UNITED STATES

Trump's provocative, often confusing, US foreign policy is back

09-01-2025 11:48 Trump refuses to rule out using military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal and vows to bring Canada to heel.

LATIN AMERICA

Between Milei and Lula, Paraguay finance chief eyes austere path

07-01-2025 12:32 Paraguay Finance Minister Carlos Fernández argues sustainable fiscal policy matters in a region exposed to international crisis.

BILATERAL SPAT

Chile sends note of protest to Argentina after Caputo's criticism of Boric

19-12-2024 09:25 Chile has sent a note of protest to Argentina’s government after its economy minister Luis Caputo branded President Gabriel Boric a "communist" who will "sink" the nation.

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.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Criticism as Italy fast-tracks citizenship for President, Karina Milei

14-12-2024 08:24 President Javier Milei, in Italy on an overseas visit, and his sister Karina Milei have been granted fast-tracked citizenship by the Italian government, sparking anger among government critics.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei to return to Italy this month, plans second trip to Davos

03-12-2024 17:37 President will travel to the Italian capital to attend the Atreju festival organised by Italian leader's party, Fratelli d'Italia. He also plans to attend January's World Economic Forum in Davos.

EDITORIAL

Home away from Rome

30-11-2024 05:06 Returning Argentina to the world is not a straight or single line like any flight abroad – nor for that matter like domestic economic policy.

ANALYSIS

Milei evaluates Argentina’s future in Mercosur

28-11-2024 15:36 Argentina's government is evaluating its future relationship with the Mercosur trade bloc – the plans it has in mind and the possibilities of a break-up.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

President Milei to attend first Mercosur Summit in Montevideo

26-11-2024 10:41 After his absence in Asunción, President Javier Milei is set to attend his first Mercosur summit in Montevideo next week; talks will focus on the long-stalled EU free trade deal, though Argentina's leader is expected to criticise the bloc's functioning.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Gerardo Werthein: New foreign minister's ties to Kirchnerism

26-11-2024 06:53 Despite his developing relationship with President Javier Milei, Argentina’s new foreign minister was once close to Kirchnerism and is a friend of ex-US president Bill Clinton. Today, he defends Argentina’s head of state and poses for photographs with Donald Trump.

by Rodis Recalt

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Long live pragmatism, carajo!

21-11-2024 18:04 President Javier Milei is adjusting his rhetoric to the challenges of power – from his frosty exchanges with Lula and his rapprochement with Xi Jinping, to his contradictions with Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni.

by Javier Calvo

ICC RULING ON ISRAEL

Argentina says ICC warrants 'ignore' Israel's right to self-defence

21-11-2024 13:36 President Javier Milei’s government says International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister "ignores" the country's right to defend itself.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei calls for ‘alliance of free nations’ as he hosts Meloni

20-11-2024 15:06 Javier Milei voices his intention to create a new multilateral grouping of right-wing nations as he hosts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; President uses press conference to criticise the “woke virus” he claims is infecting the West.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Where was Biden? G20 photo shows him out of the picture

18-11-2024 20:11 Biden, Trudeau and Meloni miss ‘family photo’ at G20 summit; US said photo was taken early, organisers said Biden was late.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei voices dissent as Argentina rejects parts of G20 draft final declaration

18-11-2024 18:35 President Javier Milei issues a statement voicing harsh criticism of G20 and dissent with parts of G20 summit’s final communiqué.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

‘Gesture of goodwill’ – Milei gives way to Lula on anti-hunger alliance

18-11-2024 17:36 Argentina’s government finally signs up to Lula’s global anti-hunger initiative, launched at the G20 summit in Rio. Is Milei’s gesture of goodwill to his Brazilian counterpart a first step towards rebuilding relations?

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei’s meeting with Xi signals he’s come full circle on China

17-11-2024 08:44 President Javier Milei is preparing for his first sit-down with Xi Jinping, despite once scoffing that he’d never cut deals with communists.

As I see it

Milei books a seat on the Trump express

16-11-2024 05:52 Though Milei expects Trump to lend him a helping hand on the financial front, he must be worried by his determination to surround the US with sky-high protectionist walls.

by James Neilson

EDITORIAL

A not so decisive decision

16-11-2024 05:52 This week’s court ruling seems to have done nothing to derail the widespread expectation of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running in next year’s midterms as the focal opposition leader.

ENVIRONMENT

Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement?

15-11-2024 21:40 President Javier Milei's decision to withdraw his negotiators from the climate change conference in Baku breaks with the climate foreign policy maintained by his predecessors.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Leftist voices seek to be heard at Rio's G20 summit

15-11-2024 14:23 Left-wing activists hope to make their voices heard at the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit in Brazil.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

The G20: Tackling economic issues in a turbulent world

15-11-2024 14:14 The G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation – areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Wars, looming Trump reign set to dominate G20 summit

15-11-2024 14:07 World leaders gather in Brazil on Monday for a G20 summit set to be dominated by differences over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine – and the incoming Donald Trump administration in the United States.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Argentina votes against UN resolution on women and girls

15-11-2024 12:03 Argentina the only country to vote against a UN draft resolution calling for prevention and elimination of digital violence against women and girls.

WORLD

Sombre swan song for Biden in South America

14-11-2024 20:41 President Joe Biden embarked on a sombre farewell tour of South America Thursday, a trip overshadowed by Donald Trump's US election win.

US-ARGENTINA RELATIONS

Trump: Milei’s friend in the North?

14-11-2024 15:57 Javier Milei wants to establish a close link with the US president-elect. A look at the relationship between Donald Trump, Argentina's president and the envoys working to strengthen ties.

by Juan Luis González

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei pulls Argentina’s delegation from COP29 climate conference

14-11-2024 00:25 Government orders Argentina’s representatives to walk out of ongoing global climate conference, in order not to endorse UN’s Agenda 2030, which has been criticised by President Milei.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei names Alejandro Oxenford as Argentina's new US ambassador

12-11-2024 11:06 Tech entrepreneur 'Alec' Oxenford will represent Argentina in Washington; New ambassador to the United States, a keen art collector and co-founder of two unicorn start-ups, will play crucial role in relationship with incoming Trump administration.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina refuses to back UN draft resolution on indigenous rights

12-11-2024 10:45 Argentina the only country out of 169 to vote against a United Nations draft resolution on rights of indigenous peoples.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Trump wins US election in extraordinary comeback

07-11-2024 20:18 In less than four years, Trump managed an astounding political recovery that seemed unlikely when he left office on January 20, 2021, skipping Biden’s inauguration and under a cloud over the attack on the Capitol.

POLITICS & FOREIGN POLICY

Milei vows purge of ‘traitors’ after vote backing Cuba at UN

04-11-2024 22:16 President Milei lets rip at diplomats, promising to purge Argentina's foreign service of “ traitors to the country.”

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

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

04-11-2024 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

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s magical thinking about a Trump victory

02-11-2024 07:38 Argentina — or Latin America, for that matter — will not be an immediate priority for any incoming US administration, though Milei may leverage his ideological rapport with a potential President Trump.

by Marcelo J. García

MONETARY POLICY

Central Bank lowers benchmark rate to 35% from 40%

01-11-2024 12:46 Argentina’s Central Bank lowers benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly six months.

POLLS & SURVEYS

Chile overwhelmingly scorns immigration, poll shows

31-10-2024 10:43 Chileans are demanding stricter immigration controls much more than neighbours in other Latin American nations, according to a new poll, as an influx of newcomers upends politics in one of the region’s richest economies.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Spain names new ambassador to Argentina, five months on from Sánchez-Milei spat

29-10-2024 09:24 Spanish government appoints new ambassador to Argentina, five months on from a diplomatic crisis sparked by a war of words between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President Javier Milei.

INTERVIEW

Rosendo Fraga: ‘Karina Milei has more power than the Cabinet Chief’

23-10-2024 07:04 Journalist, political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga, recently interviewed by postgraduate students in investigative journalism at the Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA), discusses President Javier Milei’s world view, Argentina’s new diplomatic line and the relationship with the International Monetary Fund.

G20 SUMMIT

Milei infuriates G20 by rejecting call for gender equality

22-10-2024 20:59 On Javier Milei’s instruction, Argentine negotiators refuse to sign a statement on female empowerment that had the support of all other G20 nations.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Unease among foreign service over Milei's ‘threatening’ letter

22-10-2024 17:16 President Javier Milei warns Argentina’s foreign service that anyone not committed to his anti-progressive agenda should “step aside.”

EDUCATION ROW

Students take classes onto streets to protest Milei's university cutbacks

16-10-2024 16:20 Student demonstrators stage open classes on the streets of Buenos Aires as they draw attention to cutbacks on state higher education institutions imposed by President Javier Milei's government.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

With Biden’s envoy in town, Argentina steps up efforts to tackle against synthetic drugs

16-10-2024 15:41 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino receives top US narcotics official Todd D. Robinson, as Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announces Argentina will set up a regional intelligence centre to combat synthetic drug trafficking.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

POLITICS

Milei says state universities not under threat as occupations multiply

15-10-2024 17:13 As student takeovers of campuses multiply nationwide, President Milei says Argentina's public university system is “not under discussion” but vows auditing of state institutions will take place.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Mick Jagger meet on agenda as Milei hosts Boris Johnson

15-10-2024 10:24 Javier Milei holds talks with Boris Johnson in Buenos Aires as former British prime minister embarks on promotional tour for new book; Hour-long meeting ends with Conservative Party politician promising to try and organise a meeting with Mick Jagger.

DOLLARISATION ON THE CARDS?

Milei wants Argentines to dollarise the economy for him

02-10-2024 13:16 Argentina’s President seems to have abandoned his vision of dollarisation of the economy. Instead, he wants his countrymen to do the job for him: dollar by dollar, peso by peso.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

No future for Milei

28-09-2024 06:33 President Milei’s first speech at the UN General Assembly was the latest example of the many fruitless symbolic battles that Argentina’s 21st-century Don Quixote chooses to fight to feed his foundational ego trip.

by Marcelo J. García

MILEI IN NEW YORK

Milei lays out clearer currency path as his popularity begins to dip

24-09-2024 11:05 In his Wall Street debut, Javier Milei tells investors at the New York Stock Exchange that currency restrictions will be lifted “when the rate of inflation in the macroeconomic programme is zero.”

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

‘Totalitarian’: Argentina votes against UN ‘Pact for the Future’

23-09-2024 19:26 Milei administration officials voice rejection of non-binding UN masterplan to address 21st-century challenges; Only seven out of 193 states vote against, including Argentina, Russia, North Korea and Venezuela.