News of president

VP Villarruel breaks ranks over Argentina-UK agreement

28-09-2024 09:54 Victoria Villarruel, Argentina’s military-loving vice-president, highlights disagreements over new accord and asks if United Kingdom is “playing us for fools”; New agreement between Buenos Aires and London is “contrary to national interest,” supports “occupation” and allows “plundering” of seas, she argues.

The Wall Street shuffle

28-09-2024 06:27 Milei doubtless imagined that he was ringing his own Liberty Bell but it was also a self-excommunication from the international community which might well send alarm-bells ringing, not least among Wall Street investors.

Peru's deeply divisive former leader dead at 86

12-09-2024 00:26 Polarising ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has died aged 86 in the nation's capital Lima, family reports.

Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian behind Peru rebound, dies at 86

11-09-2024 22:15 Former president of Peru oversaw the defeat of Maoist terrorists, tamed hyperinflation and continued to loom large over national politics after being imprisoned for his role in killings by death squads.

The excommunication of Alberto Fernández

17-08-2024 06:35 In Argentina’s hazy political ecosystem, there should be little doubt that bad actors are always present behind the scenes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Charges sought against ex-president Alberto Fernández after battery claims

14-08-2024 23:30 Prosecutors on Wednesday sought the indictment of former president Alberto Fernández for "injuries" and "threats" alleged by his ex-partner Fabiola Yáñez.

Yáñez set to expand on Fernández gender violence testimony

12-08-2024 11:36 Former first lady appoints new defence lawyer and thanks those sending messages of solidarity after gender violence complaint; Ex-president again denies allegations in conversation with journalist.

Fabiola Yáñez confirms violence allegations against Fernández in interview

11-08-2024 11:10 "I'm afraid," declares former first lady Fabiola Yáñez in interview with Infobae confirming gender violence allegations against ex-president Alberto Fernandez.

President Milei’s trip to Los Angeles cost US$200,000

17-06-2024 15:39 Public information request filed with government reveals three-day trip cost just over US$200,000; President stayed at Beverly Hills Hilton, spoke at conference, met with Musk and Infantino.

by Pablo Varela

Milei's 'Ley de Bases' bill clears Senate as VP casts decisive vote

12-06-2024 23:24 Senate gives general approval to President Milei's 'Ley de Bases' mega-reform bill after fresh round of amendments.

Milei meets OpenAI boss, chats with Trudeau before speech at Stanford

29-05-2024 11:03 Javier Milei met with the creator of ChatGTP, Sam Altman, and discussed Artificial Intelligence in San Francisco on Tuesday; President also speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Mexico expected to elect first woman president in historic election

29-05-2024 06:15 Mexico poised to shatter highest political ceiling, with ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum and opposition hopeful Xochitl Galvez leading race to become country's first female president.

Iran mourns death of president, foreign minister in helicopter crash

20-05-2024 09:51 Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region. Killed alongside Raisi were Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others.

'Karinismo': President sister keeps gaining power

14-05-2024 11:54 Javier Milei’s Cabinet looks increasingly disjointed but his sister, presidential chief-of-staff Karina Milei, is accumulating more power and decision-making.

Barking mad? Milei's attachment to 'dead' dog raises sanity worries

26-04-2024 17:39 Does Javier Milei really communicate with a ghost dog whose death he refuses to accept?

Milei sees four dogs and says there are five – it should concern us

15-04-2024 16:25 On a denial of reality, cloned dogs, mediums and Javier Milei's messianic project.

by Juan Luis González

Is President Milei growing in stature?

06-04-2024 06:39 Argentina’s president is exercising power fully, even as he continues to learn how the dynamics of it works.

by Marcelo J. García

Milei says his four cloned dogs chose their own economist names

05-04-2024 14:56 The cloned dogs that Javier Milei refers to as his “four-legged children” all bear the names of his economist heroes. But the president insists he didn’t choose their names — they did.

Another 100 days of solitude?

23-03-2024 06:30 If Javier Milei insists on tragedy, he might kill Argentina’s democracy – or vice-versa. He does not need to.

by Marcelo J. García

Villarruel vies with Karina Milei for influence over president

22-03-2024 18:29 Officially, Victoria Villarruel is Javier Milei’s second-in-command. But the president has left little doubt that there is only one adviser who truly has his ear: his younger sister Karina.