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Gerardo Werthein: Milei's new foreign minister once had strong ties to Kirchnerism

Today 06:53 Despite his developing relationship with President Javeri 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

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Donald Trump: Political Houdini does it again

06-11-2024 07:43 In defeating Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has once more shown he can defy all political and legal gravity.

PROFILE

Edmundo González Urrutia: from placeholder to opposition pointman

10-09-2024 09:40 Edmundo González Urrutia is a soft-spoken grandfather who spurns the spotlight. But Venezuela's political crisis has thrust him into the crosshairs of Nicolás Maduro's iron-fisted regime.

POLITICS: PROFILE

Guillermo Francos: Political negotiator respected by opposition

28-05-2024 21:27 President Milei’s new Cabinet chief is a lawyer who co-founded the party Acción por la República. He will push for “dialogue” after replacing Nicolás Posse.

Presidential handover

Javier Milei: from chainsaw to fickle pragmatism

10-12-2023 08:37 Three weeks after his landslide election victory, Javier Milei – the outspoken economist who calls himself "the lion" – seems to have been tamed by the hard reality of politics.

ELECTION 2023

Milei: Economist who ignited rage wins race for Presidency

19-11-2023 21:57 Javier Milei has upended Argentine politics in a meteoric rise from obscurity to the Presidency, riding a wave of fury over decades of economic decline and rampant inflation.

PROFILE: JAVIER MILEI

What to know about Javier Milei, Argentina's electoral phenomenon

15-08-2023 15:24 Javier Milei, the brash libertarian who won more than seven million votes in last weekend's PASO primaries, has taken his anti-establishment ultra-liberal nationwide.

Debt intervention

Argentina to buy back US$1 billion in foreign debt

18-01-2023 09:15 Economy Minister Sergio Massa says Argentina’s government will buy back US$1 billion of foreign debt in bid to improve the country’s debt and risk profile; Measure, confirmed via resolution published in Official Gazette, focused on global bonds maturing in 2029 and 2030.

Qatar 2022 World Cup

World Cup 'spider' man Álvarez, the pride of Calchín

17-12-2022 13:23 Julián Álvarez has been a revelation in Qatar but back in his tiny home village of Calchín is celebrated for his humility and hailed as a "hero" and "ambassador."

PROFILE

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: powerful, divisive, and tainted by fraud

07-12-2022 01:06 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has drawn adoration and hatred in equal measure, and even a fraud conviction is unlikely to push her out of the corridors of power anytime soon.