News of speech

Who was Milei’s audience?

Yesterday 23:45 With an almost religious hope of 2025 being a growth year, President Milei used his first anniversary address to talk to the ‘círculo rojo’ business establishment and his run-off voters, with no concrete announcements for ordinary people.

by Javier Calvo

President's address

Milei vows to axe capital controls and negotiate Trump trade deal

Yesterday 09:50 President Javier Milei promises to lift capital and currency controls next year and negotiate a free-trade agreement with the United States once Donald Trump takes office.

MILEI'S FIRST YEAR

Milei promises inflation will be a 'bad memory' in first anniversary speech

10-12-2024 23:45 President touts US trade deal with Trump, vows to remove currency controls and says “happy times” lie ahead in national broadcast marking first year in office.

CPAC ARGENTINA

CPAC Argentina: Milei calls for ‘cultural battle’ against left in speech

05-12-2024 01:00 President rails against leftie ‘zurdos’, attacks critical press outlets and calls for a right-wing “cultural battle” to refound the West.

POLITICS

Rodríguez Larreta asks Milei to tone down rhetoric, stop ‘hate messages’

27-11-2024 11:59 Former City mayor tells President: "You were elected to govern, not share hate messages"; Report highlights “violent speech,” describing it as threat to democratic coexistence.

MILEI IN AMERICA

Milei hails Trump win as 'greatest political comeback in history'

15-11-2024 10:56 President Milei hails Trump's victory in US election as the "greatest political comeback in history," as he looks to align himself further with incoming administration.

Another Plagiarism row

Report: Milei's UN speech was nicked from 'The West Wing'

04-10-2024 11:43 President Javier Milei gave his first speech to the UN General Assembly last week – and according to a local journalist, it was in part plagiarised from one of the most famous political TV shows ever to have been made.

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

BUDGET PROPOSAL

President presents 2025 Budget, says zero deficit is a must

16-09-2024 08:07 President Milei tells Congress he will veto all laws that are not balanced with spending cuts in primetime speech.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Musk’s free speech mantra collides with crackdowns on hate speech and disinformation

19-08-2024 13:32 Elon Musk’s absolutist version of free speech has thrown the world’s richest man and his X social-media platform into the crosshairs of governments worldwide.

OVERSEAS VISIT

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

POLITICS

Milei proclaims ‘change of era’ in Córdoba speech marking national holiday

26-05-2024 10:16 President Milei heads to Córdoba to mark his first 25 de Mayo anniversary as head of state; Head of state praises ‘rock star’ Luis Caputo in speech following event in Buenos Aires, announces new ‘May Council’ and vows tax cuts.

CEPO NO MORE?

Milei attacks ‘loudmouth’ critics as he denies peso-dollar lag

15-05-2024 16:31 President attacks "loudmouth" economists critical of his exchange rate policy, defends economic programme and says Argentina is "very close" to removing currency controls.

EDITORIAL

Contradictions and multitudes

11-05-2024 06:07 The Javier Milei Presidency has never been short of contradictions.

Former president speaks out

Fernández de Kirchner accuses Milei of subjecting Argentines to ‘pointless sacrifice’

28-04-2024 09:25 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returns to political scene, slamming the "anarcho-colonialism" of Javier Milei's political project and accusing the President of submitting Argentines to a "pointless sacrifice."

CADENA NACIONAL BROADCAST

Milei trumpets quarterly budget surplus in TV address

23-04-2024 10:49 President announces Argentina’s first quarterly fiscal surplus since 2008 during a televised speech, promising his commitment to eliminating deficits wouldn’t waver throughout his term.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

'The last stretch': Milei praises 'heroic' effort in prime-time address

22-04-2024 22:08 President uses prime-time broadcast to highlight first quarterly budget surplus since 2008. "This is the last stretch of a heroic effort," Milei tells nationwide.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei to hail fiscal surplus in prime-time address

22-04-2024 11:00 President Javier Milei set to address the nation tonight in a prime-time ‘Cadena Nacional’ national broadcast, during which he hail his government’s progress on balancing Argentina’s books.

Milei School Inauguration

Milei tells schoolchildren that abortion is 'aggravated murder' due to 'familial bond'

06-03-2024 10:58 President Javier Milei uses speech to young children at his old school to criticise "green scarf murderers," declaring abortion is "aggravated murder" because of "familial bond" between mother and foetus.

Human rights

UN rights chief warns Gaza 'powder keg' could spark wider war

04-03-2024 13:17 Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Türk characterises the Gaza war as a "powder keg" and condemns "great replacement" theories

STATE OF THE NATION – ANALYSIS

Milei seeks pact with political leaders in bid to save reforms

02-03-2024 00:26 In his first annual address to lawmakers on Friday, Milei invited leaders from all parties to sign a 10-principle agreement that includes a “non-negotiable fiscal balance” and public spending cuts, as well as labour reform and free trade.

POLITICS

Sign up to my reforms or face ‘conflict,’ Milei tells lawmakers

01-03-2024 22:34 President Javier Milei delivers aggressive yet gloomy state-of-the-nation speech, calls on his allies and enemies to sign up to his 10-point ‘Pacto de Mayo’ – or face the consequences.

CONGRESS SPEECH

President Milei to lay out plans to lawmakers in state-of-the-nation address

01-03-2024 16:35 President Javier Milei will address Congress at 9pm tonight, inaugurating normal sessions of Congress with a speech that is eagerly awaited.

Milei in America

Milei embraces Trump on Washington trip, lectures on economics

25-02-2024 09:15 President Javier Milei meets Donald Trump during a US conservative conference and said he hopes the Republican leader returns to the White House.

Milei in America

Milei meets with Trump at CPAC, adapts his slogan for Argentina

24-02-2024 19:42 “We will not give up on making Argentina great again,” declares President Javier Milei before delivering a 40-minute speech to Republican voters at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

‘The West is in danger’ – Milei makes explosive debut on international scene

17-01-2024 11:59 Argentina’s president delivers speech straight from the campaign trail at Davos summit, criticising Western leaders for adopting “variants of collectivism” and turning their backs on the market; “The state is not the solution, the state is the problem," he declares.

POLITICS

Milei bids farewell to 2023 – without changing tone

02-01-2024 15:47 President Javier Milei reiterated the gravity of the economic situation and justified the first shock measures of his administration in his end-of-year address.

PRESIDENT MILEI

Key phrases from Milei’s first speech as president

10-12-2023 16:35 President Javier Milei delivered his first speech as head of state from the steps of the National Congress building on Sunday – here's what he told the nation.

POLITICS

Step-by-step: Javier Milei’s inauguration as president of Argentina

07-12-2023 07:08 Argentina’s new leader will be proclaimed president in Congress, but has chosen to deliver his inaugural address from the steps of Congress before his supporters.

Presidential inauguration

Milei's maiden speech to focus on moderating expectations

05-12-2023 16:16 Victorious presidential candidate will speak at his inauguration of the economic chaos left by the Alberto Fernández Presidency and why he will be unable to achieve results in the short term.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

ELECTION 2023: REACTION

President-elect Milei vows to end ‘Argentine decadence’ in speech

19-11-2023 22:37 In a victory speech to adoring cheer-filled supporters, Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei on Sunday vowed to begin "the reconstruction of Argentina" and end the country's economic decline.

ELECTIONS 2023 – ANALYSIS

How Massa halted Milei’s momentum: Argentina election takeaways

23-10-2023 08:25 Sergio Massa gained three million votes on Sunday compared to his coalition’s third-place finish in the August primary. Meanwhile, frontrunner Milei lost votes.

Election 2023: reaction

Massa declares end of polarisation after topping presidential ballot

23-10-2023 01:31 Economy minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate emerges wins first round; Massa declares that nation's steep political rift, 'la grieta' is over and that a “new stage” lies ahead for Argentina.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Fernández: ‘I can talk to Xi, Putin and Biden equally, nobody can question me’

12-09-2023 13:16 Argentina’s president defines multilateralism as a nation’s right to diplomatically engage with whomever it pleases in speech at UN peace operations conference staged at Defence Ministry headquarters.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Casa Rosada pushes back after UBA speech by Ukraine's Zelenskyy

06-07-2023 19:22 Ukrainian leader delivers address via videoconference to students at the University of Buenos Aires, during which he called on Argentina to support Kyiv’s peace proposal and develop “closer relations” between nations.

POLITICS

Cristina takes aim at courts and IMF – but doesn’t anoint a candidate

25-05-2023 19:35 No word on candidacies, but Cristina fills the Plaza de Mayo, surrounded by leading Frente de Todos figures; Veep calls for renewal of democratic pact, attacks Judiciary and slams IMF deal.

POLITICAL INSIDER

Alberto, CFK and Massa: three different strategies for upcoming elections

30-04-2023 09:07 Sergio Massa’s management is supported by Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but she has not blessed his candidacy. President Alberto Fernández insists that he will present his own hopeful, but the economy minister’s battle against inflation and currency crises – and how they play out – could be the deciding factor.

by Rosario Ayerdi

FIERY SPEECH FROM CFK

Cristina attacks Milei's dollarisation plan, blames IMF for inflation

27-04-2023 23:52 Vice-president declares that dollarisation would be “worse than convertibility” as she delivers highly anticipated speech that attacks IMF policies, opposition ‘inheritance’ and Javier Milei.

ELECTION 2023

CFK confirms she will not run for presidency

27-04-2023 23:27 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reiterated on Thursday that she will not be a candidate in the October presidential elections.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Fernández de Kirchner blames IMF for peso sell-off, inflation

27-04-2023 23:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner criticises the International Monetary Fund for prohibiting Argentina's Central Bank from intervening in financial markets to tame currency volatility in keynote speech.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Alberto and Cristina on different pages when it comes to justice system

04-03-2023 15:09 The president's rhetoric against the Supreme Court did not satisfy the vice-president, who will voice her own views in a speech against the Judiciary on March 10. In the ruling coalition, there is little agreement over and all sectors have doubts about presidential candidacies.

by Rosario Ayerdi

EDITORIAL

It takes two to tango even when dancing alone

04-03-2023 03:02 Most of the reactions to the two-hour state-of-the-nation address of President Alberto Fernández to open Congress on Wednesday fall into its trap of placing their main focus on its explosive climax, thus limiting the debate to the judicial arena rather than tackling the deeper and more complex problems facing Argentina.

CONGRESS SPEECH: LONG READ

President raises stakes, reignites feud with Judiciary

03-03-2023 10:30 Alberto Fernández delivered the traditional state-of-the-nation speech to the legislative assembly on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the congressional year. Defending his administration and pretending all is well with his vice-president, the president trained his ire on the Supreme Court and the justice system, ramping up tensions in a crunch election year.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS

Rodríguez Larreta pitches presidential bid in speech to City legislature

02-03-2023 17:17 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta inaugurated the opening of ordinary sessions of the City Legislature on Wednesday by plugging his administration as an example of how "we can advance in the same direction nationwide" – an implicit nod to his presidential ambitions.

STATE OF THE NATION

Fernández takes aim at Judiciary, defends veep in Congress speech

01-03-2023 16:03 Argentina’s president delivers traditional state-of-the-nation speech to legislative assembly, marking the beginning of the congressional year; in his first public appearance with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for nine months, Alberto Fernández defends his vice-president and condemns failed shooting attack.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Alberto and Cristina set for forced reunion at Congress

27-02-2023 13:18 Nine months after they last shared the stage at a public event, Argentina’s president and vice-president will be sat side-by-side on Wednesday at Congress as the legislative year gets underway.

by Rosario Ayerdi

News of speech

Who was Milei’s audience?

Milei vows to axe capital controls and negotiate Trump trade deal

Milei promises inflation will be a 'bad memory' in first anniversary speech

CPAC Argentina: Milei calls for ‘cultural battle’ against left in speech

Rodríguez Larreta asks Milei to tone down rhetoric, stop ‘hate messages’

Milei hails Trump win as 'greatest political comeback in history'

Report: Milei's UN speech was nicked from 'The West Wing'

No future for Milei

President presents 2025 Budget, says zero deficit is a must

Musk’s free speech mantra collides with crackdowns on hate speech and disinformation

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

Milei proclaims ‘change of era’ in Córdoba speech marking national holiday

Milei attacks ‘loudmouth’ critics as he denies peso-dollar lag

Contradictions and multitudes

Fernández de Kirchner accuses Milei of subjecting Argentines to ‘pointless sacrifice’

Milei trumpets quarterly budget surplus in TV address

'The last stretch': Milei praises 'heroic' effort in prime-time address

Milei to hail fiscal surplus in prime-time address

Milei tells schoolchildren that abortion is 'aggravated murder' due to 'familial bond'

UN rights chief warns Gaza 'powder keg' could spark wider war

Milei seeks pact with political leaders in bid to save reforms

Sign up to my reforms or face ‘conflict,’ Milei tells lawmakers

President Milei to lay out plans to lawmakers in state-of-the-nation address

Milei embraces Trump on Washington trip, lectures on economics

Milei meets with Trump at CPAC, adapts his slogan for Argentina

‘The West is in danger’ – Milei makes explosive debut on international scene

Milei bids farewell to 2023 – without changing tone

Key phrases from Milei’s first speech as president

Step-by-step: Javier Milei’s inauguration as president of Argentina

Milei's maiden speech to focus on moderating expectations

President-elect Milei vows to end ‘Argentine decadence’ in speech

How Massa halted Milei’s momentum: Argentina election takeaways

Massa declares end of polarisation after topping presidential ballot

Fernández: ‘I can talk to Xi, Putin and Biden equally, nobody can question me’

Casa Rosada pushes back after UBA speech by Ukraine's Zelenskyy

Cristina takes aim at courts and IMF – but doesn’t anoint a candidate

Alberto, CFK and Massa: three different strategies for upcoming elections

Cristina attacks Milei's dollarisation plan, blames IMF for inflation

CFK confirms she will not run for presidency

Fernández de Kirchner blames IMF for peso sell-off, inflation

Alberto and Cristina on different pages when it comes to justice system

It takes two to tango even when dancing alone

President raises stakes, reignites feud with Judiciary

Rodríguez Larreta pitches presidential bid in speech to City legislature

Fernández takes aim at Judiciary, defends veep in Congress speech

Alberto and Cristina set for forced reunion at Congress

Key measures from President Javier Milei’s first year in office

A year into office, Milei’s ‘shock’ therapy takes hold on Argentina

Four takeaways from President Javier Milei's first year in office

Court in Mendoza drops rape case against French rugby players

Brazil President Lula 'stable' after emergency surgery

Cuánto midió el rating de la cadena nacional de Javier Milei por su primer año de Gobierno

Javier Milei prometió más ajuste, libre competencia de monedas y la reducción del 90% de los impuestos nacionales

La Justicia de Córdoba investiga a una reconocida lomitería cordobesa tras inspección de Trabajo

Cachanosky: “El control de cambios y el cepo siguen limitando la inversión y el crecimiento económico"

Roberto Cachanosky: “Ningún liberal haría este tipo de cosas que está haciendo Milei”