News of speech

Enemies of the state

31-05-2025 06:36 Instructions against those who “erode … the political and institutional structure of the country” can be carried to the extreme of converting any criticism of the administration into a crime against the state – more to be expected from Communism than anarcho-capitalism.

As I see it

Censorship is making a comeback just about everywhere

31-05-2025 06:28 Milei has a habit of shouting “Freedom, damn it!” whenever the opportunity arises, but he is clearly an authoritarian at heart who does not take kindly to criticism.

by James Neilson

FERIA DEL LIBRO 2025

Culture secretary heckled at inauguration of BA Book Fair

25-04-2025 13:21 Writers hold up signs bearing Osvaldo Bayer’s image as Culture Secretary Leonardo Cifelli is met with jeers at the opening of the 49th edition of the Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Challenging Milei’s ‘iron triangle’

08-03-2025 06:00 The Donald holds the keys to Milei’s future.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & ECONOMY

President to seek Congress support for IMF deal ‘in coming days’

03-03-2025 09:03 Milei’s request to Congress is a key step because IMF agreements are required by law to be approved by legislative branch to be enacted.

CLASH AT CONGRESS BUILDING

Top comms advisor Santiago Caputo aggressively confronts lawmaker

02-03-2025 15:34 President Javier Milei's top adviser Santiago Caputo accused of threatening and aggressively confronting UCR deputy Facundo Manes, who denounces "a government methodology designed to intimidate" and divert lawmakers from their institutional duties.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Milei: Mercosur bloc ‘has only enriched Brazilian industrialists’

02-03-2025 11:28 Argentina’s President Javier Milei declares in speech to Congress that Mercosur trade bloc has “only enriched Brazilian industrialists,” warning he will take his nation out of trade bloc if it prevents free-trade deal with United States.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

State of the nation

01-03-2025 05:13 Milei has been riding the crest of the wave of this summer although the resulting hubris has caused him to fly into a cryptocurrency black swan.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS & CONGRESS

President plans primetime speech, slaps limits on press coverage

26-02-2025 11:40 La Libertad Avanza leader again moves opening of Legislative Assembly to evening and will address nation via ‘Cadena Nacional’ broadcast; For the first time in history, government refuses to admit photographers and introduces restrictions on space for press.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei pitches US-Argentina trade deal to Trump-friendly audience

22-02-2025 15:15 President Milei tells audience of US conservatives that he wants to be the first to sign a free-trade deal with US President Donald Trump, but warns Argentina is "restricted" by Mercosur.

Marcha Federal del Orgullo Antifascista y Antirracista

Demonstrators challenge Milei with march in defence of diversity

02-02-2025 08:12 President Javier Milei's "anti-woke" remarks at Davos and pushback against diversity policies condemned by protesters in Buenos Aires, dozens of sites nationwide and expats overseas.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pro-LGBT+ protesters defend diversity with march against Milei

01-02-2025 09:21 Activists take to the streets later today for the 'Marcha Federal del Orgullo Antifascista y Antirracista LGTBQI+,' in condemnation of President Javier Milei's recent remarks tat the World Economic Forum in Davos.

POLITICS

Government attempts to cool backlash to Milei’s Davos remarks

30-01-2025 20:54 Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni denies President Javier Milei branded homosexuals as paedophiles in his World Economic Forum speech as activists prepare to rally for LGBT+ rights.

Hate Speech Hearing

Tech giants skip Brazil disinformation hearing

23-01-2025 10:44 Meta scraps its independent fact-checking program in the US, igniting fears about the spread of hate speech and disinformation in Brazil.

UNITED STATES

Biden warns of US 'oligarchy' threat in farewell speech

15-01-2025 23:45 Just days away from leaving office, US President Joe Biden tells the nation to "stand guard" amidst grim future.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Who was Milei’s audience?

11-12-2024 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

11-12-2024 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.

News of speech

Enemies of the state

Censorship is making a comeback just about everywhere

Culture secretary heckled at inauguration of BA Book Fair

Challenging Milei’s ‘iron triangle’

President to seek Congress support for IMF deal ‘in coming days’

Top comms advisor Santiago Caputo aggressively confronts lawmaker

Milei: Mercosur bloc ‘has only enriched Brazilian industrialists’

State of the nation

President plans primetime speech, slaps limits on press coverage

Milei pitches US-Argentina trade deal to Trump-friendly audience

Demonstrators challenge Milei with march in defence of diversity

Pro-LGBT+ protesters defend diversity with march against Milei

Government attempts to cool backlash to Milei’s Davos remarks

Tech giants skip Brazil disinformation hearing

Biden warns of US 'oligarchy' threat in farewell 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

Argentina must turn over 51% stake in YPF, US judge rules

Milei makes waves by taking his dog Conan to interview

INDEC statistics body reveals how many dollars Argentines have stashed away

Argentina's economy grew more than expected after Milei lifted controls

EU to present Mercosur trade deal 'in coming days'

Encuesta: cómo se posiciona La Libertad Avanza para octubre y quién debería liderar el peronismo

La Justicia de EE UU ordenó a Argentina entregar el 51% de las acciones de YPF a los beneficiarios del fallo

Los bancos digitales ganan terreno y se aprestan a destronar un gigante del mercado tradicional

ANSES confirmó el calendario de pagos de julio para jubilados, pensionados y AUH 2025

Hacer política a las puteadas: ¿Que harán los periodistas calificados de "mierda" por Javier Milei?