News of transition

Argentina in ‘transition’ to growth, says top World Bank official

12-11-2024 22:21 Top World Bank official William Mahoney praises advances by President Javier Milei's government and says Argentina is "in transition" towards the recovery of growth.

Presidential handover

Milei takes office, nation braces for 'shock' economic reforms

10-12-2023 09:20 Javier Milei will be sworn into office as Argentina's next president later today, marking the beginning of a new era for the nation as it celebrates four decades of democracy.

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.

ECONOMIC POLICY

Dollarisation is medium-term goal, Luis Caputo tells bankers

24-11-2023 22:06 Luis Caputo, who is leading Javier Milei’s economic team during the transition, tells banking executives in Buenos Aires that currency controls won't be lifted immediately and that dollarisation is a medium-term goal.

VICE-PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER

Fernández de Kirchner, Villarruel hold ‘historic’ transition meeting

23-11-2023 00:48 “Cordial and respectful” meeting held in the outgoing vice-president’s office at Senate, with no photographs taken; Villarruel says she will be "working all summer through."

ELECTION 2023: FALL-OUT

Fernández, Milei meet at Olivos for talks on transition of power

21-11-2023 10:02 Argentina's current president and president-elect meet at Olivos presidential residence for talks over transition of power; Official photograph of encounter released by government.

ELECTION 2023: FALL-OUT

Milei says no transition meeting planned as Massa decides to stay on

20-11-2023 18:39 Javier Milei says that "there is no meeting planned" with President Alberto Fernández and says responsibility for period until December 10 inauguration lies with head of state and Sergio Massa, who decides to stay on as economy minister.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Milei opens a new era: What comes next in Argentina policy-making

20-11-2023 09:25 Milei’s biggest political challenge will be his lack of support in Congress, where his party only counts a minority of senators and a fraction of lower house representatives.

Clean Energy

Oil billionaire family in Argentina invests in clean energy

18-07-2023 16:55 Argentine conglomerate, Corporacion America International, owned by one of the country's richest families, is making its first major investment in the globally renewable clean-energy.