News of villaruel

La Libertad Avanza senators oust Paoltroni from upper house caucus

29-08-2024 16:11 Formosa Senator Francisco Paoltroni forms his own single-member caucus in the Senate after angering allies with criticism of government policy.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Macri objects to Ariel Lijo’s nomination for Supreme Court

02-08-2024 17:37 “It’s a mistake”, said the former president in an interview he gave after the rally where he formally assumed the PRO presidency.

POLITICS

La Libertad Avanza in power: Luck of the faithful and uncomfortable allies

29-07-2024 18:14 Tensions between Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel, points of agreement with Macrismo and the need for the libertarian party's seal to be represented across the country at polling booths in 2025.

by Rosario Ayerdi

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

International media dig into the B-side of the Milei promise

27-07-2024 14:27 Little by little, the news about Argentina in the world’s business capitals is becoming less shiny than it was a few months ago.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Purist anarcho-capitalist Mileism

27-07-2024 14:03 Past experience isn’t a prerequisite when you have “the strength that comes from heaven on your side.”

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Sychophants versus dissidents: Milei’s hard core faces internal criticism

25-07-2024 14:57 The battle with Vice-President Victoria Villarruel has triggered libertarian alarms. The difference with second line attacks. Can someone argue with and challenge President Milei?

by Ramón Indart

FOOTBALL

Argentina apologises to France in football-chant row

19-07-2024 14:54 Vice President Victoria Villaruel had accused France of being “colonialist” on social media.

AMIA ATTACK 30TH ANNIVERSARY

New claim for justice on 30th anniversary of AMIA attack

18-07-2024 14:14 On Thursday, AMIA president Amos Linetzky headed the rally for the victims of the attack on the Jewish association on its 30th anniversary, and questioned courts’ failure to progress in the sentencing of those responsible.

POLITICS

'Ley de Bases': Meeting between Villarruel, Francos and blocs open to dialogue

28-05-2024 16:24 Vice-President Victoria Villarruel and new Cabinet chief Guillermo Francos are meeting with Senate blocs open to dialogue as talks over President Milei's sweeping reform package ramp up.

POLITICS

Milei reopens debate about dictatorship, Armed Forces

04-04-2024 18:51 President enrages human rights groups by questioning estimate of those disappeared by junta’s security forces and calls for “reconciliation” of the military in Argentina.

National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice

Milei set to stoke controversy with 'complete memory' March 24 video

23-03-2024 12:08 The video has been left in charge of libertarian documentarist Santiago Oria and former guerrilla fighter Luis Labraña, former head of the SIDE intelligence service, Juan Bautista “Tata” Yofre, and relatives of the former captain Humberto Viola were all involved.

POLITICS

Menem, Villarruel agree to increase lawmakers' pay by 30%

08-03-2024 18:20 President Javier Milei says he is against move, declaring that “a lot of people are a lot worse off with a lot less money.”

POLITICS

Unión por la Patria blasts Villarruel for not calling a session on Milei's emergency decree

01-02-2024 17:00 Opposition slams vice-president and Senate chief for not holding sessions to reject the mega emergency decree.

POLITICS

Claudia Rucci appointed head of Senate Human Rights Observatory

14-01-2024 16:39 Vice-president names Claudia Rucci as the head of the Senate’s Human Rights Observatory. In 2023, the new appointee supported Villarruel's event at the City Legislature paying tribute to “victims of terrorism.”

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.

POLITICS

Sister, vice-president, girlfriend – the women in Milei’s inner circle

06-12-2023 18:17 He is single, with no children, and very few trusted friends. Javier Milei, who as of this Sunday will be president of Argentina, has three women in his innermost circle: his sister, his vice-president and his girlfriend.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Convicted dictatorship killer donated to Villarruel’s election campaign

12-09-2023 19:27 Days after Victoria Villarruel sparked controversy at the City Legislature, it emerges that Luis Abelardo Patti – one of the most feared kidnappers and killers from the era of state terrorism during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship – gave money to the election campaign of Javier Milei’s running-mate.

by Juan Luis González