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South American tensions rise as Argentine President Javier Milei calls for immediate release of soldier held in Venezuela

At a military school event, President Javier Milei said security forces under the command of the ‘criminal dictator Nicolas Maduro’ arrested Nahuel Gallo, a soldier with the Argentine national force known as the Gendarmeria Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday demanded that Venezuelan authorities immediately free an Argentine soldier arrested earlier this month who Milei said entered Venezuela to visit …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Is Elon Musk becoming a kingmaker for govts across the world?

India Today

Tesla boss Elon Musk was one great force who powered Republican candidate Donald Trump's return to the White House. WHY NIGEL FARAGE MET ELON MUSK This donation might be Musk's attempt to empower Reform UK. Writing for The UK Telegraph, Farage said that Musk “left us in no doubt that he is right behind us” and discussed “ongoing negotiations” about …

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6 days, 9 hours ago

In a first, Argentina President Milei to attend Trump's inauguration

Firstpost

Argentina President Javier Milei is expected to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. If he does, he would be first Argentine president as well as foreign head of state to attend the swearing-in ceremony US President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Argentine President Javier Milei at the America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm …

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6 days, 18 hours ago

Argentina exits recession in win for libertarian president Milei

CNN

London CNN — Argentina has come out of a deep recession in a major victory for the country’s unorthodox President Javier Milei, who has spent the past year enacting sweeping — and painful — reforms in Latin America’s third-largest economy. Argentina’s flagship Merval stock index, which tracks around two dozen of the country’s most valuable listed companies, closed more than …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Argentina’s President Javier Milei given Italian citizenship during state visit

CNN

Rome CNN — Argentina’s President Javier Milei has been granted Italian citizenship while on a state visit to Italy, a spokesperson for Italy’s Foreign Ministry told CNN. Milei’s sister and political adviser Karina Milei was also granted Italian citizenship during the visit to Rome, during which the pair attended the political convention of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Italy grants Argentina’s Milei citizenship sparking outrage

Al Jazeera

Critics call the decision ‘intolerable discrimination’ against young Italians on ‘an arduous journey to gain citizenship’. The Italian government has granted Argentinian President Javier Milei citizenship based on his Italian heritage, according to Italian news agency ANSA, sparking outrage across the country. Riccardo Magi, a lawmaker from the opposition party +Europa, condemned the decision, calling it “intolerable discrimination” against young …

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Italy grants citizenship to Argentina’s President Javier Milei, sparks backlash over migrant discrimination

Firstpost

Italy’s government has granted citizenship to Argentina’s President Javier Milei based on his Italian heritage, sparking backlash from opposition politicians Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, left, meets the Argentina's President Javier Milei at Chigi palace in Rome, on Friday. AP Italy’s government has granted citizenship to Argentina’s President Javier Milei based on his Italian heritage, sparking backlash from opposition politicians. According …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Argentina's Milei given Italian citizenship during Rome visit, source says

Hindustan Times

ROME, - Italy's government has granted citizenship to Argentina's President Javier Milei on account of his Italian family roots, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, confirming earlier media reports. Argentina's Milei given Italian citizenship during Rome visit, source says Milei is in Rome to meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and to take part in her …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Argentina's Kirchner returns as Peronists eye comeback against Milei

Hindustan Times

BUENOS AIRES, - Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner took the helm of the Peronist party on Wednesday, vowing a comeback to take on the highly popular libertarian President Javier Milei, who took office last year. Argentina's Kirchner returns as Peronists eye comeback against Milei Kirchner has a daunting task ahead: reuniting the long-standing party that fractured after Milei's …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Argentina's Milei touts U.S. trade deal, says 'happy times' ahead

Raw Story

Argentine President Javier Milei promised Tuesday that inflation will soon be "little more than a bad memory" and vowed to pursue a free trade deal with the United States next year. "Happy times are coming in Argentina," Milei said in a televised speech, in which he celebrated progress on monthly inflation which has dropped under his cost-slashing agenda, even as …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Argentina’s Milei marks one year in office. Here’s how his shock measures are reshaping the economy

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — When libertarian President Javier Milei assumed office one year ago, Argentine supermarkets were marking price increases on an almost daily basis. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Inflation: a priority Inflation, Argentina’s perpetual scourge and Milei’s top priority upon coming to office, slowed from a monthly rate of 25.5% …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Argentina’s economy: What Milei’s chainsaw approach has delivered in a year

CNN

London/Bogota/Buenos Aires CNN — Javier Milei swept to power in Argentina a year ago on a ticket to tackle chronic hyperinflation and overhaul the long-suffering economy. “One of the key underlying issues of Argentina’s woes the overvalued peso, which is eroding Argentina’s external competitiveness,” Kimberley Sperrfechter, emerging markets economist at consultancy Capital Economics, wrote in a recent note. Milei frequently …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Pensioners the big losers in Milei's world

Raw Story

by Sonia AVALOS Alicia Ceresoli yearns for the smell of new leather shoes and her mouth waters when she imagines sinking her teeth into a succulent steak, two indulgences the 80-year-old Argentine can no longer afford. Pensioners have taken the most pain in a year of budget-slashing by maverick "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei, whose austerity measures have tipped an additional …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

How Argentina's chainsaw-wielding Milei proved Leftist economists wrong

India Today

"However, while apparently simple solutions may be appealing, they are likely to cause more devastation in the real world in the short run, while severely reducing policy space in the long run," cautioned over 100 economists in a letter to Argentinians a year ago. The financially battered South American nation was on the verge of choosing its next president, with …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary

Live Mint

Sometimes familiarity breeds fondness. For Mr Milei the lesson is clear: “anything I can do to remove the interference of the state, I’m going to do." View Full Image Graphic: The Economist Mr Milei says he has tried to make sure that the cuts fall upon the state itself, more than its poorest citizens. Now Mr Milei trumpets that “Argentina …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

'This is key': Report reveals 'different' side of man who's 'idolized by Trumpian right'

Raw Story

A world leader who is revered by MAGA fans doesn't quite fit in with Donald Trump's political perspective, a new report suggests. "Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right," the piece says. In terms of where Milei fits in from the lens of American politics, the Economist states that, "The left detests him and the Trumpian right embraces him, …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump's trade war with China is about to hit a hard wall of reality: columnist

Raw Story

Donald Trump has already begun to ramp up threats of a trade war, with a vow to enact sharp new tariffs across the board on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China to strong-arm them into stopping the flow of drugs and migrants. But his plans may quickly fall apart, wrote Eduardo Porter for The Washington Post, because there are economic …

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1 month ago

Javier Milei, Argentina President who 'chainsawed' his Federal Bureaucracy, issues major advice to Elon Musk

Hindustan Times

Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, became the first political figure to meet with Donald Trump after his resounding presidential election victory, snapping pictures, and mingling with US senators at Mar-a-Lago. Javier Milei's administration has so far lowered public university budgets by thirty percent During his brief US visit, the self-described “anarcho-capitalist” Milei held talks with podcaster Lex Fridman. The …

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1 month ago

What is the power struggle between President Milei and Argentina’s soccer federation?

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina produces some of the best soccer players on the planet and has three World Cup titles to prove it. Tapia opposes Milei’s effort to enable soccer clubs to become sports limited companies, inspired by the model of the English Premier League. Milei, a libertarian economist who has pushed economic deregulation, signed a decree last December …

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1 month ago

Argentina’s Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China’s Xi after shaking up the G20

Associated Press

LA PAZ, Boliva — Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump and other global far-right icons into a winning political message. Milei even acquiesced to a joint declaration endorsed by world leaders …

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Bright outlook for China-Argentina ties

China Daily

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Argentine President Javier Milei on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that cooperation between China and Argentina holds broad prospects, and China welcomes Argentina to seize the opportunities created by the country's high-level opening-up and further expand its share …

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Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after shaking up G20

New Indian Express

Argentina has also dramatically reshaped its foreign policy in line with its hard-right allies in Italy — with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni headed to Buenos Aires on Tuesday to spend more time with Milei — and in Israel. On Tuesday, Andrea Tenenti, a spokesperson for the U.N. peacekeeping mission operating along Lebanon's southern border, told reporters in Geneva that Argentina …

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Bright outlook for China-Argentina ties

China Daily

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Argentine President Javier Milei on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that cooperation between China and Argentina holds broad prospects, and China welcomes Argentina to seize the opportunities created by the country's high-level opening-up and further expand its share …

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Xi says China ready to continue financial cooperation with Argentina

China Daily

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Argentine President Javier Milei on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. RIO DE JANEIRO -- China is ready to continue its financial cooperation with Argentina and help Argentina maintain economic and financial stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. China stands ready to work …

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South American tensions rise as Argentine President Javier Milei calls for immediate release of soldier held in Venezuela

Is Elon Musk becoming a kingmaker for govts across the world?

In a first, Argentina President Milei to attend Trump's inauguration

Argentina exits recession in win for libertarian president Milei

Argentina’s President Javier Milei given Italian citizenship during state visit

Italy grants Argentina’s Milei citizenship sparking outrage

Italy grants citizenship to Argentina’s President Javier Milei, sparks backlash over migrant discrimination

Argentina's Milei given Italian citizenship during Rome visit, source says

Argentina's Kirchner returns as Peronists eye comeback against Milei

Argentina's Milei touts U.S. trade deal, says 'happy times' ahead

Argentina’s Milei marks one year in office. Here’s how his shock measures are reshaping the economy

Argentina’s economy: What Milei’s chainsaw approach has delivered in a year

Pensioners the big losers in Milei's world

How Argentina's chainsaw-wielding Milei proved Leftist economists wrong

Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary

'This is key': Report reveals 'different' side of man who's 'idolized by Trumpian right'

Trump's trade war with China is about to hit a hard wall of reality: columnist

Javier Milei, Argentina President who 'chainsawed' his Federal Bureaucracy, issues major advice to Elon Musk

What is the power struggle between President Milei and Argentina’s soccer federation?

Argentina’s Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China’s Xi after shaking up the G20

Bright outlook for China-Argentina ties

Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after shaking up G20

Bright outlook for China-Argentina ties

Xi says China ready to continue financial cooperation with Argentina