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

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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2 weeks 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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3 weeks, 3 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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1 month ago

Argentina investors bet on Milei’s popularity a year after his election

Live Mint

* Investors confident in Milei's economic reforms * Argentina's stocks and dollar bonds score significant returns * Potential U.S. support could aid Argentina's IMF negotiations By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, Nov 18 - Investors who have been rewarded for their bets on Argentine President Javier Milei are doubling down on the country's stocks and bonds even as they hit records, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teachers Demand Pay Raise as Argentina's Public Universities Are Paralyzed by Protests

Associated Press

Argentina's public universities are paralyzed by protests as teachers demand a pay raise to compensate for sky-high inflation. The government has recently vetoed a bill raising pensions, which would have cost 1% of GDP. This has sparked widespread social unrest, with students taking over college campuses in the coming days ahead of another mass protest.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists fear underfunded Argentina research on verge of collapse

Hindustan Times

Argentine biochemist Alejandro Nadra worries that President Javier Milei's budget cuts will undo his scientific quest to unravel the cause of genetic diseases that disable and kill millions. Scientists fear underfunded Argentina research on verge of collapse Since taking office last December, budget-slashing Milei has frozen public university and research budgets even as annual inflation stands at 236 percent. The …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Argentina’s President Milei presents 2025 budget, vowing austerity and setting up a showdown

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina presented the 2025 budget to Congress late Sunday, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country’s chronic fiscal deficit and signaled a new phase of confrontation with lawmakers. The president’s budget proposal followed a week of political clashes in the legislature — where Milei controls less …

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4 months ago

Argentina’s Milei to veto pension reform to push through austerity measures

Al Jazeera

The Senate defied the president by approving a pension increase to match the country’s triple-digit inflation rate. Argentina’s President Javier Milei is set to veto a pension reform passed by the Senate in a move that is likely to widen the rift between the libertarian leader and the opposition-controlled Congress. “ only objective was to destroy the government’s economic programme,” …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Argentina’s inflation edges up in June, breaking a months-long streak in a blow to President Milei

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A closely watched measure of inflation in Argentina was stronger than the libertarian government of President Javier Milei would have hoped on Friday, as the official statistics agency reported prices edging up in June and breaking a months-long streak of declines. President Milei has touted the falling prices over recent months as a victory in his …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Milei’s Economic Overhaul Faces These Four Hurdles

Bloomberg

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, warned voters on the campaign trail last fall that the “shock therapy” he would use to stabilize the country’s serially ailing economy would be painful, and his prediction has come true. Consumer price inflation has accelerated since Milei took office on Dec. 10: Prices are up more than 100% through May — and 276% from a …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Argentina's Milei inks political pact to bolster economic plan

Hindustan Times

BUENOS AIRES, - Argentine President Javier Milei signed a long-delayed pact with provincial governors early on Tuesday, in a push to broaden support for economic reforms and strengthen his nearly seven-month-old minority government. Argentina's Milei inks political pact to bolster economic plan The deal, signed soon after midnight with 18 governors, looks to allay market doubts about Milei's ability to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Argentina yields surplus with Milei's bold revamp

China Daily

File photo of Argentine President Javier Milei. In a move that underscores the effect of Argentine President Javier Milei's stringent economic policies, the country posted its fifth consecutive monthly fiscal surplus in May, the largest to date. "The swap itself, utilized last year, also demonstrates its importance for Argentina as a mechanism, particularly in the context of a severe drought …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Argentina yields surplus with Milei's bold revamp

China Daily

By JIMENA ESTEBAN in Buenos Aires, Argentina | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-07-02 09:40 File photo of Argentine President Javier Milei. Argentina's Foreign Minister Diana Mondino visited China in May as part of the first official visit from Milei's government. She told China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, "No matter how Argentina's internal political situation changes, its friendly policy toward …

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6 months ago

Argentine President Milei is back in Madrid but he won’t be seeing Spanish leaders after their spat

Associated Press

MADRID — Argentine President Javier Milei returned to Spain on Friday, just weeks after his previous visit to Madrid worsened a diplomatic crisis engulfing the long-standing allies. Instead, the self-described anarcho-capitalist was to meet with Madrid’s powerful rightwing regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who is an outspoken opponent of Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel …

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6 months ago

Argentina’s president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Campaigning last year as a libertarian outsider, Javier Milei electrified rallies with his vows to destroy Argentina’s corrupt political elite. But Lijo has allies across the political spectrum, and Milei predicts an easy confirmation, even though the president’s political isolation has frustrated his efforts to get a single bill passed in six months. “If Milei can …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s monthly inflation rate eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year, data released Tuesday showed, a closely watched indicator that bolsters President Javier Milei’s severe austerity program aimed at fixing the country’s troubled economy. Prices rose at a rate of 8.8% last month, the Argentine government statistics …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Colombia expels Argentine diplomats after Milei calls Petro ‘terrorist murderer’ in CNN interview

CNN

CNN — The Colombian government has ordered the expulsion of all Argentine diplomats from the country’s embassy in Bogotá following a CNN interview in which the Argentine president called his Colombian counterpart a “terrorist murderer.” “The Argentine president’s expressions have deteriorated the trust of our nation and offended the dignity of President Petro, who was elected democratically,” the Colombian Foreign …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Argentina’s Milei vows to push economic reforms with or without parliament

Al Jazeera

Argentina’s libertarian leader says he will ‘keep pushing forward’ with radical economic agenda. Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has promised to keep pushing his agenda of radical economic liberalisation with or without the support of parliament. In a state-of-the-union-style address to lawmakers on Friday, Milei said he would “keep pushing forward” with a package of sweeping economic reforms aimed at …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Argentina lawmakers approve Milei's 'omnibus' reform bill; protests continue on streets

The Hindu

Argentina's lower chamber of deputies gave overall approval to libertarian President Javier Milei's sweeping "omnibus" reform bill in a vote on Friday after days of debate, paving the way for a decisive vote in the Senate. Over the past few days, flag-waving protesters opposed to Mr. Milei's reforms have clashed repeatedly with riot police deployed outside the green-domed neoclassical congressional …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Argentina lawmakers approve Javier Milei's controversial reform bill despite lingering challenges

India TV News

Buenos Aires: The lower Chamber of Deputies of Argentina's National Congress on Friday approved libertarian President Javier Milei's controversial "omnibus" reform bill in a vote after several days of debate, paving the way for a decisive vote in the Argentinian Senate despite significant challenges remaining. The mammoth bill is a key plank of Milei's reform plans for Argentina's battered economy, …

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11 months ago

‘Traitor’: Thousands strike against Argentina’s President Javier Milei

Al Jazeera

Organised by Argentina’s largest labour union, the walk-out brought cities to a halt, in protest of far-right reforms. But leaders from Argentina’s largest labour union say the nationwide protests reflect the urgency they feel as Milei pursues radical economic and political reforms he likens to “shock therapy”. Another protester, 63-year-old retiree Alicia Pereyra, voiced opposition to Milei’s efforts to deregulate …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Argentina’s annual inflation soars to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years

LA Times

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Argentina’s annual inflation soared to 211.4% in 2023, the highest rate in 32 years, according to figures released Thursday by the government’s INDEC statistics agency. The data reflect the strong impact of a series of shock measures, including a 50% devaluation of the nation’s currency, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Argentina’s annual inflation soars to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s annual inflation soared to 211.4% in 2023, the highest rate in 32 years, according to figures released Thursday by the government’s INDEC statistics agency. Milei had said in an interview with a Buenos Aires radio station before the figures were released that if the monthly inflation rate came in below the forecast, that would be …

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11 months, 1 week ago

IMF unlocks $4.7bn for Argentina amid economic crisis, Milei austerity cuts

Al Jazeera

Inflation has crossed 160 percent in Latin America’s third-biggest economy, with 40 percent of population living in poverty. Latin America’s third-biggest economy is facing dire economic challenges after decades of debt and financial mismanagement, with inflation surpassing 160 percent year-on-year and 40 percent of Argentinians living in poverty. With this deal, Argentina’s new President Javier Milei, who took power in …

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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

Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary

Argentina investors bet on Milei’s popularity a year after his election

Teachers Demand Pay Raise as Argentina's Public Universities Are Paralyzed by Protests

Scientists fear underfunded Argentina research on verge of collapse

Argentina’s President Milei presents 2025 budget, vowing austerity and setting up a showdown

Argentina’s Milei to veto pension reform to push through austerity measures

Argentina’s inflation edges up in June, breaking a months-long streak in a blow to President Milei

Milei’s Economic Overhaul Faces These Four Hurdles

Argentina's Milei inks political pact to bolster economic plan

Argentina yields surplus with Milei's bold revamp

Argentina yields surplus with Milei's bold revamp

Argentine President Milei is back in Madrid but he won’t be seeing Spanish leaders after their spat

Argentina’s president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick

Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home

Colombia expels Argentine diplomats after Milei calls Petro ‘terrorist murderer’ in CNN interview

Argentina’s Milei vows to push economic reforms with or without parliament

Argentina lawmakers approve Milei's 'omnibus' reform bill; protests continue on streets

Argentina lawmakers approve Javier Milei's controversial reform bill despite lingering challenges

‘Traitor’: Thousands strike against Argentina’s President Javier Milei

Argentina’s annual inflation soars to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years

Argentina’s annual inflation soars to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years

IMF unlocks $4.7bn for Argentina amid economic crisis, Milei austerity cuts