Source link A number of regions have threatened to withhold supplies in what has turned into a standoff with the president Argentina’s key oil-producing provinces have threatened to cut supplies to the rest of the country if President Javier Milei presses ahead with a plan to slash funding and withhold billions in federal tax revenues, […]
Source link Argentina’s president has suggested those opposed to his “shock therapy” are fond of “communism” Demonstrators outside the Congress in Buenos Aires protesting deep cuts to the government are nostalgic for a system that brought them to poverty, Argentinian President Javier Milei said on Thursday. Thousands had turned out late on Wednesday to protest […]
Source link Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei, announced on Wednesday that he has chosen former Wall Street stock trader Luis Caputo to be the country’s economy minister. Milei made the announcement on Radio La Red after a two-day trip to Washington in which he met US Treasury and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials. Caputo, who […]
Source link Closing down the monetary regulator is part of the president-elect’s radical reform plans Argentina’s incoming president Javier Milei confirmed on Friday that he will keep his promise to shut the nation’s central bank. The statement was posted by his office on X (formerly Twitter). The shutdown was Milei’s signature campaign pledge along with […]
Source link A right-wing populist often compared to Donald Trump, Milei is described as more of a rock star than a politician Libertarian economist Javier Milei has defeated Economy Minister Sergio Massa to become president-elect of Argentina. Milei’s economic proposals are radical, but the populist leader’s personal life – from his passion for “tantric sex” […]