From ‘assassins’ to ally? Milei caps turnaround by meeting China's Xi
Nov 19, 2024 · Milei, 53, published a photograph of the encounter on his social media accounts showing the two leaders shaking heads. “During this meeting, issues of relevance to the bilateral relationship were discussed, including constructive cooperation and the expansion of trade relations between the two countries,” read a statement issued by Argentina’s Presidency.
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CRISTINA & THE COURTS The trials that could block Cristina Fernández Kirchner from office The former president and vice-president faces four sets of legal proceedings in the courts; Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must stand trial in the ‘Hotesur-Los Sauces’ case, alongside her son, with other trials relating to the Memorandum of Understanding with …
Argentina inflation slows to lowest under Milei
Oct 10, 2024 · Consumer prices rose 3.5 percent in September from August, below the 3.6 percent median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Annual inflation slowed to 209 percent, according to government data published Thursday.
Extreme poverty soars to affect six million, study shows
Nov 12, 2024 · “The first thing to point out is that if these levels of destitution are maintained for any more length of time, structural poverty will increase,” a representative from the Centro para la Recuperación Argentina told Perfil. “If the economy grows and destitution goes down, there would not be any direct impact on structural poverty (which in Argentina has a …
The spending cuts that allowed Milei to turn around the economy
Apr 23, 2024 · The report said: “It was found that pensions withstood 35 percent of the total reduction, real direct investment 15 percent, transfers to provinces 13 percent, energy subsidies nine percent and salaries seven percent, among the most significant ones.”
Milei is Argentina’s most popular leader but disapproval grows
Oct 31, 2024 · Most are against privatising all state-run companies as the president would like to do; those in favor of the price controls he’s scrapped outnumber those who prefer businesses to decide; and more than 60 percent of respondents say the government needs to improve its relationship with Brazil after the libertarian traded insults with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Lula sparks market rout Lula ignores aides and sparks market rout that threatens economy. 02-12-2024 12:32 Brazil's president Lula da Silva ignored his economic aides warning to not ignite any economic plans that will spark a selloff, and markets plunged immediately. The plan calls for limiting hikes to the minimum wage, earnings for the highest-paid civil servants and salary bonuses to low ...
Argentina refuses to back UN draft resolution on indigenous rights
Nov 12, 2024 · Milei has questioned climate change and environmental policies during various appearances on the international stage. Earlier this month, the President ejected his foreign minister, Diana Mondino, after Argentina backed a UN resolution calling for the lifting of the US trade embargo on Cuba.
Argentina is about to unleash a wave of lithium in a global glut
Jun 30, 2024 · Four new projects will finally begin to churn out lithium in the weeks and months ahead. That will almost double production capacity in Argentina, whose growth potential has long lured the attention of battery makers around the world.
Milei’s meeting with Xi signals he’s come full circle on China
Nov 17, 2024 · The meeting with the Chinese president, which Milei’s spokesman said Saturday would take place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit, shows how far the libertarian economist has come in his thinking since his election victory a year ago.