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.

Dec 13, 2024 · “It is not just inefficient; it is cruel and deceitful. Leaders like Trump and Milei, with their remorseless vision, are rejecting the failed policies of the past and building a new era of simplified government and growth – for Argentina, America, and freedom-loving democracies around the world,” he wrote.

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Dec 30, 2024 · A progressive-leaning, disruptive media at the time, Página/12 gained high popularity for its investigations into corruption cases involving figures at the height of political power, particularly during the government of former president Carlos Menem (1989-99). Lanata was also a key figure during the Kirchnerite administrations led by Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) and Cristina Fernández de ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Still, the return to a free exchange rate — which the country had from 2016 to 2019 — seems distant. One of the problems is the lack of reserves, which the Central Bank could use to defend the peso against devaluation risks that could come with a freely floating currency.

Oct 16, 2024 · Argentina has had strict currency controls in place for the past nine out of 13 years. They include a tightly managed exchange rate that is on average 20 percent stronger than the market rate.

Dec 21, 2024 · Milei’s job chainsaw, therefore, tore through contracts issued under the Framework Law, with a decrease by US$2.06 billion. As for the permanent and temporary method, dismissals helped the government “save” US$1.13 billion, whereas in service agreements they added a further US$630 million, said the Ministry.

Sep 16, 2024 · President Javier Milei presented his 2025 Budget to a half-empty Congress late Sunday night in a primetime speech, with the La Libertad Avanza promising to veto any law that threatened his strict goal to reduce the country's fiscal deficit to zero.

Dec 7, 2024 · When Milei took office in December 2023, the debate in informed circles was whether he would be able to govern Argentina. Now the debate is whether this is the beginning of a new political era for the country’s democracy — one that would elevate Milei to the ranks of the political personalities who have dominated domestic politics since 1983: Raúl Alfonsín in the 1980s, Carlos Menem in ...

Dec 27, 2024 · Pourtalé and Villamayor were members of the Montoneros guerrilla group. After their abduction, the couple were seen at ESMA, one of the largest centres of torture and extermination, where more than 5,000 political prisoners were held, of whom only around a hundred survived, according to human rights organisations.