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Work Still Needs To Be Done for Argentina Recovery April 05, 2025

Javier Milei has reduced poverty in Argentina. This week brought the publication of a tranche of government poverty figures, covering the period from July to December last year. Much had been made of the immediate surge in poverty that occurred in Mi...

Milei’s Struggles With Crypto Scandal Intensify March 17, 2025

Argentina’s President Javier Milei, who was riding high earlier this year after having defeated hyperinflation in 2024, faces an increasingly tough political landscape after blundering into a major cryptocurrency scandal in February. ...

Trump’s Dirty Tricks Were Tried in Argentina First March 12, 2025

Even before President Javier Milei gifted the Boer billionaire a chain saw onstage at February’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the US right has long been fascinated by this country’s cherub-faced caudillo. ...

The Hells Angels Have Arrived in Latin America With a Low Profile March 05, 2025

In Brazil, walking through majority-black Salvador da Bahia’s working-class neighborhoods, one can now spot garages with the Hells Angels’ painted insignia, in Portuguese and English. Their compounds are confined, far from commercial areas, though a ...

Argentina’s Memecoin Crisis Is Damaging Javier Milei February 19, 2025

Javier Milei is engulfed in a memecoin crisis. Last week, the Argentinian President recommended an obscure cryptocurrency called LIBRA....

Argentina: After Milei Touts Crypto Threats of Impeachment Grow February 17, 2025

To Stop Antisemitism, Find the Source February 10, 2025

People aren’t born antisemetic; they learn to hate Judaism from their surrounding culture. To counteract the rapid spread of antisemitism in the West, we must identify the source of its influence in our societies. Here are a few points to understand ...

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Argentina To Withdraw From WHO February 05, 2025

Bolivia’s Lithium Window Is Closing Rapidly February 03, 2025

In 2023, Bolivia signed multi-billion dollar deals for lithium extraction with Chinese and Russian state-owned companies, including the CBC consortium and Rosatom/Uranium One. Since then, despite these deals expanding further, very little progress ha...

The Argentine Miracle December 31, 2024

"You’re my favorite president!” Donald Trump reportedly told Javier Milei. ...

Milei’s First Year Ends With Optimism December 26, 2024

For much of this month, praise for Argentina’s economic successes has become almost a cliché in newspapers throughout the world after President Javier Milei reached the milestone of one year in office surrounded by a sense of triumph....

Milei Vindicated December 23, 2024

By all reasonable standards, Javier Milei should never have become president of Argentina. An outsider to the political class that rules the country, Milei is the son of middle-class parents with no public profile. ...

Argentina Exited Recession as Milei Eyes Growth December 17, 2024

Argentina emerged from a brutal recession in the third quarter, boosting the odds that President Javier Milei heads into next year’s mid-term elections with growth on the rebound alongside cooling inflation....

Milei: Musk and Trump Will Replicate the Argentina Model November 22, 2024

Elon Musk and Donald Trump would mimic Argentina’s model of deregulation and public spending cuts, Argentina President Javier Milei has claimed. ...

Argentina’s Milei Pivots to Pragmatism, Talks With Xi November 20, 2024

Latest From Argentina in Spending Cuts November 20, 2024

If you believe the messaging of the Trump transition, big cuts in U.S. government spending are coming. Announced cabinet appointments include several who are opponents of the mission of the agencies they will soon be heading. A new Department of Gove...

Paraguay: The Silicon Valley of South America November 16, 2024

Paraguay, a relatively large South American country roughly the same size as the U.S. state of California, has historically been overshadowed by its larger and more well-known next-door neighbors, Argentina and Brazil. ...

Trump Tells Argentina's Milei: ‘You Are My Favorite President’ November 13, 2024

Argentina’s Milei To Meet with Trump, Musk Next Week in the U.S. November 08, 2024

More Milei, Less Malarky October 25, 2024

With the presidential election mere weeks away, both candidates are going all out to win over swing voters, and their promises are growing increasingly outlandish — some bordering on illegal. While American voters despair that our election politics h...

Brazil Seek Extradition of Bolsonaro Supporters From Argentina October 17, 2024

Lessons From Milei October 16, 2024

Since his election in December of 2023, Argentine president Javier Milei has permanently transformed the nation’s politics....

Javier Milei Could Be in Trouble October 14, 2024

President Javier Milei isn’t believed to have attended Sir Paul McCartney’s Buenos Aires concerts last weekend, but if he had, he would have heard thousands of Argentines belting out ‘Getting Better’. ...

Argentina’s Javier Milei vs. United Nations October 11, 2024

If you haven’t experienced the epic congestion of New York during United Nations week, count yourself lucky. If you have, you know the inverse correlation between the bedlam of the General Assembly’s annual meeting and the march of peace among men. Z...

Argentina Politician Eyes Breakaway Province Plan October 10, 2024

The Nuclear Option to Chinese Influence in Latin America October 04, 2024

Central to President Reagan's foreign policy was a steadfast commitment to confronting America's greatest ideological rival, the Soviet Union, on the global stage. While parts of the Reagan Doctrine remain contentious, like military aid to Nicaraguan...

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Argentina Dollar Deposits Spike by $8 Billion Under Milei September 23, 2024

Argentina Is Still in Crisis September 23, 2024

In October 2023, Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential election. ...

Argentina Will Host Conservative CPAC Forum for First Time September 17, 2024

Argentina Inflation Slows To Lowest Level Since 2022 Under Milei August 15, 2024

Javier Milei’s Plan To Save Argentina August 15, 2024

Six months into his first term in office, Javier Milei isn't afraid to be blunt about how he plans to save the country's economy. The staunchly libertarian Argentine President swept into office easily on an unconventional slogan: "There's no money." ...

Argentina’s Milei Got Rid of Rent Control. Housing Supply Skyrocketed August 14, 2024

Argentina’s Milei Encourages Protests in Venezuela August 01, 2024

Argentina’s Milei Brings His Ideology to the World Stage July 23, 2024

In the end, Milei will be judged by his performance in reversing Argentina’s decline, not how many international conferences he attended. ...

Argentina’s Economy Is Growing Beyond Expectations July 20, 2024

Argentina’s economy has surged for the first time since wildcard President Javier Milei took office....

It's Time to End Hezbollah's Decades of Impunity July 15, 2024

At 9:53 am on July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove a van packed with explosives into the front gates of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. It was the deadliest terror attack in Argentina's hi...

Argentina Designates Hamas a Terrorist Group, Support for Israel July 13, 2024

Argentina’s Milei Rails Against Socialism in First Visit to Brazil July 08, 2024

Milei’s Biggest Challenge June 22, 2024

Argentina’s Milei government last week received its second blessing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its hard-hitting economic reforms. ...

Milei’s Anti-Inflation Drive Pushes Argentina Towards Brics June 18, 2024

Argentina’s Javier Milei must have breathed a sigh of relief when he saw last week’s inflation data. It showed the first annualised decline since the President took a major gamble by allowing the peso to devalue late last year, with inflation falling...

Argentina’s New Chapter With NATO June 14, 2024

President Javier Milei has turned Argentine foreign policy in a pro-American, pro-NATO direction. ...

Milei’s Overhaul Passes Argentina’s Senate as Protesters Clash With Police June 13, 2024

Brazil To Ask Argentina To Extradite Alleged Jan. 8 Rioters June 11, 2024

Javier Milei’s Warning to the West June 08, 2024

At the start of the twentieth century, Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The capital, Buenos Aires, was known as “the Paris of South America.” ...

Will Mexico Having a Jewish President Fix Antisemitism in Latin America? June 05, 2024

In 2008, analysts viewed the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States as a sign of the U.S. entering a “post-racial” era, after centuries of dealing with slavery and anti-black laws and discrimination. In 2006, Bolivia, one of the w...

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Viva Libertad Silicon Valley June 03, 2024

Sideburns, pursed lips, and two thumbs in the air—Argentina’s President Javier Milei was fully in character during a selfie snapped with META founder Mark Zuckerberg posted to X on Thursday. For his part, Zuckerberg was all smiles and comfortably res...

Argentina Hosts Naval Drills With US Fleet as Ties Tighten Under Milei June 01, 2024

Argentina Milei To Meet Silicon Valley CEOs in Bid to Court Tech Titans May 29, 2024

Interrogating Javier Milei May 29, 2024

Earlier this month, Argentine president Javier Milei delivered a half-hour address at the Milken Institute’s annual global conference. ...

Argentina’s Milei Replaces Cabinet Chief in Major Shakeup May 28, 2024

Mind the Darién Gap, Migration Bottleneck of the Americas May 25, 2024

The Darién Gap, a roadless, 60-mile stretch of rainforest straddling the Colombia-Panama border, was named for being the only break in the Pan-American Highway, a 19,000-mile-long network of roads that otherwise runs uninterrupted from Alaska to the ...

Argentina Is Positioning Itself as a Mining Giant May 24, 2024

Milei Shifts Argentina Away From China to U.S. May 23, 2024

Analysts point to signs that President Javier Milei is bringing the country back in line with U.S. strategic interests. ...

Milei’s Radical Plan To Transform Argentina May 23, 2024

President Javier Milei hates his new office. The Casa Rosada, with its historic blue chair and ornate paneled walls, feels tainted by his predecessors, who he believes drove Argentina into ruin. But there is one detail Milei loves. ...

Milei Lays Out Blueprint Toward Dollarization May 22, 2024

President Javier Milei reaffirmed his campaign promise to dollarize Argentina in the clearest articulation yet of his government’s economic blueprint....

Spain Recalls Argentina Ambassador in Milei Insult Row May 21, 2024

Argentina and Brazil: New Allies and Illiberal Weeds in America’s Backyard May 17, 2024

In a time when they would like to see a region united against terrorist and authoritarian infiltration, the United States is getting mixed messages from Latin American leaders. On the one hand, Argentina’s new president Javier Milei is taking a pro-W...

Milei’s Argentina Turnaround, Lessons for the World May 16, 2024

There is pain as Milei dismantles the crony capitalist state, But more importantly there is now hope where there was little...

In Argentina, IMF Praises Milei’s Austerity Policies May 15, 2024

Argentina Monthly Inflation Seen Back in Single Digits in April May 14, 2024

Argentina Labor Unions’ 24-Hour Strike Paralyzes Daily Life May 10, 2024

Argentina's Milei Is Beating the Odds. Will It Last? May 09, 2024

What happens when a country with triple-digit inflation and chronic fiscal deficits elects a chainsaw-wielding populist with a dead dog for chief counsel as president? ...

Argentina’s Milei Defends Cuts May 07, 2024

Falklands Dispute May Last Decades - Argentina President May 06, 2024

Argentina’s Lower House Approves Milei’s Budget-Slashing Bill May 01, 2024

Argentina’s Milei Reminiscent of Thatcher April 29, 2024

Almost 41 years after losing the war over the Falkland Islands to Britain, Argentina has found its Latino version of then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher: President Javier Milei, who shares more than just his hairstyle with the late “Iron Lady”. ...

Thousands Protest in Argentina as Milei’s Austerity Plan Hits Universities April 24, 2024

Argentina President Milei: First Quarterly Budget Surplus Since 2008 April 24, 2024

Building a Pro-America Future in Our Hemisphere April 23, 2024

We must take seriously the opportunities for collaboration presented by countries like Ecuador, El Salvador, Argentina, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Guyana, and Costa Rica. ...

Argentina’s Milei Meets Elon Musk April 13, 2024

Javier Milei: The Voice of Reason Cannot Be Denied April 11, 2024

What started as a social media icon turned into the first libertarian government, with a strong patriotic vice president to win the conservative vote. After 100 days in office, Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel remain popular yet with many obstacl...

Argentina’s Milei Looks To Take Conservative Revolution Global April 09, 2024

Four months into his tenure, new Argentine President Javier Milei has largely delivered on his promise to take a chainsaw to Argentina’s socialist government and bloated state bureaucracy. Now, he’s also hinted at plans to help build an international...

Venezuela To Allow Safe Passage to Argentina for Machado Aides April 06, 2024

Argentina’s Milei Cuts 15,000 Jobs April 04, 2024

Argentina’s Falkland Defeat Stirs Patriotism, Milei Has Other Concerns April 03, 2024

Argentina’s Milei Is Confronts the History of the Falklands War April 03, 2024

For decades, Argentines could count on coming together April 2 around a steadfast claim to the islands they know as the Malvinas and — at least until recently — expect their president to share that conviction....

Argentina’s Milei Trades Barbs With Mexican and Colombian Leaders March 29, 2024

Madisonian Meditations on Argentina March 29, 2024

Argentina has the opportunity to rid itself of its omnipresent state. But such massive changes require long-term thinking. ...

China Is Winning the Belt and Road Debt Battles March 25, 2024

The World Bank’s December 2019 report Global Waves of Debt warned of the size, speed, and breadth of the post-2010 buildup of debt in developing countries. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also sounded the alarm, labeling the debt buildup “the w...

Argentina Dollar Bonds Hit Record Highs as Milei Rally Powers On March 23, 2024

Javier Milei Takes A Chainsaw To Argentina’s State Companies March 21, 2024

Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei has launched an aggressive campaign to overhaul state-owned companies from an airline to an oil group and the postal service as lawmakers hold back his plans to privatise them. Milei, who counts Margaret...

Why The Right Worships Javier Milei March 15, 2024

Javier Milei, Argentina’s self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president, enjoys an almost Christ-like status among heterodox conservatives and MAGA-style Right-wingers, almost on a par with Trump himself. Like lovestruck teenagers, a certain type of con...

Argentina's FX Reserves Buys Hits $10B Under Milei March 14, 2024

Argentina’s Record Bond Swap Aims To Pave Way To Ending Currency Controls March 13, 2024

Aligning With Washington Is Bad News for Argentina March 12, 2024

Argentina’s International Bonds Rally on Milei’s New Reform Push March 05, 2024

Yellen Says Argentina Moving Toward Fiscal Sustainability March 01, 2024

Milei’s Shock Therapy in Argentina Is a Big Gamble February 29, 2024

Javier Milei needs to show Argentinians a real economic turnaround before patience runs out. He risks being thrown out of office early. ...

Dollarization at the End of the Javier Milei Honeymoon February 23, 2024

Don't Cry for Argentina February 19, 2024

In the Argentine tango, there is a tender balance of give and take, an enticing exchange of power called "duende," which Argentines bring to the ebb and flow of life. But for the past 80 years, the gargantuan Argentine political establishment has bee...

Argentina’s Milei Blasts Inflation Data, Focused on Reforms February 15, 2024

Javier Milei’s Paves the Way for Freedom and Prosperity February 15, 2024

I had the chance to speak for nearly an hour with Argentine President Javier Milei Dec. 9, one day before he was sworn into office....

Argentina’s Milei Calls on Two Officials To Resign After Setback February 10, 2024

Argentine President Milei: There’s ‘No Plan B’ For The Economy February 09, 2024

Argentina’s newly elected President Javier Milei has promised to privatize state firms and slash jobs and spending. But his cuts may be painful for many Argentines. In an interview with WSJ editor in chief Emma Tucker, he outlined his plan to prevent...

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Argentina Lawmakers Have Approved Milei’s Sweeping Reform Bill February 03, 2024