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Argentine President's Words Sounded Like a TV President's

Javier Milei seems to have at least stuck to Jed Bartlet's structure in addressing UN

(Newser) - A columnist in Argentina has pointed out similarities between President Javier Milei's address to the UN General Assembly last month and the rhetoric of US President Jed Bartlet, who was politically inspiring but not real. Carlos Pagni wrote about the matter Thursday in the daily newspaper La Nacion. Milei...

Elon Musk, Javier Milei Officially Launch Their Bromance

Tech leader, Argentina president meet in person for first time

(Newser) - One is an erratic billionaire entrepreneur and self-declared free-speech absolutist, prone to profanity-laden rants against "wokeness" and obsessed with making humanity a multi-planetary species. The other is an iconoclastic Latin American leader and self-declared anarcho-capitalist, prone to cloning his dead dogs and obsessed with destroying state controls. Tech executive...

Argentina Wraps 2023 With Historic Inflation
2023 Inflation in
Argentina: 211%
Jan 11, 2024 5:15 PM CST

2023 Inflation in Argentina: 211%

New president says astronomical rate will soon be followed by a reduction

(Newser) - 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, implemented...

Argentina's New President Kicks Off His 'Shock Measures'

Javier Milei says drastic currency devaluation, cuts to energy and transportation subsidies are needed

(Newser) - Argentina on Tuesday announced a sharp devaluation of its currency and cuts to energy and transportation subsidies as part of shock measures new President Javier Milei says are needed to deal with an economic emergency. Economy Minister Luis Caputo said in a televised message that the Argentine peso will be...

Argentina's New Leader: 'There's No Money'

Javier Milei sets stage for major spending cuts

(Newser) - It wasn't the most uplifting of inaugural addresses. Rather, President Javier Milei presented figures to lay bare the scope of Argentina's economic emergency and sought to prepare the public for a shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts, the AP reports. "We don't have alternatives, and...

Trump Admirer Will Be Argentina's Next President

Javier Milei beats Sergio Massa in run-off election

(Newser) - Populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina's presidential election Sunday, swinging the country to the right following a fiercely polarized campaign in which he promised a dramatic shake-up to the state to deal with soaring inflation and rising poverty, the AP reports. With 99.4% of votes tallied in the...

Theater's Renowned Acoustics Clearly Convey Political Jeers

Argentine presidential candidate goes to the opera before runoff

(Newser) - Both jeers and cheers for Argentina's right-wing presidential candidate resounded with acoustic perfection inside the legendary Colón Theater in Buenos Aires, laying bare the country's polarization on the eve of Sunday's runoff . The audience had gathered Friday evening in Latin America's premier opera house, which...

Trump Admirer Stuns in Argentina
Trump
Admirer
Stuns in
Argentina
Aug 14, 2023 8:17 AM CDT

Trump Admirer Stuns in Argentina

Far-right populist Javier Milier emerges as surprise frontrunner after primary elections

(Newser) - Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina's political establishment Sunday by emerging as the biggest vote-getter in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election in a nation battered by economic woes. Milei, an admirer of former President Trump who loves being compared to him, says Argentina'...

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