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Milei confirms his ‘chainsaw’ will keep running next year
Nov 27, 2024 · “With firm convictions and without giving up, we have dismantled an elephantine and corrupt state, which for many years was an impediment machine that suffocated those who work, invest, bet on the country and dream of developing their life project in freedom,” said Francos during an appearance at the Senate.
Headline figures from Milei government’s 2025 Budget
Sep 16, 2024 · The headline figures from the Milei government’s 2025 Budget. Argentina’s Economy Ministry publishes its forecasts for the coming year: 5% growth, 1,207 pesos a dollar and 18.3% inflation.
Report: Milei government plans to eliminate non-binary DNIs
Nov 28, 2024 · Since taking office last December, Milei – a social conservative – has also prohibited the use of inclusive language in the government, eliminated the former Women, Gender & Diversity Ministry, shuttered the INADI anti-discrimination watchdog and withdrawn financing from reproductive health programmes, positioning Argentina as an increasingly restrictive country in terms of human rights.
Argentina seeks its first wheat shipments to China in decades
Nov 30, 2024 · The province, home to Argentina’s prime wheat region, will contribute to a broader production rebound after a La Niña climate system that threatened to parch fields again largely dissipated — helping President Javier Milei’s plan to kick-start an ailing economy.
Milei’s first Argentina privatisation beset by US$536-million debt
Nov 29, 2024 · The company is a microcosm of Argentina’s own sovereign debt debacles. IMPSA restructured its debts twice in the past decade, while its international bonds account for 38.4 percent of its portfolio and are being currently offered at only one tenth of their issue value.
Argentina ETF sees record inflows as traders buy Milei’s efforts
Nov 25, 2024 · The Global X MSCI Argentina ETF, known by its ticker ARGT, absorbed US$144 million of inflows for the week that ended on November 22, with US$88 million coming in on Friday alone, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Boca eye Gago as next in line to test Gallardo’s supremacy
Oct 2, 2024 · After Diego Martínez's Boca tenure ended with a whimper, the Xeneize are once again back to the drawing board. Fernando Gago would bring a fresh, adventurous style of play – the kind that has been rarely seen at La Bombonera of late.
Milei and nothing but Milei | Buenos Aires Times
Nov 30, 2024 · Almost a year after President Javier Milei was sworn into office, it is difficult to understate just how lost Argentina’s opposition is. The La Libertad Avanza leader not only took the political establishment by surprise by winning the election in the first place, he continues to catch them off-guard as he exercises power.
Bunge’s rescue of huge soy supplier rests with Argentine court
Sep 25, 2024 · Bunge’s rescue of huge soy supplier rests with Argentine court. A top court in Argentina is set to decide whether crop giants Bunge Global and Viterra will be allowed to take over Vicentin, the company that was once the crown jewel of the country’s massive soybean-processing industry.