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Students are turning on Milei after helping him win power

11-12-2024 14:18 President Milei derides universities as bastions of wokeness and elitism. But publicly funded higher education is a point of civic pride. Now, graduates are turning on Milei after helping him win power.

President targets rivals as he confirms he will veto university law

02-10-2024 20:22 President responds to mass demonstration in favour of state universities by confirming he will veto new law; Head of state ramps up rhetoric, namechecking rivals and accusing them of forming “new populist left front.”

Sergio Massa to work for US investment fund Greylock Capital

26-02-2024 06:05 Former Peronist presidential candidate will join a total of ten projects aimed at the real economy; Massa will soon make a “reappearance” in Buenos Aires Province with Frente Renovador mayors and a book is coming in March.

Economy posted mild contraction amid run-off election

23-01-2024 22:40 Economic activity in November fell 1.4% from October, according to government data. From the same month a year earlier, activity fell 0.9%.

Living in Milei’s world

25-11-2023 14:22 These initial steps are positive in maintaining the situation from blowing up but they are insufficient in and of themselves. Not only would this cordiality and cooperation have to be maintained over time, Milei’s strategy would actually have to work.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Method in his madness?

25-11-2023 14:16 Javier Milei’s solitary rise to the top from almost nowhere in a couple of years is more apparent than real. The key to this success is more like the solution to Agatha Christie’s 'Murder on the Orient Express' – they all did it.

by Michael Soltys

Milei says no transition meeting planned as Massa decides to stay on

20-11-2023 18:39 Javier Milei says that "there is no meeting planned" with President Alberto Fernández and says responsibility for period until December 10 inauguration lies with head of state and Sergio Massa, who decides to stay on as economy minister.

Into the unknown

20-11-2023 16:44 The emergence of an anti-political outsider and redrawing the map of the political scenario on yet uncertain bases – those are the first conclusions left by the consecration of Javier Milei.

by Walter Curia

Report: Economy Minister Massa ‘to take leave of absence’

19-11-2023 23:59 Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa will reportedly seek a leave of absence from his post to "facilitate the transition" with President-elect Javier Milei; President Alberto Fernández speaks with election winner and duo agree to meet Monday for talks.

Governments in Americas congratulate Milei on election triumph

19-11-2023 22:09 Presidents, prime ministers and political leaders across the Americas offer congratulations to Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei.

Outsider Milei beats Massa in Argentina presidential run-off

19-11-2023 20:31 Javier Milei, a libertarian candidate with radical solutions to Argentina’s economic crisis, has won the presidential run-off.

President Milei – Libertarian wins Argentina's election run-off

19-11-2023 20:03 Outspoken libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei – who has promised to dollarise Argentina's economy and "dynamite" the Central Bank – wins race to be nation's next president; Sergio Massa concedes defeat in speech from ruling coalition's bunker.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

18-11-2023 06:42 Democratic voting in Argentina ran on the basis of simple majorities until 1972 when that system was a non-starter for a military régime since it would guarantee victory for a Juan Domingo Perón. In order to give themselves the faint chance of the anti-Peronist chunk of society outnumbering the Peronist masses if obliged to vote en bloc, they introduced a system whereby nothing short of an absolute majority would permit victory in the first round.

by Michael Soltys

A long road ends and a journey begins

18-11-2023 06:08 Nothing ends irreversibly tomorrow – rather than any apocalypse now, it needs to be seen within the grander context of these four continuing decades of democracy.

Concern over libertarian fraud claims with tight run-off expected

17-11-2023 07:20 Argentines go to the polls on Sunday to decide if Sergio Massa or Javier Milei will be the country’s next president; Libertarian’s party raises spectre of fraud with ‘irregularities’ and ballots claims but electoral authorities say they are unfounded.

Haunted by inflation, Sergio Massa seeks the Presidency

17-11-2023 00:57 A wily and seasoned politician, Sergio Massa confounded pollsters by winning the most votes in a first-round election. Can he convince voters, despite his performance as economy minister?

Massa and Milei end campaigns ahead of tight vote

17-11-2023 00:25 Economy Minister Sergio Massa and libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei closed their campaigns on Thursday, ahead of a tense and tight contest in which every vote counts.

Massa, ‘the Washington panel,’ geopolitics – uncertainty in Argentine-US relations

16-11-2023 14:31 Javier Milei offers alignment with the interests of the United States, while Sergio Massa talks multilateralism. Concerns oversensitive issues such as the Hidrovía waterway, 5G technology and the Chinese base.

'The lesser evil': Argentina frozen by indecision ahead of vote

16-11-2023 00:36 According to an average of opinion polls, between 7% and 13% of voters in Argentina are undecided or planning to cast a blank ballot in this Sunday's run-off.

Youths and older adults – Massa targets two voting groups on way to run-off

15-11-2023 16:23 Economy minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate is working to consolidate the votes he got in the October election and stepping up his efforts to reach sectors where his rival, Javier Milei, is out ahead.