News of milei congress speech

Milei promises monthly reform package in insult-laden speech

Yesterday 23:24 Insults, applause and promises of reform as Milei opens sessions; President touts reforms, economic gains and promises "monthly package of reforms."

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Pure polarisation in Congress – Milei delivers partisan speech full of insults

Yesterday 22:43 Shocking scenes as President’s primetime speech descends into a slanging match; Opposition lawmakers heckle head of state, who responds with litany of insults.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to reveal second-half agenda in key Congress speech

Yesterday 13:49 La Libertad Avanza leader will map the next phase of reforms for his libertarian project at around 9pm local time in a speech opening this year's normal sessions of Congress.

Editorial

The lion roars tomorrow

28-02-2026 06:01 Let us hope that President Milei takes a newly favourable Congress seriously and presents a solid agenda for the parliamentary year ahead.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to outline reform push in Congress speech

26-02-2026 21:37 Riding high off approval of EU-Mercosur deal and progress on amendments to Glacier Protection Law, President will address Legislative Assembly – and the nation – in a primetime speech Sunday night.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei vows veto as Senate defies pension cuts

10-07-2025 23:27 Senate approves bill that would significantly increase government spending on pensions and social security, prompting angry reaction from President Javier Milei.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Challenging Milei’s ‘iron triangle’

08-03-2025 06:00 The Donald holds the keys to Milei’s future.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & ECONOMY

President to seek Congress support for IMF deal ‘in coming days’

03-03-2025 09:03 Milei’s request to Congress is a key step because IMF agreements are required by law to be approved by legislative branch to be enacted.

CLASH AT CONGRESS BUILDING

Top comms advisor Santiago Caputo aggressively confronts lawmaker

02-03-2025 15:34 President Javier Milei's top adviser Santiago Caputo accused of threatening and aggressively confronting UCR deputy Facundo Manes, who denounces "a government methodology designed to intimidate" and divert lawmakers from their institutional duties.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Milei: Mercosur bloc ‘has only enriched Brazilian industrialists’

02-03-2025 11:28 Argentina’s President Javier Milei declares in speech to Congress that Mercosur trade bloc has “only enriched Brazilian industrialists,” warning he will take his nation out of trade bloc if it prevents free-trade deal with United States.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

State of the nation

01-03-2025 05:13 Milei has been riding the crest of the wave of this summer although the resulting hubris has caused him to fly into a cryptocurrency black swan.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS & CONGRESS

President plans primetime speech, slaps limits on press coverage

26-02-2025 11:40 La Libertad Avanza leader again moves opening of Legislative Assembly to evening and will address nation via ‘Cadena Nacional’ broadcast; For the first time in history, government refuses to admit photographers and introduces restrictions on space for press.

BUDGET PROPOSAL

President presents 2025 Budget, says zero deficit is a must

16-09-2024 08:07 President Milei tells Congress he will veto all laws that are not balanced with spending cuts in primetime speech.

POLITICS

Milei proclaims ‘change of era’ in Córdoba speech marking national holiday

26-05-2024 10:16 President Milei heads to Córdoba to mark his first 25 de Mayo anniversary as head of state; Head of state praises ‘rock star’ Luis Caputo in speech following event in Buenos Aires, announces new ‘May Council’ and vows tax cuts.