News of president milei

Milei charged executives US$20,000 for private dinners as he ran for president

01-04-2025 11:59 Executives bought access to Argentina’s rising political star; Milei likened the dinners to the consulting work he used to do.

Will Elon Musk’s plumber pay for Milei’s trips abroad?

29-03-2025 06:11 There is reason behind the IMF’s decision to throw its weight behind President Milei, which means partnering with his political objectives too.

by Marcelo J. García

Milei to meet Musk, IMF chief in Washington following crypto controversy

18-02-2025 18:38 Argentina’s President will travel to the United States for the latest edition of CPAC, delivering a speech on the same day as US President Trump. Milei’s agenda includes talks with Elon Musk and Kristalina Georgieva – but he will hope to avoid any mention of crypto scandal.

Karina’s cull: Milei’s campaign loyalists shut out of inner circle

08-02-2025 06:13 Many of the men and women who accompanied President Javier Milei from the start of his political journey are no longer around; Ramiro Marra’s exit from La Libertad Avanza is the latest example of Karina Milei flexing her muscles.

A little piece of heaven

23-11-2024 06:00 The launch of libertarian shock troops Las Fuerzas de Cielo was but one of various seismic movements in this jacaranda month of November.

‘Closer to the caste’ – Milei slams his own vice-president

20-11-2024 23:33 President Javier Milei opens up on relationship with Vice-President Victoria Villarruel, declaring in an interview that she has “no influence on decision-making” in his government and doesn’t take part in Cabinet meetings.

The Wall Street shuffle

28-09-2024 06:27 Milei doubtless imagined that he was ringing his own Liberty Bell but it was also a self-excommunication from the international community which might well send alarm-bells ringing, not least among Wall Street investors.

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.

Milei’s political rivals are rocked by a domestic abuse scandal

09-08-2024 16:44 Analysts say domestic abuse allegations against President Javier Milei’s predecessor boost libertarian leader’s popularity.

President Milei’s trip to Los Angeles cost US$200,000

17-06-2024 15:39 Public information request filed with government reveals three-day trip cost just over US$200,000; President stayed at Beverly Hills Hilton, spoke at conference, met with Musk and Infantino.

by Pablo Varela

'Karinismo': President sister keeps gaining power

14-05-2024 11:54 Javier Milei’s Cabinet looks increasingly disjointed but his sister, presidential chief-of-staff Karina Milei, is accumulating more power and decision-making.

Elon Musk meets José Mayans

11-05-2024 06:27 RIGI is the most beneficial regime ever created in the country for foreign investors and it is causing a divide among foreign and local businesses.

by Marcelo J. García

Milei sees four dogs and says there are five – it should concern us

15-04-2024 16:25 On a denial of reality, cloned dogs, mediums and Javier Milei's messianic project.

by Juan Luis González

President Milei cuts short international trip over Mideast crisis

13-04-2024 21:56 President Javier Milei is ending his international trip early to handle his country's response to the crisis in the Middle East.

Milei says his four cloned dogs chose their own economist names

05-04-2024 14:56 The cloned dogs that Javier Milei refers to as his “four-legged children” all bear the names of his economist heroes. But the president insists he didn’t choose their names — they did.

Milei heads overseas: from 'ambassador of light' to the far right

04-04-2024 14:02 The President will travel next week to Miami where “his tireless efforts on behalf of Israel” will be recognised, also meeting with US business leaders. Next month Milei flies to Europe to participate at an event organised by Spanish far-right party Vox.

Milei tells schoolchildren that abortion is 'aggravated murder' due to 'familial bond'

06-03-2024 10:58 President Javier Milei uses speech to young children at his old school to criticise "green scarf murderers," declaring abortion is "aggravated murder" because of "familial bond" between mother and foetus.

Pouring oil on the flames

02-03-2024 05:57 If the spark that lit the fire was the threat of Chubut’s PRO Governor Ignacio Torres to cut off all oil and gas unless the cutbacks were reversed, this might appear a wild outburst – but it was less random and accidental than it might seem.

Milei visits the home of nine-month-old baby taken hostage in Hamas attack

08-02-2024 15:08 President Javier Milei on Thursday visited the house of Kfir Bibas, the nine-month Israeli-Argentine baby who was kidnapped during terror attack by Hamas on kibbutz in southern Israel.

Milei’s ‘shock therapy’ is suffering a stinging rejection

08-02-2024 13:15 Lawmakers rebuke president’s bill, upending agenda; Milei responds by lashing out at the parties he needs to push through his reforms.