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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Mudslinging between Latin American populist leaders dragged on Thursday, after days of Argentina’s President Javier Milei needling his leftist counterparts in Mexico and Colombia — coming to a head with a diplomatic blow the night before. Since right-wing Milei stepped into the political spotlight last year, he has regularly traded barbs … Read more
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei, in his first policy speech to parliament Friday, said he would push his package of sweeping economic reforms whether or not legislators back it. Issued on: 02/03/2024 – 07:50 2 min “We are going to change the country for good… with or without the support of political leaders, with all … Read more
Pope Francis welcomes pilgrims from Argentina for the canonisation of Blessed Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, and praises her holiness, faith, and perseverance. By Deborah Castellano Lubov “Let us remember that the path of holiness implies trust and abandonment,” for when Blessed Maria Antonia arrived in Buenos … Read more
Argentines gather in front of the National Congress in Argentina to celebrate that the ruling party could not continue with the debate on the ‘Omnibus Law’ because they were losing the votes on each article of its general content, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 06, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Argentina’s President … Read more
Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez will not need surgery on the right knee injury he sustained against West Ham United on Sunday but is expected to be out for around eight weeks. Martinez, 26, sprained a medial collateral ligament in the knee — from which recovery times can vary — during a collision with West … Read more
South Africa’s foreign minister said Saudi Arabia and four other countries have accepted the invitation to join the BRICS club of nations that was extended during a summit last year. Minister Naledi Pandor said that Russia, who takes over as chair of the bloc this year from South Africa, has received written interest from 34 … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei faced a one-day general strike Wednesday protesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labor law changes, showing that his opponents are wasting no time in trying to derail his austerity agenda. The biggest union, known by its acronym CGT, … Read more
Argentine President Javier Milei is seeking to extinguish decades of government intervention in the nation’s oil industry by unshackling crude exports and leaving local fuel prices at the whim of market forces. Milei included such measures in sweeping legislation he sent to congress on Wednesday, the latest move since the libertarian president took office on … Read more
Just days after taking office, and on the eve of the festive holidays, Milei presented his DNU, or “necessary and urgent” decree to loosen some of the rules governing the country’s economy as annual inflation hit 160%. ADVERTISEMENT Argentina’s far-right libertarian President Javier Milei unleashed a mega-decree midweek changing or altogether scrapping 366 economic rules, … Read more