In February 2024, Brazilian police have alleged that Jair Bolsonaro submitted a request for political asylum to Argentina’s president Javier Milei, a development that may exacerbate the former leader’s legal challenges. A 33-page document discovered on Bolsonaro’s mobile phone was dated merely days following the initiation of a coup-plotting investigation by the Federal Police during … Read more
Newly imposed liquidity measures aimed at containing a nascent peso sell-off have stoked tensions between President Javier Milei and the country’s banks, a sector that was largely aligned with his policy goals but now sees its profitability under threat. Bankers argue that the new provisions, which require institutions to hit reserve requirements on a daily … Read more
President Javier Milei faced a significant challenge in Congress, narrowly escaping a major defeat as lawmakers worked to gather sufficient votes to partially overturn his veto of a pension spending bill. On Wednesday night, the lower house of Congress cast a vote of 160-83 to reject the veto, falling just short of the two-thirds threshold … Read more
President Javier Milei’s administration has experienced a detrimental shift in the formal employment sector: from November 2023, the month preceding his inauguration, to May 2025, the economy has seen a decline of over 220,000 jobs and the closure of more than 15,000 businesses. A recent report by the Centro de Economía Política Argentina (CEPA) presents … Read more
A New York appeals court has granted Argentina’s request to halt the transfer of 51 percent of YPF shares as it considers appeals related to the ruling mandating the country to compensate two companies with US$16.1 billion due to the oil firm’s nationalization in 2012. Argentina will consequently retain its YPF shares during the ongoing … Read more
For both the government and the opposition, the central issue revolves around the extent of spending on pensions, with scant attention given to the potential for achieving greater outcomes with reduced resources. The presidential vetoes enacted last weekend concerning legislation for pensioners and the handicapped, coupled with the midweek passage of the university funding bill … Read more
Argentina’s local debt auction on Wednesday did not meet market expectations, as President Javier Milei’s administration managed to roll over only 61 percent of maturities in a crucial auction. Analysts suggest that this outcome may lead to a depreciation of the peso. The Treasury executed a rollover of 9.1 trillion pesos from the 15 trillion … Read more
President threats budget offenders with jail, accuses adversaries of “genocide” and suggests court fight over laws passed after congressional defeats. Javier Milei conducted his seventh nationwide broadcast since assuming office on Friday, utilizing the opportunity to rationalize a series of vetoes that were published in the Official Gazette earlier in the week under Decree 534/25. … Read more
Argentine President Javier Milei has declared his intention to submit a bill to Congress that would prohibit the approval of national budgets featuring fiscal deficits. The leader announced his intention to “wall” his austerity measures during a nationwide radio and TV broadcast on Friday night, coinciding with his veto of recently passed Congressional laws aimed … Read more
Twenty months into President Javier Milei’s tenure, during which he promised to spearhead a free-market revolution in the so-called sick man of South America, the agricultural sector is encouraging him to advance his agenda further. This encompasses Rubén Artigues and his orchards located in the La Buena Moza region, situated two hours northwest of the … Read more