The far-right president’s program to deregulate the economy has raised expectations at the summit. The government has so far only confirmed a meeting with the head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva
The Latin America director of the International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM) reflects on independent journalism, the impact of artificial intelligence and the polarization in Argentine society
The data reflects the strong impact of a series of shock measures, including a 50% devaluation of the nation’s currency, implemented by right-wing President Javier Milei
Economy Minister Luis Caputo said the money is not a new loan but part of pending disbursements from the payment plan that Javier Milei’s predecessor agreed to in 2022
The new far-right president has promised to make the country “thrive again,” but his success depends on congressional and legal backing for a bill and a decree with sweeping and often unpopular reforms
The new far-right president Javier Milei is confident that the International Monetary Fund will accept his program after the meeting this Friday in Buenos Aires. But the government has ruled out the option of new financing
For analysts, the government is handing ‘a clear message of empowerment’ to the military, which now also occupies important positions in the Defense Ministry
The authoritarian drift of the president and the radical nature of the announced measures are taking their toll on the far-right: the social climate is effervescent and he has fallen in the polls
The Chilean artist uses her own body in performances to broadcast her people’s resistance. Facing down colonialism, she asks for collective, self-critical reflection
The measure is part of a so-called ‘omnibus law’ containing over 600 articles that would grant legislative powers to the government in economic, fiscal, taxation, and electoral matters
The country’s main labor organizations held a rally at the headquarters of the Argentine judiciary. The far-right leader says that he will hold a plebiscite if Congress rejects his measure
The move affects workers hired in 2023. The government warned that hiring prior to 2023 will also be reviewed, while unions are expected to protest this and other measures this Wednesday
Prominent jurists warn that the text is unconstitutional because the president is assuming legislative powers with an all-or-nothing gamble that he did not negotiate with anyone
In the last twelve months, we have witnessed the political and regulatory tightening of the worst impulses against migrants around the world. It will be difficult for us to reverse this drift
Millions of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires on December 20, 2022, to celebrate the Albiceleste’s victory. The anniversary coincides with a protest against Javier Milei
On December 20, left-wing organizations will march to the downtown Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to protest the president’s $20 billion cut in public spending and what they call the ‘criminalization of dissent’
The transformation promised by the newly-elected far-right Argentine president begins with a devaluation of the currency, as well as the implementation of a new protocol that enables the stronger use of force to quell protests
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, has presented a new protocol against street blockades as tension increases over the economic cuts announced this week
Unions are meeting to discuss their response to an adjustment plan whose burden, they warn, will fall on the working class: ‘A total social tsunami is coming’
The new government is simultaneously increasing social aid for food and child support to cushion the coming blow to people’s finances due to the reduction of subsidies for public transportation, electricity, gas and water
The country’s new elected leader calls her ’The Boss’ and ‘The Messiah.’ This is what we know about the woman who decides who gets access to the president