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Argentina's President Milei presents 2025 budget, vowing austerity and setting up a showdown
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina presented the 2025 budget to Congress late Sunday, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country's chronic fiscal deficit and signaled a new phase of confrontation with lawmakers. ...
Venezuela revokes Brazil's custody of diplomatic mission that's housing 6 Maduro opponents
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government said Saturday that Brazil can no longer represent Argentina’s diplomatic interests in the country, putting several anti-government opponents holed up for months in the Argentine ambassador’s residence seeking asylum at risk. ...
Argentine Senate passes pension spending increase in a blow to President Milei's radical austerity
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's Senate defied President Javier Milei on Thursday to push through an increase to pension spending that would cost at least 0.4% of the country's gross domestic product, dealing a blow to his tough austerity program. The bruising defeat for...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
August 9-15, 2024 A producer hauls a sack of yerba mate in Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei's plan to slash price controls and subsidies in various markets. Tropical Storm Ernesto makes lashes Puerto Rico. A plane crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil. Prince Harry and Meghan...
Venezuela's opposition faces setback after countries suggest repeat of presidential election
SAO PAULO (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition was dealt a blow Thursday when countries that had been pressuring President Nicolás Maduro to release vote tallies backing his claim to victory in last month’s presidential election began suggesting a repeat of the contest instead. The...
As President Milei's austerity hits hard, jobless Argentines appeal to the patron saint of work
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Struggling to feed her family after losing her job as a cleaner earlier this year, 56-year-old Norma Villarreal went to church Wednesday in the hardscrabble outskirts of Buenos Aires and waited in the pre-dawn darkness for over an hour to petition St. Cayetano, the...
Ex-partner of Argentina's former president Alberto Fernández accuses him of abuse
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The ex-partner of former Argentine President Alberto Fernández has accused him of physically and emotionally abusing her, according to an Argentine court order issued Tuesday. The allegations shocked the country and threaten to further stain the reputation of the...
President Milei renews his vow to scrap export taxes as Argentina's powerful farmers get impatient
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Addressing crowds of struggling farmers in flat caps and home-knit sweaters who helped vault him to power but have grown increasingly impatient with his progress, President Javier Milei on Sunday vowed to scrap export taxes and rescue Argentina's key agricultural...
In President Milei's sit-down with Macron, Argentina says the leaders get past soccer chant fallout
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei and French President Emmanuel Macron met Friday in Paris where they appeared to put aside recent controversy stemming from their countries' fierce soccer rivalry. The meeting comes after a video clip spread online...
Argentine President Milei travels to France to meet Macron after outcry over racist soccer chants
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei arrived Thursday in Paris, his office said, where he is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron after tensions escalated between their countries over the Argentine soccer team's derogatory post-match chants about French...
