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Argentina won't join BRICS as scheduled, says member of Milei's transition team
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina will not be joining the BRICS bloc of developing economies next year as scheduled, a senior official in President-elect Javier Milei’s team said Thursday. “We will not join the BRICS,” Diana Mondino, who Milei picked as foreign...
Argentina's president-elect tells top Biden officials that he's committed to freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei met Tuesday with senior Biden administration officials at the White House in his first international trip since winning a presidential runoff earlier this month. The right-wing Milei had a “positive meeting” with...
Argentina's right-wing president-elect to meet with a top Biden adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentina's right-wing President-elect Javier Milei will meet with President Joe Biden's national security adviser on Tuesday in Washington, according to the White House. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday that Milei will meet...
Trump tells Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Milei's office said Thursday. The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in...
Argentina's President-elect is racing against the clock to remake the government
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina ’s President-elect Javier Milei has called for the wholesale reinvention of the government but he has precious little time. And with less than three weeks until his Dec. 10 inauguration, Milei has no executive experience and few allies in...
Trump has long praised autocrats and populists. He's now embracing Argentina's new president
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has long praised a particular type of foreign leader — men he describes as “tough” and “strong,” even if they have chipped away at their countries' democratic norms. The former president and GOP front-runner is now celebrating the newly...
Argentina's president-elect wants public companies in private hands, with media first to go
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s right-wing president-elect gave the first indications Monday of how he plans to start shaking up South America’s second-largest economy: with a slew of privatizations. Populist Javier Milei, a libertarian economist and self-described...
Right-wing populist Milei set to take Argentina down uncharted path: 'No room for lukewarm measures'
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — What many deemed impossible just months ago is reality: Right-wing populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina's presidency. The fiery freshman lawmaker's victory Sunday night has thrust the country into the unknown regarding how extreme his...
The lion, the wig and the warrior. Who is Javier Milei, Argentina's president-elect?
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — His legions of fans call him “the madman” and “the wig” due to his ferocity and unruly mop of hair. He refers to himself as “the lion.” He thinks sex education is a Marxist plot to destroy the family, views his cloned mastiffs as his “children with...
Fiery right-wing populist Javier Milei wins Argentina's presidency and promises 'drastic' changes
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina's presidential election Sunday, swinging the country to the right following a fiercely polarized campaign in which he promised a dramatic shake-up to the state to deal with soaring inflation and rising poverty. ...
