Tag: Argentina
Argentina’s new government cuts reform package
As of: January 27, 2024 12:54 p.m The reform plans of the new Argentine President Milei have stalled. In the hope of gaining a majority in parliament, the right-wing libertarian…
Argentina: Hundreds of thousands follow call for general strike
As of: January 25, 2024 3:13 p.m In Argentina, a general strike has paralyzed parts of public life. According to unions, more than a million people stopped working in protest…
General strike in Argentina: First test of strength for Milei
As of: January 24, 2024 4:23 p.m Argentina’s President Milei began his term in office with radical reforms, and many more are to follow. Now resistance is forming: unions have…
General strike in Argentina: Protest against Milei’s reform plans
General strike in Argentina Protest against Milei’s reform plans Trade union members chant slogans against the reform plans of President Milei’s ultra-liberal government. photo © Cristina Sille/telam/dpa Less than 50…
Argentina: General strike against neoliberal reforms of President Milei – Politics
A general strike has begun in Argentina to protest against reforms by President Javier Milei’s new ultra-liberal government. According to television reports, thousands came to a rally on Wednesday in…
Faced with the Milei storm, the street as the “main antibody” rather than fragile institutions?
His populist speeches, his outrageous responses, his radical promises… Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina after a campaign worthy of a Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro. A little over a month…
Javier Milei: The man with the chainsaw disturbs and inspires Davos – Economy
At the World Economic Forum, the new Argentine President Javier Milei praises capitalism, with which he wants to lead his country out of misery, and warns the West against socialism…
Inflation rate in Argentina rises to over 200 percent
As of: January 12, 2024 11:07 a.m Argentina has been suffering from extremely high inflation for months. In response, the central bank now wants to issue 20,000 notes of the…
Inflation: Argentina’s central bank wants 20,000 peso bills. – Business
Argentina’s central bank is responding to escalating inflation by issuing new banknotes. 10,000 and 20,000 peso notes are to be put into circulation this year, as the monetary authorities announced…
New President Milei stops dead in his tracks for labor reforms
This is a first setback for Javier Milei. The new and controversial Argentine president has seen his labor law reforms overturned by the courts. At least temporarily. The National Chamber…