Argentina
Argentine President Javier Milei
Argentina’s fiscal tightening under the Milei administration

As the country maintains high interest rates and dollar reserves to sustain the confidence of financial markets, that very position generates opportunity costs and structural outflows that prevent the real accumulation of reserves and investment in productive sectors and infrastructure.

Javier Milei and Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni
Milei’s approval collapses under corruption scandals and prolonged economic crisis

In addition to the economic crisis Argentina is facing, a series of corruption allegations has caused the Argentine president’s popularity to plummet to one of its lowest levels since he took office.

Argentine President Javier Milei and Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel has private meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei

The meeting took place during a visit in which Thiel decided to buy a house in Buenos Aires. Some media outlets claim that the meeting could be a prelude to a major deal between Palantir and the Argentine government.

In visit to Tel Aviv, Milei affirms support to Israel and declares Marx was “satanic”

On his third trip to Israel, Milei signed security agreements, sang, and gave speeches accusing Marx of being satanic. Taken together, his activities in West Asia amount to more than just an official visit.

Coup leaders Admiral Massera and General Videla.
Argentina, 50 years after its darkest night

Half a century after the dictatorship began, the economic course of Javier Milei’s government continues along the same path set by the military regime.

Thiago Avila Global Sumud Flotilla (1)
Thiago Ávila, coordinator of Global Sumud Flotilla, deported from Argentina

According to Ávila’s account, the ban on his entry came from the highest levels of the government of Javier Milei, a staunch ally of Israel and the United States.

Mass grave in Tucuman Argentina
How the Argentine dictatorship annihilated a generation of revolutionaries

50 years have passed since the coup d’état which installed the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina which, with US support, used all means to eliminate political opposition. The impacts of this extermination campaign are still felt deeply in Argentine society today.

50 years since the start of Argentina’s bloody dictatorship

The factors behind the coup d’état, the historical context, and the role of foreign interference are all part of the memory of the dictatorship. The battle over that memory may influence Argentina’s present and future.

National strike and mass mobilization Argentina February 18
Argentina’s general strike against 12 hour workday

While organized workers seek to repeal the controversial reform, it advances in Congress. It still needs to be ratified by the Senate. Workers claim that it eliminates many of their rights.

General Confederation of Labor and the United Trade Union Front announced a nationwide 24‑hour general strike in Argentina on February 19
Argentina general strike targets Milei’s labor reform that strips rights

The bill has already passed the Senate and will be voted on in the Chamber this Thursday; government promises to repress protests.

Buenos Aires protest labor reform February 11
Amid fierce protests, Milei’s neoliberal labor reform advances

The new law increases daily working hours, weakens unions, and reduces corporate liability. The reform, which still needs to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies before becoming law, has been widely rejected by the country’s most important unions and the opposition.

Javier Milei
Austerity and alignment to Washington: Two years of President Javier Milei

In this article, we review some of the general trends and attitudes of Milei’s government two years into his term.