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Axel Kicillof
In 2005, in the city of Mar del Plata, the presidents of the brother countries of the Americas, Lula da Silva, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, and Néstor Kirchner stood firm against the United States Twenty years after “No to the FTAA”, Latin American movements reaffirm their anti-imperialist commitment

The meeting in Mar del Plata paid tribute to the moment when several Latin American presidents defeated the US attempt to establish a regional free trade agreement.

Fuerza Patria peronismo Argentina heads to legislative elections under the shadow of Trump’s bailout and threats

Polls predict a close final race between Javier Milei’s ruling party and the Peronists grouped in Fuerza Patria. Milei will seek to avoid his second consecutive defeat amid his sharp decline in popularity.

Axel Kicillof Milei es contundentemente derrotado en Buenos Aires

Pese a que el mandatario asumió en primera línea la campaña electoral y vaticinó una victoria de su partido (“Buenos Aires se pintará de morado”, afirmaba Milei), las cifras han sido contundentes. Se estima que hubo una participación de casi el 61%.

Axel Kicillof Milei suffers a resounding defeat in Buenos Aires provincial elections

Despite the president taking a front-line role in the election campaign and predicting victory for his party (“Buenos Aires will be painted purple,” Milei claimed), the figures speak for themselves. Voter turnout is estimated at almost 61%.

Milei exploits tragedy to attack Kicillof while facing criticism for state cuts and crypto scandal

After the tragic death of a young girl in a robbery, Milei took the opportunity to ask for the resignation of the Governor of Buenos Aires and key opposition figure, Axel Kicillof.

Milei’s crypto scandal sparks calls for his impeachment

The Argentine President promoted a cryptocurrency that promptly collapsed after its price increased. The opposition is demanding impeachment proceedings against the president. More than 117 complaints regarding $LIBRA have been filed in the Argentine courts.

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Kirchner hits out against judicial “parallel state”

Lawfare and the upcoming elections were the central themes of the Vice-President’s speech in her first public appearance since she was sentenced in the Causa Vialidad case earlier this month

Julio López, the shadow of Etchecolatz and the new forced disappearance in democracy

The disappearance of Jorge Julio López is a symbol of the impunity of the remnants of the dictatorship and particularly of the Buenos Aires police, who is once again suspected of being responsible for the death of Facundo Astudillo Castro.

Argentinians commemorate the 44th anniversary of the Night of the Pencils

The night of September 16, 1976, was one of the bloodiest night of the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina, when a group of high school students were kidnapped and tortured by the state security forces