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    Argentina: Troubled Nation

    Jan 02, 2002 05:00 AM EDT

    ... SUAREZ: Okay. Well let's keep the military in the barracks for the moment and talk about the choices that face the new leadership in Argentina. If Duhalde makes some of the tough choices that economists are saying he has to make, can he keep his job in a democracy ...

  • Argentina secures IMF loan and ends most capital controls in key milestones for President Milei

    Argentina secures IMF loan and ends most capital controls in key milestones for President Milei

    Apr 12, 2025 05:54 PM EDT

    ... effect on Monday. The bank said it would receive the first $12 billion from the IMF Tuesday — a bigger-than-expected upfront sum that gives Argentina's reserves breathing room to make the major change and reflects the fund's confidence in Milei's radical reforms. “The program is unprecedented ...

  • Populist Javier Milei wins Argentina's presidential runoff as Sergio Massa concedes defeat

    Populist Javier Milei wins Argentina's presidential runoff as Sergio Massa concedes defeat

    Nov 19, 2023 11:54 PM EDT

    ... policies. The election forced many to decide which of the two they considered to be the least bad choice. Milei's screeds resonated widely with Argentines angered by their struggle to make ends meet, particularly young men. “Money covers less and less each day. I’m a qualified individual, and ...

  • AP fact check: Trump says he hasn’t left White House in 'months.' Actually, he has.

    AP fact check: Trump says he hasn’t left White House in 'months.' Actually, he has.

    Jan 14, 2019 03:31 PM EDT

    ... Dec. 7), attended former President George H.W. Bush's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral (Dec. 5), participated in the G-20 summit in Argentina in late November; and hosted "Make America Great Again" rallies in Mississippi with Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith (Nov. 26). He hosted a dinner ...

  • World Cup by the numbers: 1,248 players, 48 teams and 3 countries make this the largest ever

    World Cup by the numbers: 1,248 players, 48 teams and 3 countries make this the largest ever

    Jun 09, 2026 08:27 PM EDT

    There have been six defending champions who failed to make it out of the group stage, including in three of the last four editions. France made it back to the final in 2022 but Italy (2010), Spain (2014) and Germany (2018) all get eliminated before the knockout rounds. 3 France ...

  • Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington

    Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington

    Oct 27, 2025 02:04 PM EDT

    ... do nothing to help ordinary Argentines squeezed by Milei's cuts to subsidies or forced out of business by a contracting economy. “I want to make it clear that neither the U.S. government nor JP Morgan are charitable societies,” he said. "If they come to Argentina, it is for ...

  • Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies in fall from Argentina hotel balcony at 31

    Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies in fall from Argentina hotel balcony at 31

    Oct 16, 2024 10:38 PM EDT

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, local officials said. Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy ...

  • Spain withdraws its ambassador to Argentina over President Milei's insults, escalating crisis

    Spain withdraws its ambassador to Argentina over President Milei's insults, escalating crisis

    May 21, 2024 07:57 PM EDT

    ... investor after the United States, with Spanish companies investing 140 million euros ($152 million) in the country in 2022. Some 495,000 Spaniards live in Argentina, according to Spanish government statistics, while 97,000 Argentines reside in Spain. Over the weekend, Milei also met with Spanish business executives. One of ...

  • Argentina labor unions stage 24-hour strike against libertarian government

    Argentina labor unions stage 24-hour strike against libertarian government

    May 09, 2024 06:47 PM EDT

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s biggest trade unions mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, staging a mass general strike on Thursday that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and halted key bus, rail and subway lines. Main avenues and ...

  • Voters in Argentina elect far-right political outsider as president

    Voters in Argentina elect far-right political outsider as president

    Nov 20, 2023 11:40 PM EDT

    ... He was elected to Congress in 2021, promising to -- quote -- "blow up the system." A self-described anarcho-capitalist, he's pledged to shut down Argentina's Central Bank, adopt the U.S. dollar as national currency, and make deep economic cuts, policies he sold on the campaign trail by ...