Brazil’s real set for first weekly rise in a month after rate hike
Latin American currencies up 0.4% on the week, stocks down 0.2% * Brazil's economic activity up 0.1% in October * Peru's ...
Leaders of rich nations are deeply unpopular. That spells trouble ahead.
If you are in charge of a slow-growing democracy, it’s not looking good right now. Almost no leader of an industrialized ...
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Stories that caught our eye: December 6 to 13
The veteran labour lawyer and former deputy Héctor Recalde died last Monday at the age of 86. Máximo Kirchner brought the news to the Peronist summit that same day in Moreno where a tribute was paid.
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From Economic Turmoil to Historic Surplus: President Javier Milei Ends 123-Year Budget Deficit
Argentina has achieved a historic milestone under President Javier Milei, ending its budget deficit for the first time in 123 ...
ANDREW NEIL: Big government on the never-never is the greatest threat to our prosperity. Those with their snouts in the trough will howl, but we MUST shrink the …
A terrible reckoning could be coming and, if Labour won't face reality, then it falls to Kemi Badenoch to give her party ...
Argentina’s economy contracts 2.6% in Q3 2024, but shows signs of recovery
Argentina's economy has just suffered a significant setback, contracting by 2.6% in the third quarter of 2024.
Argentina’s Javier Milei has made a horrible mistake
When Mahatma Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilisation he replied that it would be a good idea.
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Students are turning on Milei after helping him win power
President Milei derides universities as bastions of wokeness and elitism. But publicly funded higher education is a point of ...
Argentina economy seen shrinking 2.6% in Q3, but recession could break
Argentina's economy is expected to have contracted 2.6% in the third quarter of 2024 versus a year earlier, the sixth ...
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Javier Milei, a year of chainsaw
Few thought that "El loco", the madman, would heal Argentina. Yet, through an extreme free market program, he is succeeding.
In his first year, President Milei has turned Argentina upside down – because that's what most people want
After a year in office, maverick Argentine President Javier Milei has proved surprisingly successful. He has stabilized the ...
Argentina’s soaring poverty levels don’t seem to be hurting president Javier Milei – but the honeymoon could be over
Poverty levels in the country are now above 50% and yet president Javier Milei’s approval ratings remain stable.