Videos show how Gastón Mercanzini tried to throw a glass bottle at Javier Milei as he was being driven to the Casa Rosada on inauguration day

An in-depth exploration of Argentina’s new vice president by Ximena Tordini. Originally published in Crisis magazine, translated and adapted for the Herald.

Javier Milei has said it’s going to be long and hard, but there’s no other way — and that if he doesn’t follow his plan to the letter, the consequences will be worse. That’s how he won.

Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said Argentina was ‘immersed in a deep economic crisis’ in a press conference after the meeting

Santiago Bausili, the Central Bank president selected by Javier Milei, has yet to assume his role at the institution

Manuel Adorni claimed that some state jobs are ‘for political reasons’ and ‘don’t contribute anything’ in his first conference

Supporters of the far-right libertarian were eager to cheer the new president — and jeer at the outgoing administration

The administration’s first decree confirmed that the Milei is cutting Argentina’s number of ministries by half, with only nine taking their oath on Sunday

Diana Mondino announced the country’s accession during an event at the foreign ministry amid inauguration day proceedings