Argentina’s seat on the new Board for Peace shows Milei has enthusiastically signed up to Trump’s populist tendency of abandoning institutions that do not bend to his personal will
International relations
Santa Cruz receives US$130 million Chinese loan to reactivate dam project
Construction ground to a halt over a lack of funding in December 2023, right after President Javier Milei took office
Mercosur-EU deal delayed as European Parliament refers it to court
Following a neck-and-neck vote, the agreement will be sent to the EU’s top court for a legal check, which could further delay its implementation
Iran warns Argentina that labeling Quds Force as terrorists will elicit ‘response’
Teheran called the decision ‘unacceptable’ and ‘dangerous.’ The US and Israel welcomed the move
EU and Mercosur sign landmark trade and association deal after 26 years
Upheld by the regions’ leaders as a bulwark of multilateralism in a fractured world, the agreement creates the world’s largest free-trade area — but countries must now ratify it
Seventy years into the diplomatic relationship between Buenos Aires and Jakarta, Indonesia has gone from agrarian economy to rising middle power
Brazil will no longer represent Argentina in Venezuela, sources confirm
No official information has been made public at the time of writing, but Argentine media report that Italy will take on the role
Mercosur-EU deal is formally signed in Paraguay: what comes next?
The full agreement will not go into effect until all member states have given it parliamentary approval
Trump calls Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez ‘terrific,’ meets opposition the next day
The Chavista leader is now ruling Venezuela, while opposition leader María Corina Machado seeks closer ties with the White House