Topic - Argentina

While in neighboring Brazil and Argentina, voters recently vented their rage at the status quo, Uruguay's electorate remains largely satisfied with the government's business-friendly policies and the economy's steady growth.

Uruguay polls open in vote free of political hostility seen elsewhere in region →

Argentina said Wednesday that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending, the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian government on a collision course with angry protesters and powerful trade unions.

Argentina's Milei takes his chainsaw to the state, cutting 15,000 jobs and spurring protests →