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Argentina's Javier Milei and the Unites Nations illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Argentina’s Javier Milei: A Reagan from south of the border

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Argentina's President Javier Milei sings the national anthem as he addresses Congress to present the 2025 budget in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina’s President Milei presents 2025 budget, vowing austerity and setting up a showdown

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Argentina's President Javier Milei shake hands during their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Argentina’s Milei meets German officials in controversial lap around Europe

By Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures as he presents his book "El camino del libertario" in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Argentine President Javier Milei on visit to Spain, snubs officials, courts far-right

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Police stand guard outside the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism, to prevent workers from entering after they were laid off in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. During his four months in office, President Javier Mile has closed the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity, banned the government’s use of gender-inclusive language and shuttered the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In progressive Argentina, the LGBTQ+ community says President Milei has turned back the clock

By Débora Rey - Associated Press

President Javier Milei flashes a thums up as he arrives to Congress to address lawmakers during the opening of the legislative session, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1, 2024. Milei, a far-right economist, ordered a series of austerity and deregulation measures to help Argentina dodge hyperinflation. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

On the anniversary of the 1976 military coup, Argentines push back against leaders revising history

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

A mural of Argentine former first lady María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva Perón, or Evita, depicting her with a saint's halo, adorns a wall inside the Peron Peron restaurant in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A prayer for Evita: Here’s why many Argentines are devoted to a first lady who died in 1952

By María Teresa Hernández - Associated Press

In this image distributed by Vatican Media, Argentine President Javier Milei, left, cheers at Pope Francis as they meet in the pontiff's studio at The Vatican for a private audience, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Milei, who will meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni later in the day, attended the canonization of the first Argentine female saint, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa also known as "Mama Antula" in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

After rough start, pope and Argentina’s Milei meet amid speculation Francis might finally go home

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this image made available by Vatican Media, Argentine President Javier Milei, right, greets Pope Francis prior to the start of the canonization mass of Argentine first female saint, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa also known as "Mama Antula" presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. At center Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino looks on. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

Pope and Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonizes Argentina’s first female saint

By Nicole Winfield and Alessandra Tarantino and Gianfranco Stara - Associated Press

People rally outside Congress during a national strike against the economic and labor reforms proposed by Argentine President Javier Milei's government in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentina’s Milei faces general strike at outset of his presidency, testing his resolve

By Almudena Calatrava and David Biller - Associated Press

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. The price for lettuce reads 500 Argentine pesos per kilogram, or about .60 US cents. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina’s annual inflation jumps to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years

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Demonstrators climb to the fence of Congress during protests against economic measures announced by President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Milei announced initiatives to transform the country's struggling economy, including easing government regulation and allowing privatization of state-run industries as a way to boost exports and investment. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Argentina’s president lays off 5,000 government employees hired in 2023, before he took office

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Protesters march against new economic shock measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Days after taking office, Argentine President Javier Milei's government announced drastic economic measures that angered some social and labor groups, and warned it would crack down on any protests blocking streets. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Thousands take to the streets to protest austerity measures of Argentina’s new President Milei

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People wearing masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic wait to buy low-cost cooking gas from the Petrobrás Oil Tankers Union in the Vila Vintem favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 12, 2021. The union promoted the sale as part of a solidarity campaign to mark The National Day of Struggles in Defense of State-owned Companies. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Argentina’s Javier Milei warned of a tough response to protests. He’s about to face the first one

By Débora Rey and Almudena Calatrava - Associated Press

Argentina and the Netherlands' sovereignty and recent election results illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Argentina and the Netherlands’ message for America: Sovereignty matters

By John Tillman

File - A worker counts money at a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21, 2023. In the past five years, Argentina's currency has lost about 90% of its value against the U.S. dollar. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Why Argentina’s shock measures may be the best hope for its ailing economy

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

President-elect Javier Milei takes questions from the press after his victory in the presidential runoff election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 19, 2023. Milei will be inaugurated as the new president of Argentina on Sunday, Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

The inauguration of Javier Milei has Argentina wondering what kind of president it will get

By David Biller and Débora Rey - Associated Press

Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei speaks outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

In inaugural speech, Argentina’s Javier Milei prepares nation for painful shock adjustment

By David Biller and Débora Rey - Associated Press

Argentina's President Javier Milei illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

What Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei means for U.S.

By E.J. Antoni and Peter St. Onge

Candidate of the Liberty Advances coalition Javier Milei speaks to supporters outside his campaign headquarters after winning the presidential runoff election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentina’s right-wing president-elect to meet with top Biden adviser on Tuesday

By Aamer Madhani and Daniel Politi - Associated Press