#javier-milei

#javier-milei

Adult crime, adult punishment. That's the logic behind the bill championed by Argentine President Javier Milei to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, which was approved this Thursday in the Chamber of Deputies. The new Juvenile Criminal Code, which received 149 votes in favor and 100 against, was debated for more than eight hours and now goes to the Senate for final approval.

Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line with the Trump administration, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Friday, in a crucial step for Argentine President Javier Milei to restore confidence in his chronically distressed economy. In addition to making payments to bondholders, Milei's radical libertarian administration had "quickly and fully repaid its limited draw," Bessent said, without specifying the amount.

There are no world powers without military power, Milei said, according to the Telegraph, adding: There is no country that counts in the international context if they can't defend their borders.

The streets of Buenos Aires were filled with sounds of celebration and protest on Saturday as Argentina's largest Pride march rolled from the city's central Plaza de Mayo to the National Congress building. Hundreds of thousands turned out in support of the LGBTQ+ community and against right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei's public attacks on it. The political backdrop for the march was a resounding victory last week for Milei's party, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), in legislative elections.

Argentines have voted in legislative elections viewed as a litmus test for President Javier Milei's free-market reforms and deep austerity measures. Turnout was 66%, according to provisional figures released by the National Election Chamber. If confirmed, this would be the lowest turnout in more than 40 years, according to Spain's EFE news agency. The president and his party, La Libertad Avanza, is looking to increase its small minority in congress which would make future reforms easier.

The Argentine president, Javier Milei, who won a resounding midterm victory on Sunday, has received ample support from Donald Trump. Ahead of the congressional elections, Trump endorsed Milei and warned: If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina. Washington extended a $20bn currency swap line to the government money aimed at stabilising financial volatility that would have undermined Milei's chances. The US treasury even intervened directly, buying more than a billion dollars of pesos to slow the currency's freefall

"The US Treasury is prepared, immediately, to take whatever exceptional measures are warranted to provide stability to markets,"

According to the official data, the Peronist's center-left candidate Axel Kicillof won 46.8% of the vote across the province, while the candidate for Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) party took 33.8%, with 82.2% of the votes counted. The margin between the Peronist party and Milei's party was much higher than what was predicted in pre-election polls. Milei accepted his party's "clear defeat" and admitted to unspecified "mistakes" which he vowed to "correct."

Fernandez, 72, can serve time in her apartment due to her age and security concerns, as she is a victim of an assassination attempt.