Finally, a real libertarian is president. That's in Argentina, where last year, Javier Milei surprised pundits by winning the election by a landslide. Now

Argentine President Javier Milei is facing a new controversy after he made a series of homophobic and transphobic comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Argentina's deregulation tsar Federico Sturzenegger, after a year spearheading one of the world's most aggressive attacks on the public sector and red tape, plans even deeper cuts this year, with sights set on industries from autos to medicines.

Argentine President Javier Milei admitted that his country's process ... The Argentine President will be leaving for Europe again next week after the June 20 National Flag Day celebrations in ...

Little more than a year after storming to the presidency with a mandate to rip up the rule book and do whatever was needed to turn Argentina around, Javier Milei feels vindicated in his tear-it-down approach to governing.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei met with Donald Trump, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory last week. The South American country’s president is keeping close economic ties with Beijing to help restore growth, while also cozying up to the U.S.

America’s political allies may be fretting about headwinds from the new U.S. administration, but for the U.S. financial types here at Davos the news just keeps getting better.

Argentina brought in its first budget surplus in more than a decade in 2024, data published on Friday showed, marking a win for libertarian President Javier Milei and his sweeping austerity push in his first full year in office.

Their attendance marks the first time world leaders have been present at a U.S. president’s swearing-in ceremony, a historian said.

President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and conservative world leaders such as Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni to the inauguration. Xi is sending his vice president as his representative.

Done right, the anti-red-tape revolution could usher in greater freedom, faster economic growth, lower prices and new technology. For years excessive rules have choked housebuilding, investment and innovation.

Milei was in an ebullient mood, cheered on by an appreciative Davos audience. He has some justification for a victory lap after delivering Argentina’s first fiscal surplus since 2009 and wrangling monthly inflation to under 3% — from over 25% when he took office in late 2023.