Argentina

The Falkland Islands are richer than Britain, but anxiety’s in the air

The Falkland Islands are richer than Britain, but anxiety’s in the air

Tony Scales was playing cards below deck with three friends — a game of Sergeant Major — when the announcement came over the loudspeaker: “Take cover!” He barely had time to react before the explosion ripped through the ship.

“It was like being inside a big flame,” he said, standing on a wind-blasted hillside looking over the bay where the RFA Sir Galahad was hit by Argentine jets on June 8, 1982. A total of 48 people were killed, including 32 Welsh Guardsmen, in one of the deadliest single incidents for British forces in the Falklands conflict.

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Falklanders should go back to England, says Argentina’s vice-president

Falklanders should go back to England, says Argentina’s vice-president

Falkland islanders should go back to England, Argentina’s vice-president said after Buenos Aires renewed its claim to the British overseas territory.

Argentina’s claim to what it calls the Malvinas was boosted when Donald Trump threatened to review the official US position on the islands after the UK did not join his war on Iran.

Javier Milei, Argentina’s president and a close ally of Mr Trump, said last week that the “the Malvinas were, are and will always be Argentine”.

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How Milei’s chainsaw economics proved his Left-wing critics wrong

Maga has taken on a new meaning at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.

It’s been more than a year since Javier Milei moved into Argentina’s presidential palace, sweeping to power in a landslide victory. The man who looks like Wolverine and thinks like a libertarian has also garnered the attention of the new leader of the free world.

Milei was the first world leader to shake Donald Trump’s hand when the Republican candidate enjoyed his own landslide win back in November.

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Milei is already proving the Left-wing economic establishment wrong

Argentina’s reforms prove it’s possible to slash a bloated state

Argentina has historically been a country of failed governments, economic collapses, and debt defaults. Yet incredibly there are signs that – against all the odds – the bold, free market reforms of its libertarian President Javier Milei are beginning to work.

With inflation falling, interest rates coming down, and the peso on fire in one market, Milei is already proving the global Left-wing economic establishment – addicted to bigger government and endless deficits – wrong. Indeed, it may provide a template for other countries to escape from zero growth.

Will Argentina finally catch a break? h/t DS

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Javier Milei: Argentina’s far-right outsider wins presidential election

Argentines have elected far-right outsider Javier Milei, 53, as their new president.

With almost all votes counted, Mr Milei had won close to 56% in the decisive run-off, ahead of his left-wing rival, Sergio Massa, with 44%.

The radical newcomer’s victory has been described as “a political earthquake”.

It has been welcomed by like-minded politicians such as US ex-President Donald Trump, who said Mr Milei would “Make Argentina Great Again”.

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Tucker Carlson goes to Argentina — and shows us what it’s like to live in a country where the government can’t stop printing money

Argentina is a developed country, with an educated population, a huge middle class, and tremendous natural resources.

But when you look at it closely…you learn quickly why its nationals want to flee, and why anti-establishment “anarcho-capitalist” Javier Milei is leading in the polls and likely to win Argentina’s presidency come October.

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