If necessary, a run-off election between the top two vote-getters will be held on Nov. 19, when a simple majority will determine the winner. According to the South American country's Constitution, current President Alberto Fernandez is allowed to run for a second term.■...
President Javier Milei Vice President Victoria Villarruel Current Conservative Leader Agustín Laje & Nicolás Márquez Area 1,073,514 sq mi Population 45,500,000 (2020) GDP $415,000,000,000 (2020) GDP per capita $8,791 (2020) Currency Argentinian Peso (ARS)(will have freedom of...
Current Leader President Javier Milei (since Dec. 2023) Income Tax Rate for Residents 5% to 35% Self-employment Tax 21.4% (Report quarterly income in April, July, October and January). Capital Gains Tax 15% Corporate Tax 25% to 35% Value-added Tax (VAT) 21% for most items in Argentin...
Milei will succeed current President Alberto Fernandez and is set to take office on Dec. 10 for a four-year term.■ Javier Milei from the far-right Liberty Advances coalition shakes hands with supporters outside his campaign headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 19, 2023. Javier Milei...
2023:Javier Gerardo MILEI elected president in second round; percent vote in first round - Sergio Tomás MASSA (FR) 36.7%, Javier Gerardo MILEI (PL) 30%, Patricia BULLRICH 23.8% (JxC/PRO), Juan SCHIARETTI (PJ) 6.8%, Myriam BREGMAN (PTS)2.7%; percent of vote in second round - Javier...
Argentinian President-elect Javier Milei said Nov. 24 he appointed Horacio Marin as head of YPF, bringing to the state-controlled energy company a veteran in exploration and production activities.Charles NewberyPlatt's Oilgram News
Argentina’s economy suffered a dramatic decline from 1946-2023 because of statist policy. The economy became such a disaster that voters shocked the world in late 2023 by choosing Javier Milei, a hard-core libertarian, to be their next president. Even though the Peronists still control the ...
Similarly, Argentine President Milei adopted a confrontational stance toward China after his December 2023 election. He grouped China with Brazil and Russia as nations that he claimed did not embrace democratic values. He went so far as to declare that his government would not prioritize economic ...
10, 2023. (AP Photo/Julian Bongiovanni) 4 of 23 | Argentina’s newly sworn-in President Javier Milei and his sister Karina wave to supporters from a car heading to the government house after his swearing-in ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo...
Shen Haixiong, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and president of China Media Group (CMG), was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award for International Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation by Argentina on Friday. The award was granted...