President Javier Milei met with incoming US secretary of state Marco Rubio, soon to be the United States’ top diplomat, at a black-tie gala in Washington on Monday night. Argentina’s head of state dressed up to the nines for the Starlight Gala, staged to mark the inauguration of Donald Trump as the United States’ 47th president.

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.

He describes rising exports to China of Argentine soyabeans, frozen beef, semen from prize bulls and other farm goods worth billions of dollars. Latin American farming barons are often selling to state-owned agencies,

Several activists were arrested Wednesday for disrupting a Senate confirmation hearing for Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Marco Rubio.

All 99 senators voted in favor of Rubio, including Rubio himself. The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first confirmed member of ...

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.

Washington, DC.- Marco Rubio, nominated as the next U.S. Secretary of State, highlighted the Dominican Republic as a regional example of success during his Senate confirmation hearing. Responding to Senator Tim Kaine’s inquiry about well-performing countries in the region,

As Javier Milei attends Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, the shared ideological, geopolitical, and economic ties between the two leaders highlight their mutual goals and the challenges ahead.

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 sent his vice president as his representative.

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.

The confirmation process includes several rounds of investigation and review, beginning with the submission of a personal financial disclosure report and a background check. The nominee is then evaluated in a committee hearing, which allows for a close ...

Cruz adds that he expects Marco Rubio, Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of State ... Behind them, in the third row, is Argentina’s President Javier Milei and his wife, who is seated next to Italy PM Giorgia Meloni and China Vice President Han Zhang.