With expected good access to the new White House, it will be up to Milei and his team to distinguish personal ideology from national interest and act accordingly.

The Venezuelan opposition leader who the United States recognized as the winner of last year's presidential election has kicked off an international tour that will also take him to the United States.

The chainsaw-wielding economist follows through on his promise of 'shock therapy,' prioritizing taming inflation by cutting spending and deregulating

Javier Milei, the chainsaw-wielding economist president, followed through on his promise of “shock therapy,” taming inflation by cutting spending and deregulating the economy.

(AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez) Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, right, and Argentine President Javier Milei hold hands from the government house balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Gonzalez, who claims he won ...

To Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Javier Milei is a “cowardly bug,” “fascist trash” and an “ugly, stupid SOB.” To Mr. Milei, Argentina’s president, the socialist strongman in Caracas is the political gift that keeps on giving.

Milei is often branded a “right-wing populist,” “far-right outsider,” and “far-right libertarian.” The fascist Peronists, socialists, and unionists who spent decades gutting and plundering one of the wealthiest nations in the world are never assigned such ideological designations.

As Donald Trump prepares to assume power for a second term Monday, avowed admirer Javier Milei of Argentina has his sights set on becoming the US president's man in Latin America.

A seemingly all-powerful Javier Milei has taken Argentina, and a great part of the world, by storm.

Supporters of Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia gather at Plaza de Mayo, outside the government house where he meets with Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina,

Both president Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, have urged their supporters to take to the streets on Friday.View on euronews

A crowd of a few hundred Venezuelan migrants broke into shouts of “Edmundo, Presidente” as González emerged from a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei to wave to supporters from the ...