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Poor showing in Sunday’s election would deal hammer blow to country’s radical libertarian president, Javier Milei

US President Donald Trump's bid to take back control of the Panama Canal has put his counterpart Jose Raul Mulino in a difficult position and revived fears in the Central American country that US military bases will return.

FDI into large-scale infrastructure projects has been reduced and redirected to smaller, yet more numerous, investments into high technology

Tens of thousands of marchers take to streets as schools and businesses close in protest at president’s extreme legislation

Javier Milei will on Sunday be sworn in as Argentina's president, as the country steels itself for harsh spending cuts and economic reforms aimed at curbing rampant inflation.

A showman, like Trump, Milei first grabbed public attention via appearances as a television panelist, where he would rant about the government's failures, with little concern for political correctness.

They are both abrasive, have a penchant for insults and vulgarity, and boast an untamed mop of hair.

A former TV personality-turned political maverick, Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei has promised no half-measures as he bids to make his stricken country “great again”. Riding a wave of anti-establishment rage, the far-right outsider known for his foul-mouthed outbursts will have no time to bask in his stunning victory as he…

Likened to Wolverine and Trump and nicknamed ‘the madman’, the former TV pundit is known for his prolific swearing and pledge to take a chainsaw to the machinery of state