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Prosecutor requests asset probes in Adorni flights illicit enrichment case

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In the ongoing probe into alleged illicit enrichment, federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita has requested proof measures against Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni following a pilot's testimony contradicting his claim of paying for a private family flight to Punta del Este. Judge Ariel Lijo will oversee asset examinations amid a poll showing 70% of Argentines view Adorni as corrupt.

Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni announced on Wednesday in a Casa Rosada press conference a deregulation package including the Hojarasca law to repeal over 70 obsolete norms, the sending of 60 judicial appointments to the Senate, and the concession of the Chapadmalal complex.

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Argentina's government under Javier Milei is pushing to privatize six state-owned companies to secure dollars and bolster reserves, even though four ended 2025 with financial surpluses. State firms collectively posted a $903 billion surplus last year, despite an operating deficit.

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed in Davos World Economic Forum his strategy of structural trade openness, regardless of the judicial halt to the EU-Mercosur agreement. He highlighted a record trade surplus of US$ 11.286 million in 2025 and criticized socialism in his speech. Critics like Jorge Asís and Roberto Cachanosky questioned the clarity and originality of his intervention.

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President Javier Milei launched his official English account on X on Monday, featuring an animated video of his alter ego 'General Ancap', but it was suspended hours later for violating platform rules and then reinstated.

President Javier Milei labeled economist Emmanuel Álvarez Agis a 'thief' for proposing a 10% tax on cash withdrawals to combat tax evasion. Álvarez Agis, a former deputy minister under Cristina Kirchner's government, argued the measure would encourage electronic payments and business formalization. Milei likened the idea to legalized robbery on his X account.

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The new CGT leadership, headed by a triumvirate, begins a week of internal meetings to define its position on the labor reform project pushed by Javier Milei's Government. Leaders like Octavio Argüello harshly criticized the initiative, calling it a flexibilization that attacks workers' rights. The Government defended the project, assuring it will not remove rights.

 

 

 

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