Amy Booth

2 months ago | buenosairesherald.com | Amy Booth

Members of Argentina’s opposition and civil society filed a flurry of lawsuits against President Javier Milei and called for his impeachment over the weekend, as the scandal over his support for the $Libra cryptocurrency continued to unfold. On Friday evening, Milei posted on social media supporting a cryptocurrency known as $Libra, which was linked to a private project called Viva La Libertad (Long Live Freedom) supposedly intended to finance small Argentine companies.

2 months ago | buenosairesherald.com | Amy Booth

U.S. President Donald Trump’s new universal tariffs on steel and aluminum will cut off a significant market for Argentine manufacturers and could lead to an influx of products arriving in Argentina from other countries such as China, producers have warned. The tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will now be 25%. “It’s 25%, without exceptions or exemptions, and it’s all countries, no matter where it comes from,” Trump said as he signed the proclamation on Monday.

2 months ago | qoshe.com | Amy Booth

2 months ago | buenosairesherald.com | Amy Booth

by Amy Booth and Facundo IglesiaEcuadorians head to the ballot box on Sunday to elect their next president in elections that will be dominated by the explosion in violence linked with organized crime that has rocked the country for the past six years. Conservative incumbent President Daniel Noboa’s main rival among a list of 15 will be Luisa González of the leftist Revolución Ciudadana party, which is led by former President Rafael Correa.

2 months ago | buenosairesherald.com | Amy Booth

By Amy Booth and Estefania PozzoPresident Javier Milei has passed a decree banning gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy for trans people under the age of 18. The decree, published in Thursday’s Official Gazette, says that existing provisions in Argentina’s Gender Identity Law go against children’s rights. However, trans healthcare and parenting advocates point out that in practice, irreversible treatments such as surgery and hormone therapy are very rarely administered to minors.