Overview
- In a combative address opening the legislative year, Javier Milei said a strategic alliance with the United States under President Donald Trump should become state policy and praised Trump as a key ally.
- Milei announced a package of 90 reforms and said his government will send successive bill bundles over nine months to overhaul the economy, taxes, criminal and electoral codes, education, justice and defense.
- His administration backed U.S. strikes on Iran launched over the weekend and placed Argentina on high alert, underscoring a sharpened security alignment with Washington.
- Congress approved his flagship labor modernization law last week, allowing workdays of up to 12 hours, reducing severance, limiting the right to strike and lowering employer taxes, prompting large street protests.
- He framed Argentina as a supplier of critical minerals and energy with access to two oceans and a presence in Antarctica, and he repeatedly berated opposition lawmakers during the speech as he emphasized his strengthened position in Congress.