Hacker News with Generative AI: Argentina

Milei shutters office investigating cryptogate $LIBRA scandal (batimes.com.ar)
President Javier Milei has dissolved a special investigative unit he himself established to probe alleged wrongdoing in his controversial promotion of the ‘$LIBRA’ cryptocurrency,

Cryptocurrency, Politics, Argentina, Investigations

9 points by hbartab 3 days ago | 0 comments

Argentina hopes to attract Big Tech with nuclear-powered AI data centers (restofworld.org)
Argentine President Javier Milei has an ambitious plan to transform Argentina into a global hub for nuclear energy. Nuclear energy, in turn, is the key to his goal of making the country a center for artificial intelligence, powered by investments that he hopes to draw from big tech firms.

Argentina, Nuclear Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech

19 points by billybuckwheat 16 days ago | 7 comments

Why the Cassette Revival Is Thriving in Argentina's Music Scene (greenbook.org)
Cassettes are making a nostalgic comeback in Argentina’s indie and punk scenes—offering artists and fans a tangible, emotional connection to music.

Music, Argentina, Nostalgia, Culture, Indie Music

13 points by geox 27 days ago | 4 comments

A social network where everyone is a bot (elpais.com)
“It’s fun, but I feel like it encourages isolation from the world because you don’t talk to anyone real,” says Sunny, 18, a user of the Status AI app, speaking from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Youth Culture, Argentina

7 points by belter 40 days ago | 3 comments

Javier Milei's Free Market Reforms Are Starting to Pay Off (reason.com)
Argentina's poverty rate fell sharply in the second half of 2024, according to official data released this week, marking a major milestone for President Javier Milei's sweeping economic reforms.

Argentina, Economics, Free Markets, Poverty

13 points by rustoo 48 days ago | 4 comments

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived (nytimes.com)
“It’s the unmarked cars,” a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said. He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction. In the video, which Khalil’s wife recorded, she asks for the names of the men in plainclothes who handcuffed her husband.

Police Brutality, Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Argentina

15 points by quantified 51 days ago | 2 comments

Argentina's poverty rate falls as Javier Milei tames inflation (ft.com)
Argentina’s poverty rate falls as Javier Milei tames inflation

Argentina, Economics, Inflation, Politics

8 points by JumpCrisscross 53 days ago | 1 comments

Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes "Deep Chainsaw" to Bureaucracy (cato.org)

Argentina, Deregulation, Politics, Economics

45 points by Bostonian 59 days ago | 52 comments

Why Argentina’s military is surveilling hundreds of Chinese fishing boats (cnn.com)

Argentina, Military, China, Fishing, Surveillance

11 points by zfg 74 days ago | 2 comments

The 'Hustling Expert' Behind Argentina's $250M Crypto Scandal (wsj.com)
He is a college dropout who hawked energy drinks as a teen and sold Oreos to make rent. Under “skills” on LinkedIn, he listed “hustling expert.”

Cryptocurrency, Argentina, Business, Finance, Crime

6 points by domofutu 81 days ago | 0 comments

Argentina Deploys Military as China Leads Fishing Swarm Near Waters (newsweek.com)
Argentina is carrying out naval patrols in a warning to the hundreds of foreign fishing vessels lingering just beyond the nation's maritime zone.

Argentina, Fishing, International Relations, Military, China

4 points by inverted_flag 87 days ago | 5 comments

Libra Token's Co-Creator Claimed He Paid Argentinian President Milei's Sister (coindesk.com)
A key player behind the Libra token bragged about buying access to Argentine President Javier Milei's inner circle months before the memecoin's scandalous launch and crash.

Cryptocurrency, Argentina, Politics, Finance, Scandals

8 points by locallost 93 days ago | 3 comments

Argentina president faces impeachment calls over crypto crash (bbc.com)
Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls - and legal action accusing him of fraud - over his promotion of cryptocurrency on social media.

Argentina, Politics, Cryptocurrency, Impeachment

93 points by anigbrowl 95 days ago | 37 comments

Javier Milei backtracks on $4.4B memecoin after 'insiders' pocket $87M (coindesk.com)
Argentina's president Javier Milei has backtracked on a tweet promoting a memecoin called Libra, which rose to a $4.4 billion market cap before plunging by more than 95%.

Cryptocurrency, Argentina, Memecoins, Market Manipulation

322 points by techlover14159 96 days ago | 359 comments

Argentinian president backs away from LIBRA memecoin after 90% crash (dlnews.com)
Argentinian President Javier Milei is now distancing himself from the catastrophic launch of the Solana-based memecoin $LIBRA, which saw its market cap collapse from $4.5 billion to just $200 million within hours.

Cryptocurrency, Argentina, Memecoins, Solana

45 points by wslh 97 days ago | 28 comments

Notes on Argentina (jorgevelez.substack.com)
I recently got back from Argentina, where we decided to spend part of our honeymoon. We chose Argentina for our honeymoon because my wife and I met in Patagonia in 2022, and we love the region. Behind the choice was also my desire to see a country undergoing a major economic transformation: by the time we arrived in Ushuaia, President Javier Milei had been in power for a year.

Travel, Argentina, Economics

63 points by paulpauper 117 days ago | 68 comments

Argentina's economy exits recession in milestone for Javier Milei (ft.com)
Argentina’s economy exits recession in milestone for Javier Milei

Argentina, Economics, Politics

68 points by reducesuffering 158 days ago | 44 comments

Argentine rodents are Dubai oasis' newest residents (apnews.com)
A desert oasis hidden away in the dunes in the far reaches of skyscraper-studded Dubai has drawn a surprising new set of weary world travelers: a pack of Argentinian rodents.

Animals, Dubai, Argentina, Travel

13 points by nafnlj 158 days ago | 4 comments

Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption (lexfridman.com)
Javier Milei is the President of Argentina. This episode is available in both English and Spanish.

Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption

5 points by hagbard_c 184 days ago | 5 comments

Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption [video] (youtube.com)

Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption

12 points by f1shy 184 days ago | 8 comments

Argentina's Javier Milei Accused of Plagiarising UN Speech from West Wing (theguardian.com)
Argentina’s rightwing populist president, Javier Milei, has been accused of plagiarising a chunk of his recent speech to the United Nations general assembly from the political drama The West Wing.

Politics, Plagiarism, Argentina, United Nations

6 points by croes 229 days ago | 1 comments

Poverty in Argentina soars to over 50% as Milei's austerity measures hit hard (theguardian.com)
Argentina’s poverty rate has soared to almost 53% in the first six months of Javier Milei’s presidency, offering the first hard evidence of the far-right libertarian’s tough austerity measures are hitting the population.

Argentina, Economics, Poverty, Politics, Austerity

25 points by fpierfed 238 days ago | 12 comments

Argentina's poverty rate soars above 50% under Javier Milei (ft.com)
Argentina’s poverty rate soars above 50% under Javier Milei

Argentina, Poverty, Economics, Politics

8 points by todoesverso 238 days ago | 1 comments

Rents fall and listings increase after rent control ends in Argentina (msn.com)

Argentina, Real Estate, Economics

98 points by cbeach 239 days ago | 120 comments

Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving (msn.com)

Argentina, Economics, Housing, Rent Control

26 points by bilsbie 241 days ago | 2 comments

Argentina will use AI to 'predict future crimes' (theguardian.com)