Hacker News with Generative AI: Argentina

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 2 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 4 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

320 points by techlover14159 5 days ago | 358 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 6 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 26 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 67 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 67 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 93 days ago | 5 comments

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

Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption

12 points by f1shy 93 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 138 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 147 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 147 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 148 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 150 days ago | 2 comments

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