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Milei closed about 200 areas of the Public Administration in its first year of Government
The Government of the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, closed during the first year of his administration about 200 areas of the Public Administration as part of its plan to deregulate and downshrage the State, official sources reported on Saturday.
The list of closed offices was announced by the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation, Federico Sturzenegger, who through a message on the social network X thanked Milei for “the conviction and leadership in the need to reduce the State.”
For his part, the Secretary of State Transformation and Public Service, Maximiliano Fariña, explained that, as the structures of each ministry have been reviewed, “excesses, duplications and totally unnecessary areas” have been found in the public administration.
“During 2024 we have already eliminated more than 200 areas (national directorates, directorates and coordinations) that had duplicate or obsolete functions and almost 100 secretariats and undersecretaries,” Fariña said.
Areas that can be charged by the “private sector” or “provinces”
Fariña indicated that there were areas that fulfilled functions or tasks that “the private sector can do or with others that directly fulfilled functions that correspond to the provinces or municipalities, breaking federalism.”
“This demonstrates the exaggeration of State size that we find,” he said.
Among the closed areas are, among others, the National Directorate of Gender and Diversity Policies, the Office of Coordination and Strengthening of the Social and Popular Economy, the Coordination area of Adaptation to Climate Change and the Directorate of Policies for the Promotion and Protection of Rights.
The actions to close public areas are part of the severe fiscal adjustment plan launched by the Milei Government since the beginning of its mandate, in December 2023.
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Brazil’s Lula wishes Trump a successful term focused on prosperity and peace
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wished the new U.S. President, Donald Trump, a “successful” term that promotes “prosperity and well-being for the U.S. people” and “a fairer and more peaceful world.”
“On behalf of the Brazilian government, I congratulate President Donald Trump on his inauguration,” said the progressive leader on his social media, shortly after Trump took the oath of office at the Capitol in Washington.
Lula, 79, highlighted that the relationship between Brazil and the United States, one of its most important trade partners, is “marked by a history of cooperation, based on mutual respect and historical friendship.”
“Our countries maintain strong ties in various areas such as trade, science, education, and culture. I am confident that we can continue to make progress in these and other areas,” he added.
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Iran hopes U.S. will adopt realistic approaches under Trump administration
Iran declared on Monday that it hopes the new U.S. administration under Donald Trump will adopt “realistic approaches” toward Tehran and show “respect” for the interests of the countries in the region.
The Republican tycoon will take the oath for his second term as president of the United States on Monday at noon Washington time (17:00 GMT).
“We hope that the approaches and policies of the new U.S. government will be realistic and based on respect for the interests… of the countries in the region, including the Iranian nation,” said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmaeil Baqaei, during a weekly press briefing.
During his first term (2017-2021), Trump implemented a “maximum pressure” policy toward Iran.
In 2018, under his administration, the United States withdrew from the international nuclear deal with Iran, concluded three years earlier, which offered Tehran relief from sanctions in exchange for assurances that the country would not seek to acquire nuclear weapons. Tehran denies any such intentions.
In response, Tehran significantly increased its stockpile of enriched materials and raised the enrichment threshold to 60%, approaching the 90% required to produce an atomic bomb, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Tehran, which has expressed a desire to relaunch negotiations to revive the deal, defends its right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and denies any intention to develop nuclear weapons.
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Trump to sign executive order recognizing only two sexes
Donald Trump will sign an executive order instructing his administration to “recognize” the existence of only “two sexes,” future White House officials announced on Monday, just before the Republican’s inauguration.
“What we are doing today is defining that the policy of the United States is to recognize two sexes: male and female,” said the official, speaking to the press on the condition of anonymity.
The aim of the decree is “to defend women against the ideological extremism of gender and to restore biological truth within the Federal Government,” the official added, explaining that a person’s sexual identity will be defined solely by the gametes they possess.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly promised to put an end to the “transgender delusion.”
The elected president also plans to eliminate federal funding for programs supporting diversity in the administration, the same officials from his incoming cabinet stated.
“We are going to end this type of funding, we are going to put an end to these programs,” said one source from the future team, speaking anonymously about antiracism and diversity training courses.
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