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Javier Milei Sues Argentine Journalists for Libel and Slander - Argentina Reports

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Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina’s President Javier Milei is suing several journalists for libel and slander. Critics have denounced the lawsuit as an attack on free speech.  The president’s actions come in response to a number of defamation suits filed by journalists against Milei, accusing him of smear campaigns and promoting fake news on social media.  Milei’s lawyer, Francisco Oneto, filed lawsuits this week against Jorge Rial, Fabián Dom…

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The prestigious U.S. newspaper The New York Times published on Wednesday an article about [Javier] Milei’s “war on the media” – a frequent target of the President’s criticism. In particular, the media alluded to the violent campaign of libertarian accounts against journalist Julia Mengolini, who—marked—is “driven by artificial intelligence.”

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President Milei's action against oppositional politicians and unwelcome journalists is becoming more and more brutal. This is made possible by a successful communication strategy.

The 63-year-old man accused of making threats against President Javier Milei, journalists, and international figures on social media was investigated by the Federal Court and remains in custody. The measure was ordered after his statement before the judge hearing the case for public intimidation and other possible crimes related to the use of digital media to spread threatening messages. The defendant is currently being held in the Resistencia D…

In a message in his X account, the president said that “if a journalist confesses in a streaming program (however far-fetched) that he intends to spy on the President of the Nation we are facing a national scandal that has nothing to do with freedom of expression or the exercise of journalism.” “On the contrary, if I said that I am going to spy on a journalist’s private life, we would have the whole caterva of assholes in this country who mourn …

President Javier Milei justified his recent criminal complaints against a group of journalists he accused of "injury," and lamented that "media operators in the service of the worst interests seek to victimize themselves by misrepresenting the reason why they were sued." In a message on his X account, the president said that "if a journalist confesses in a streaming program (however far-fetched) that he intends to spy on the President of the Nat…

There were always servile journalists to the power of the day and the critics, who do not twist. But Javier Milei has managed to group them unequivocally in a gallery of insults.

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argia.eus broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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