Mercosur to ink long-awaited trade deal with European Union
Economy Minister Luis Caputo celebrates balancing of public accounts for second year running under President Javier Milei.
by Giselle Leclercq From Mapuche scapegoating to an alleged Israeli plot – how conspiracy theories, false narratives, AI images and political agendas distorted the truth behind the devastating blazes in southern Argentina.
EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL
Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hail EU-Mercosur trade deal as key for prosperity and multilateralism.
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
Changes formalised by Decree 941/2025, published in the Official Gazette on January 2, redefine the functioning of the SIDE intelligence services, reduce its internal structure and expand its powers as the central authority for intelligence.
ANALYSIS
Argentina holds clues about how successful US President Donald Trump's so-called “Donroe Doctrine” may ultimately be.
Trump's US immigrant visa crackdown has ensnared friends and foes alike in Latin America
EU deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will create a massive free-trade area, showing that broad multilateral deals remain possible in a global order upended by Donald Trump.
Sweeping free-trade agreement, set to be signed on Saturday, reignites debate over pesticides banned for European farmers but widely used in Latin America.
Given that plenty of the nation's biggest clubs were far from pleased with how 2025 turned out, there’s been a particularly frenzied wave of transfer activity in Argentina.
Analysis of cases across 14 jurisdictions shows abuse by senior officers, years of silence, and punishment aimed more often at victims than perpetrators; UFEM report reveals that 96% of alleged abusers held command positions.
Inflation in December was 2.8%, says INDEC, marking a slight acceleration from November and coming in above the expectations of private estimates.
Inflation in Argentina accelerated more than expected and for a fourth straight month in December.
Viral messages on social media attributing raging forest fires in Patagonia to alleged Israeli plans to populate the region, reviving centuries-old conspiracy theories.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is one of the leading candidates to succeed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. In an exclusive interview, the Argentine diplomat discusses the UN’s top job, his vision for it and career to date.
columnists
What lies ahead for Argentine football in 2026
by Dan Edwards
Venezuela: Is Milei on the right or the wrong side of history?
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The physics of power in Milei’s Argentina
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by Niko Spiridellis
Milei's law for (removing) glacier protection is a regressive reform
Horacio Rosatti: ‘I must be most spied upon public official in Argentina today’
by Jorge Fontevecchia
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What’s in a name?
A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
Two decades ago, a criminal gang entered a branch of Banco Río in San Isidro, taking 23 people hostage. In a daring operation involving underground tunnels, inflatable rafts and fake weapons, they managed to outwit 300 police officers and escape – albeit temporarily – with bagfuls of cash and jewellery. Twenty years on, only around US$1.5 million has ever been recovered, with the fate of the rest of haul unknown.
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US-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
US President Donald Trump says he had held a "long call" with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez, describing her as "terrific."
ENERGY & GAS
MidOcean Energy in talks to join Argentina’s signature LNG venture.
FIRES IN ARGENTINA'S SOUTH
Chubut Province Governor Ignacio 'Nacho' Torres declares that arsonists starting wildfires in Argentina's south should be sent to jail "for the same amount of time it takes for the native forest to grow back."
Mercosur-European Union treaty to be signed in Asunción on Saturday; Argentina’s leader will travel, but Lula’s attendance in doubt.; Expectations in libertarian ranks.
Multilateral lender attributes slower growth prediction to domestic political uncertainty during the electoral period.
A group of banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc are in talks to lend natural gas producers in Argentina roughly US$1 billion to build a cross-country pipeline.
President Javier Milei is sticking with his core approach: intervene, manage and prop up the peso, in an effort to keep inflation down.
Milei government secured financing from an unnamed multilateral institution to repay US$2.5 billion to the US Treasury from a currency swap agreement.
FOPEA press association concludes in report that one in every seven posts by President Javier Milei online are insulting.
Report by CEPA think tank reveals cutbacks in sensitive areas; Sharp real-terms cuts to health, science, social development and public works last year, while intelligence funding jumped 52%.
Venezuela says that 116 political prisoners have been released since the government announced last week it would begin freeing those jailed under Maduro.
EU gave a long-delayed go-ahead last Friday to the huge trade pact with the South American Mercosur, overriding opposition led by key power France.
More than 15,000 hectares of forest have been consumed by fire in Argentina's Patagonia, according to most recent update; Hundreds of firefighters and local volunteers struggled to contain flames out of control that have put small communities on edge.
Brazil plans to relinquish custody of Argentina’s Embassy and diplomatic interests in Caracas as ties between Lula and Milei governments deteriorate.
US president warns Communist leaders in Cuba that flow of Venezuelan oil and cash will stop; "I strongly suggest they make a deal, before it is too late," declares Trump on social media.
More than 5,500 hectares of forest have been consumed by the main wildfire in Argentina's Patagonia; Blazes come a year after region suffered some of its worst wildfires in three decades.
Newborn was premature and remains in intensive care but stable, according to medical staff; Infant was found naked in iron bin after emergency call and taken to hospital by patrol car.
"The good news continues" – Argentina’s government celebrates EU greenlight for Mercosur trade agreement; Milei, Minister Caputo and Quirno join in the celebrations.
