Candidate debate: Decisive week for Argentina’s political forces
by Pablo Varela President threatens jail for budget offenders, accuses rivals of “genocide” and signals possible court fight over laws passed in a string of congressional defeats.
In half of Argentina's provinces, the Fuerza Patria banner managed to bind all the Peronist options together, but in other territories unity will have a different name.
Casa Rosada working towards the President’s long-awaited official meeting with Donald Trump in Washington.
Business magnate Samuel Doria Medina and ex-president Jorge Quiroga lead the polls heading into Sunday's election in Bolivia, which is likely to see the left ejected from power.
BONDS & MARKETS
Money managers are piling into Argentina’s local markets, seizing on the steep sell-off in the peso and domestic bonds.
FEATURE
Business dealings with the state are part of the family’s income, with the Menem clan remaining close to power. A look at controversial contracts and the "series effect."
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Government ministers Gerardo Werthein, Mariano Cúneo Libarona and Luis Caputo head the wealth and asset rankings of President Javier Milei’s Cabinet.
Argentines are traveling in droves to the United States this year, bucking a sluggish overall trend of international tourism.
Rural producers maintain their support for the government but are growing impatient and demanding further reforms.
Responding to presidential vetoes, lawmakers pass law to increase funding for universities and declare state of emergency for paediatric healthcare in Argentina.
Macri-led party gives up its dominance in the capital by agreeing alliance with President Milei’s La Libertad Avanza in Buenos Aires City.
Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri has instructed the Security Ministry and City Police to introduce sanctions for citizens – mostly poor – who take rubbish out of bins.
Matías Jurado, accused of the disappearance and murder of at least five homeless people, in Jujuy Province, has served time for theft, according to reports.
One of the front-runners in Bolivia's upcoming presidential election, right-winger Jorge Quiroga, is a declared supporter of Argentina's Javier Milei. He predicts the country was poised for "radical change" after two decades of socialist rule.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been are obsessed with a YouTube broadcast of a robot showing animals never before seen in the South Atlantic.
At Península Valdés in Argentina’s south, a group of artisanal fishers practise a daily craft which runs counter to the voracity of extractive industry. From a fishing province, they are rescuing a trade requiring patience and risk in a protected area many today view as under threat. A look at it’s like to work in a North Patagonian gulf, in crystal-clear waters, where whales follow motorboats as dogs run after the wheels of a lorry.
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Thinking outside the box
Hate crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people in Argentina increased by 70% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a new report.
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COURTS: DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA
The new court hearing the case into the death of Diego Maradona rejects defence request for two judges to be removed.
Discrimination row
Several other Jewish passengers on the flight from Buenos Aires to Madrid received meal trays marked with the initials “FP” for “Free Palestine”, according to DAIA.
OIL AND GAS
State oil and gas producer YPF is close to an agreement to acquire shale oil assets from France’s TotalEnergies.
Oil-drilling activity in the Vaca Muerta shale patch is set to weaken in the near term as companies restrain spending.
Argentina is importing beef as President Milei’s currency and trade policies make it more affordable to source supplies abroad.
President Javier Milei vetoes a law approved by Congress to increase pensions for the elderly and the disabled.
Contaminated vials are being investigated by authorities.
IMF offers President Javier Milei's government breathing room on a key benchmark target, making it easier for the country to continue with its US$20-billion funding programme.
IMF executive board approves first review of loan granted in April to Argentina, enabling disbursement of some US$2 billion.
Peso tanked by more than 12% in July – worst monthly decline since Milei devalued it in December 2023.
President Javier Milei has a property and two vehicles but did not register significant increase in assets; National government salary explains difference between first and second statements from Karina.
Initiative had been implemented during Carlos Menem Presidency and suspended after the 2001-2002 crisis; Deal will permit the exchange of intelligence information and immigration controls.
The export duties are being applied tensions pushing up the exchange rate in recent weeks. The hard currency which the farm export could provide.
US District Judge Loretta Preska says plaintiffs backed by litigation funding firm Burford Capital are entitled to see messages from Economy Minister Luis Caputo and several former officials.
Waves have been reported in different Pacific nations.
The IMF emphasised the need for a more tranquil political and economic backdrop.
They worked as cooks, servers and cleaners.
Colombian court finds Álvaro Uribe guilty of witness-tampering in controversial decision, making him the South American country's first ex-president to be convicted of a crime.
