Another IMF loan: for Argentina, it’s Groundhog Day
by Pablo Varela The support President Milei has garnered from the Trump administration stands in stark contrast to the mounting challenges on the home front.
Casa Rosada expresses satisfaction as alignment with Trump bears fruit and secures an unprecedented initial disbursement from the International Monetary Fund.
Trump stepped back from the edge, at least momentarily, even though he is keeping his finger on the trigger.
Argentina, which has a track record of economic crises and hyperinflation, is already the IMF's biggest debtor, ahead even of war-torn Ukraine.
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Football
Almost a year after his triumphal return to the Monumental, Gallardo and River Plate cannot help but be concerned at how the team is performing.
CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez argues increasing the number of teams in the tournament would allow for a broader celebration of the World Cup.
World Cup-winning national team stars Leandro Paredes and Ángel Di María among dozen footballers suspected of using clandestine platforms to bet on poker and other sports.
Inflation soared in March, accelerating to 3.7% – a second straight monthly rise; Consumer prices up 55.9% over the past 12 months, by 8.6% so far this year.
Falling oil prices won’t derail Argentina’s burgeoning shale boom unless they plunge below US$45 a barrel, says chief executive of state-run YPF SA.
Public-sector workers fail to turn up, complying with CGT-led call for third strike of Milei Presidency; Many shops remained open and public transport still an option with buses running nationwide;
President met up with his Paraguayan counterpart, holding various meetings in Asunción during brief overseas trip.
Mercosur countries have decided to relax common external tariffs on 50 products of the choice of each of its members, giving them more flexibility to negotiate deals.
The European Union is racing to clinch trade deals with countries around the world in an effort to diversify away from an increasingly protectionist United States.
Argentina's Central Bank sold as much as US$400 million to defend the peso on Friday – the most in a day since mid-March.
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A Ruby Tuesday for President Javier Milei while the world at large is in an acute age of uncertainty thanks to Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught.
Latin American and Caribbean nations will seek to unite behind a single candidate in the contest to lead the United Nations, a move that see the first-ever female secretary-general.
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In the midst of Donald Trump's rising tariffs he has called for quite a radical shift within his global trade war, which will affect many countries.
Argentina braces for general strike as Milei administration awaits confirmation of new IMF loan programme.
Partido Justicialista chair Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wanted Buenos Aires Province governor to schedule region’s elections for the same date as the national vote, but Axel Kicillof decides to break.
Diego Maradona was “held like a hostage” and living in squalid conditions in the final weeks of his life, his former partner Verónica Ojeda tells court.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Argentina and others may ease trade restrictions to align with Trump’s policy.
Activist and law student Virginia Beatriz Tempone, 21, was abducted and forcibly disappeared in Mar del Plata in 1977 during the dictatorship’s time in power.
Members of the Washington-based lender’s executive board are expected to vote on the agreement Friday.
Multilateral lender says it has reached a staff-level agreement with President Milei's government on a new 48-month US$20-billion programme, subject to approval by executive board.
Lawmakers vote to summon key ministers as fallout grows over so-called ‘Cryptogate’ scandal.
Uruguay's left-wing President Yamandú Orsi calls for regional integration in the face of economic uncertainty from the United States.
Dr Mario Schiter, Diego Maradona's former doctor, says there was a "neglect of care" in late star's medical treatment in the period leading up to his death.
Javier Milei is caught between US President Donald Trump and China’s communist government.
Precocious talent on full display at Teatro Colón as Orquesta Aeropuertos Argentina celebrates its 10-year anniversary in style.
Top US trade official Jamieson Greer says several countries – including Argentina, Vietnam and Israel – have offered to reduce sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
Argentina’s president is desperate to woo foreign investors. But he's had more success tearing down physical symbols of the old guard than untangling the web of red tape it left behind.
