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A man reads newspapers with front-page coverage of Bolivia's presidential election at a kiosk, in La Paz, on August 18, 2025.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION 2025

Vote for change in Bolivia as two right-wing candidates head to presidential run-off

Today 13:42 Senator Rodrigo Paz was the surprise frontrunner, with 32.15 percent of the vote cast in an election dominated by a deep economic crisis, results published by the electoral commission showed.

Politics & celebrity

From Playboy girl to politician? TV star to be candidate for Milei’s party in election

Today 13:40 Karen Reichardt, 1990s TV star, soft-porn cover star and animal advocate, signs up with the La Libertad Avanza party of President Javier Milei for the upcoming elections.

An indigenous voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in La Paz on August 17.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION 2025

Voters end two decades of socialist rule in Bolivia

Today 12:52 Voters sent two pro-business candidates to Bolivia’s presidential election run-off, ending two decades of almost-uninterrupted socialist rule.

President Javier Milei and National Security Minister Patricia Bullrich.

POLITICS

Milei set to lose Bullrich and Petri after elections, reshuffle ahead

Today 12:42 Security and Defence ministers likely to leave Cabinet in December; Former Juntos por el Cambio presidential ticket now set to run for congressional posts representing La Libertad Avanza.

ELECTIONS 2025

Candidates named: October legislative race takes shape, polarised contest looms

Today 12:21 La Libertad Avanza, Peronism, centre-ground Provincias Unidas and left-wing fronts close candidate lists ahead of a pivotal vote for Javier Milei’s government.

The premises of Jumbo and Easy in Palermo.

REAL ESTATE

Farewell 'Portal Palermo'?: Milei set to sell off top Buenos Aires real estate

Yesterday 16:16 State plans to auction off 42,000 square metres in prime Palermo where two consumer giants, Jumbo and Easy, currently operate. Firms have been served notice.

A YPF SA gas station in the Parque Chas neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

Argentina wins stay on YPF share transfer in US court battle

Yesterday 08:59 Appeals court halts order to hand over 51% of shares in state energy firm as Argentina fights US$16.1-billion ruling in nationalisation case.

A YPF SA storage terminal in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

Argentina wins reprieve in US court fight over YPF shares

16-08-2025 08:30 Appeals court rules Argentina doesn’t need to turn over its controlling stake in YPF SA to holders of a US$16-billion judgment while it tries to overturn previous order.

GUEST COLUMN

Argentina: A country that I call home

16-08-2025 07:05 "Argentina is a land of breath-taking diversity, geographically, culturally and gastronomically. As I bid farewell, I leave with immense gratitude," writes Nur Azman Rahim, Malaysia’s outgoing ambassador to Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay.

Editorial

Through a (bionic) glass darkly

16-08-2025 06:47 Are universities wholly to blame for educational and cultural deficits long preceding entry into institutions of higher learning?

Campaign comments

Jousting in the lists

16-08-2025 06:30 In broad terms, President Javier Milei’s La Libertad Avanza will be flying solo in half the country whereas Peronism is presenting a united front in three-quarters of the districts, including all the most important except Córdoba.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Between heaven and hell

16-08-2025 06:22 As Milei and his economic team struggle to contain financial stress, his popularity and therefore expected electoral victory is under threat.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

As I see it

Why Milei refuses to budge an inch

16-08-2025 06:11 Like “the Iron Lady,” late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, whom he admires, Milei lets it be known that he is not for turning.

by James Neilson

A supporter of ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner demonstrates at the weekly pensioners protest outside Congress in Buenos Aires.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: August 8 to 15

15-08-2025 16:51 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

FRIENDSHIP, BUSINESS & POLITICS

Donation to Milei's party triggers scrutiny of Santiago Caputo’s employer

15-08-2025 13:20 Lucas Costa is one of the partners at Zefico SA, the company where top presidential adviser Santiago Caputo is the sole employee. The firm was reported to the Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF) two weeks, after the businessman transferred some three million pesos to La Libertad Avanza’s campaign in Formosa.

by Giselle Leclercq

Football in Argentina

Is Marcos Rojo a problem or solution for Racing?

15-08-2025 12:46 La Academia are in desperate need of calm heads and a new system to compensate for the loss of Maxi Salas.

by Dan Edwards

Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof.

Politics

Kicillof tells voters to express ‘anger against austerity’ in vote

15-08-2025 10:27 Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof calls voters to express their “anger against austerity” at the ballot box next month.

President Javier Milei appears at the Atenas micro-stadium in La Plata to kick off the La Libertad Avanza (LLA) campaign in the capital of Buenos Aires Province.

CONTAMINATED DRUG SCANDAL

Tainted fentanyl death toll clears 100 as Milei blames opposition

15-08-2025 10:14 President Javier Milei uses appearance at campaign rally in La Plata to point finger at opposition Kirchnerites and link rivals to developing scandal.

President Javier Milei addresses a campaign rally in La Plata.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Milei vows to end Kirchnerism, lets rip at Kicillof during campaign rally

14-08-2025 21:24 President placed at front and centre of La Libertad Avanza’s electoral strategy in Buenos Aires Province as party leaders hope to transfer his national popularity to local election.

BUSINESS & POLITICS

UIF watchdog lodges complaint over leak about firm employing Santiago Caputo

14-08-2025 18:03 Paul Starc, head of UIF money-laundering watchdog, lodges criminal complaint over leak of information involving flagged transactions at the company Zefico SA, the employer of top presidential advisor Santiago Caputo.

‘Dracula – a Gothic tale reimagined’; by The Suburban Players.

THEATRE

An interactive Dracula

14-08-2025 17:41 ‘Dracula – a Gothic tale reimagined’; by The Suburban Players; Directed by Peter Macfarlane, MBE; Centro Cultural San Isidro, Av. del Libertador 16138, San Isidro.

by Michael Soltys

CURRENCY TURBULENCE

Peso gains as authorities ease hit of debt auction

14-08-2025 17:17 Argentina’s peso strengthened Thursday as authorities announced they will raise reserve requirements for banks.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Zelenskyy tells Milei during call that Ukraine needs fair deal to end war

14-08-2025 16:37 Call comes just one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump meet in Alaska for a summit on "the resolution of the Ukraine crisis.”

Real Madrid's new player, Argentine midfielder Franco Mastantuono, attends a press conference during his official presentation at the Ciudad Real Madrid training complex in Valdebebas, on the outskirts of Madrid on August 14, 2025.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Franco Mastantuono tells Read Madrid fans: ‘I will give everything for this shirt’

14-08-2025 12:34 Exciting attacking midfielder is formally unveiled as a new Real Madrid player on his 18th birthday, completing his record-breaking transfer from boyhood club River Plate.

Nicolás Carrizo, Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK’s legal team seeks 15 years for would-be assassin, partner

14-08-2025 00:09 Lawyers for ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have requested prison sentences of 15 years for Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, who are both accused of aggravated homicide for the attempt to kill the then vice-president on September 1, 2022.

Politics & public works

Seventeen years on, Sarmiento super-tunnel project canned

13-08-2025 23:42 After 17 years and with US$420 million of kit left underground, the Sarmiento underpass has been abandoned with its entrance sealed off, reports journalist Diego Cabot, after the firms in charge of the project and President Javier Milei’s government decided to pull the plug.

This handout picture released on August 13, 2025, by Argentina's Federal Police shows fentanyl ampoules seized during a police operation in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on May 20, 2025.

CRIME & SECURITY

Tainted fentanyl blamed for 87 hospital deaths

13-08-2025 22:58 Contaminated drug scandal grows, authorities fear true number of deaths may be even higher; Casa Rosada orders recusal of judge leading case, citing conflict of interest.

BONDS & MARKETS

Argentina rolls over 61% in peso debt auction, yields soar

13-08-2025 20:00 Local debt auction falls short of market expectations as President Javier Milei’s administration rolls over just 61% of maturities in a key auction that analysts said may prompt a drop in the peso.

Peru's President Dina Boluarte (C) shows the signed document next to the President of the Cabinet, Eduardo Arana (R), and the Vice President of the Congress, Fernando Rospigliosi (L), during a ceremony enacting an amnesty law for military and police personnel prosecuted for human rights violations at the Government Palace in Lima on August 13, 2025. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday enacted a controversial amnesty law for military and police personnel prosecuted for human rights violations during the armed conflict that ravaged the country between 1980 and 2000.

Human rights

Peru's president signs military crimes amnesty bill into law

13-08-2025 17:36 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signs controversial bill granting amnesty to military personnel, police and members of civilian self-defence units over a bloody 1980-2000 campaign against leftist guerrillas.

Shoppers browse products in a supermarket in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

ANALYSIS

Inflation posts mild acceleration after policy stumble

13-08-2025 16:49 Monthly inflation picked up some momentum last month as regulated price hikes collided with a peso overhang that sparked the currency’s worst month since 2023.

A woman buys beef at a supermarket in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2025.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Consumer prices rose 1.9% in July, reports INDEC

13-08-2025 16:14 Inflation of 17.3% since the turn of year, reaching 36.6% over the last 12 months; Positive signs for Milei administration heading into crunch midterms.

Actor, TV host and model Julieta Prandi and her ex-husband Claudio Contardi.

COURTS

Actor’s ex-husband sentenced to 19 years in jail for gender violence, abuse

13-08-2025 14:50 Businessman Claudio Contardi, former partner of Julieta Prandi, handed almost two decades behind bars for years of sexual abuse and gender violence; TV star calls ruling ‘peace, relief and justice’ after five-year legal battle.

Bolivia's former president Evo Morales gestures as he speaks during an interview with AFP in the coca-growing town of Lauca Eñe, Chapare region, Bolivia on August 11, 2025.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Evo Morales threatens mass protests if Bolivia swings right

13-08-2025 12:44 Evo Morales vows stiff resistance to any liberal reforms, should a right-wing candidate emerge triumphant in the upcoming general election.

Argentine international defender Cristian Romero has been named as Tottenham Hotspur's new captain.

FOOTBALL

Cristian 'Cuti' Romero named Spurs captain, replacing Son

13-08-2025 11:01 Argentine centre-half will lead his side out when Tottenham take on European champions Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday.

On July 5, 2025, President Milei travelled to Chaco to inaugurate Portal del Cielo, the largest evangelical church in the country led by Pentecostal pastor Jorge Ledesma.

POLITICS & RELIGION

Milei finds heavenly ally in evangelism

12-08-2025 17:48 Politics, religion and business. A decree issued by President Javier Milei recognises evangelical churches as legal entities – a key change its leaders have been seeking for three decades.

by Juan Luis González

LABOUR IN LATAM

UNICEF: Girls in Latin America doing double domestic work of boys

12-08-2025 17:18 Amount of time dedicated to domestic work by adolescent girls in Latin America is almost double the time spent by boys, according to UNICEF study.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Exports to China down 15% year-on-year in first half of 2025

12-08-2025 17:06 Trade deficit with Asian giant is largest among Argentina's leading trading partners; it rose to US$5.227 billion during the first six months of this year.

by Agustina Bordigoni

A currency exchange house in Buenos Aires on April 14, after Javier Milei eased currency controls in Argentina.

Corporate defaults

Milei’s FX reforms spur worst corporate default wave since 2020

12-08-2025 15:21 Javier Milei’s reforms are fuelling the worst streak of corporate defaults since the pandemic.

Brazil's Ambassador in Argentina Julio Bitelli.

Interview

Julio Bitelli: ‘I don’t rule out a Milei-Lula bilateral meeting’

12-08-2025 14:19 Brazil's Ambassador in Argentina Julio Bitelli discusses bilateral relations, commercial ties and whether the leaders of the two presidents will ever meet.

by Pablo Varela

Bolivia elections 2025

Bolivia’s right wing on cusp of power in vote in 20-year first

12-08-2025 12:46 Samuel Doria Medina and Jorge Quiroga lead the polls for the August 17 elections in Bolivia. One is a former president and the other a millionaire – either one is likely put an end to two decades of left-wing governments.

Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga, Samuel Doria Medina, Andrónico Rodríguez.

BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS 2025

Quiroga, Doria Medina, Rodríguez – Three candidates to watch in Bolivia's election

12-08-2025 11:39 A closer look at Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga, Samuel Doria Medina, Andrónico Rodríguez ahead of this Sunday's election.

MARKETS

Argentina’s peso debt yields soar to record ahead of key auction

12-08-2025 10:59 Sharp increase in borrowing costs comes as the government prepares for a peso debt auction Wednesday when it will attempt to roll over around US$17.4 billion in maturities, equal to about a third of all the money circulating in the economy.

WORLD ECONOMY

Xi takes aim at US ‘protectionism’ in phone call with Lula

12-08-2025 10:56 Brazil President Lula and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on “upholding multilateralism” through the Group of 20 and BRICS.

POLITICS

Documents reveal links between Scatturice, Milei’s man in US, and media mogul Hadad

11-08-2025 18:05 Investigation by lawyer and commentator Natalia Volosin digs up documents attesting to the link between Flybondi owner Leonardo Scatturice and ‘Infobae’ boss Daniel Hadad, in addition to the million-dollar contracts with the state.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Peronist list closure: unity, local names, strategy of division

11-08-2025 17:50 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.

Elections in Bolvia

Bolivian right extends its polling lead in race for president

11-08-2025 16:42 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.

The Central Bank of Argentina in Buenos Aires.

BONDS & MARKETS

Vontobel, Neuberger see opportunity in Argentina local bond rout

11-08-2025 15:44 Money managers are piling into Argentina’s local markets, seizing on the steep sell-off in the peso and domestic bonds.

This photograph taken on December 7, 2021, shows a sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at its headquarters in Geneva.

GUEST COLUMN

Loneliness and isolation: the hidden threat to global health

11-08-2025 14:49 Humans are hardwired for connection. Disconnection, whether through loneliness, or social isolation, can have devastating impacts.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Candidate debate: Decisive week for Argentina’s political forces

11-08-2025 12:08 Political parties are locked in last-minute negotiations to finalise their candidate lists before Sunday’s registration deadline; LLA-PRO alliance confirmed as PJ inks Fuerza Patria front in just over half of provinces.

A farmworker harvests soybeans in Pace, Mississippi, United States, on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Agriculture

Trump urges China to quadruple US soy buying, lifting prices

11-08-2025 08:52 Donald Trump says he hopes China will massively step up its purchases of US soybeans.

People with disabilities, their families, and healthcare workers protest against Argentine President Javier Milei's veto of a law that would have increased retirement and disability pensions outside Congress in Buenos Aires on August 5, 2025.

POLITICS

Milei seeks to retake initiative with vetoes after Congress pushback

09-08-2025 21:43 President threatens jail for budget offenders, accuses rivals of “genocide” and signals possible court fight over laws passed in a string of congressional defeats.

by Pablo Varela

President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump.

ARGENTINA-US RELATIONS

Milei seeks US visit and fruits of Trump friendship

09-08-2025 17:05 Casa Rosada working towards the President’s long-awaited official meeting with Donald Trump in Washington.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

This screen grab taken on August 8, 2025, from an official government TV broadcast shows Argentina's President Javier Milei delivering a nationwide broadcast.

NATIONWIDE BROADCAST

Milei vows ban on funding public spending with monetary issuance

09-08-2025 11:36 President puts emphasis on fiscal discipline measures in national broadcast, pairing a ban on monetary financing with plans to punish lawmakers for approving deficit budgets.

Electoral deadlines and alliance mapping.

Campaign comments

Deadlines or lifelines?

09-08-2025 06:52 We have confirmation of one important definition – the La Libertad Avanza far right and the PRO centre-right extending their Buenos Aires Province alliance to this city.

by Michael Soltys

Analysing Argentina

The (wrong?) assumption that energy and mining will save Argentina

09-08-2025 06:35 President Javier Milei’s economic programme relies heavily on the prospects of Argentina massively increasing its exports in the coming years. But projections work better on paper than in reality.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Civil war in the ‘iron triangle’ and the Scatturice ordeal

09-08-2025 06:34 A little less than three months out from the election, it is getting tense for the Milei administration and the country in general. The President is placing his political project on the line, knowing that he needs to deliver electorally if he wants to keep his re-election dreams alive.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

Thinking outside the box

09-08-2025 06:22 For both government and opposition, the question is more or less spending on pensions with few stopping to consider how more can come out of less.

As I see it

Fearful Westerners turn their backs on Israel

09-08-2025 05:29 Could what is happening in the Middle East be just a prelude to a similar drama in Europe and other parts of the West?

by James Neilson

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: August 1 to 8

08-08-2025 19:40 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Human rights

RIP to Madres de Plaza de Mayo member whose powerful testimony grabbed world’s attention

08-08-2025 14:30 Enriqueta Rodríguez de Maroni, 98, the Madres de Plaza de Mayo mother whose testimony to Dutch television during the 1978 World Cup placed the crimes of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship on the world map, died last Tuesday.

PRO and La Libertad Avanza reach an agreement in Buenos Aires City for the 2025 midterm elections.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

PRO now pro-libertarian in City too

08-08-2025 14:11 Macri-led party gives up its dominance in the capital by agreeing alliance with President Milei’s La Libertad Avanza in Buenos Aires City.

CONGRESS & POLITICS

Congress pushes back after Milei’s three-veto strike

08-08-2025 14:07 Responding to presidential vetoes, lawmakers pass law to increase funding for universities and declare state of emergency for paediatric healthcare in Argentina.

The Menem family with President Javier Milei.

FEATURE

Los Menem SA: How ex-president’s clan invoices the state

08-08-2025 13:54 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."

by Rodis Recalt

Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Internacional CF Miami and FC Porto at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 19, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Messi, Milei and Mickey Mouse are driving tourists to US

08-08-2025 11:40 Argentines are traveling in droves to the United States this year, bucking a sluggish overall trend of international tourism.

Former Bolivian president and presidential candidate for the Alianza Libre ('Free Alliance') coalition, Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga Ramírez, gestures during a visit to popular markets in La Paz on August 7, 2025. Bolivia will hold presidential elections on August 17.

ELECTION IN BOLIVIA

Bolivia right-wing presidential hopeful vows 'radical change'

08-08-2025 11:33 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.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei addresses the audience during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025.

DISCRIMINATION

Report: Attacks on LGBT community on the rise in Argentina

07-08-2025 18:56 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.

Daniel Divinsky shows his pride at his role in 'Mafalda.'

OBITUARY

Daniel Divinsky, 'Mafalda' editor and influential publisher, dies at 83

07-08-2025 18:13 Driving-force behind Quino, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Rodolfo Walsh, Maitena and Liniers leaves a deep footprint on the country’s cultural landscape.

Analysis

Milei blames banks and establishment for new run on currency

07-08-2025 17:58 Argentina's government attributes the third currency run of its administration to a supposed speculative manoeuvre by local banks, big business and the establishment. For Milei, it’s a political onslaught against his economic plan.

by Carlos Burgueño

WORLD ECONOMY

Larry Summers says Trump policies are ‘scarily’ like Perón's

07-08-2025 17:28 Former US Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers compares US President Donald Trump’s policies risk to that of post-war Argentina.

COURTS: DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Judges in new Maradona trial reject request to step aside

07-08-2025 16:02 The new court hearing the case into the death of Diego Maradona rejects defence request for two judges to be removed.

Tough times for Russo and Riquelme at Boca Juniors.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Boca’s horror story nightmare

07-08-2025 15:47 Things could not look bleaker for Boca Juniors at the moment but the malaise does seem to exceed Miguel Ángel Russo or any one coach.

by Dan Edwards

A combine harvester cuts through a field of soybean plants San José de la Esquina, Argentina.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Farmers say Milei's free-market reforms fall short

07-08-2025 15:35 Rural producers maintain their support for the government but are growing impatient and demanding further reforms.

RUGBY

'Dog ate my passport': All Black rookie in Argentina trip pickle

07-08-2025 15:23 Leroy Carter's dream call-up to the All Blacks Rugby Championship squad almost became a nightmare as he needed an emergency passport for his trip to Argentina.

President Javier Milei and his top Cabinet officials.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Cabinet wealth rankings: Werthein, Cúneo Libarona, Caputo on podium

07-08-2025 14:23 Government ministers Gerardo Werthein, Mariano Cúneo Libarona and Luis Caputo head the wealth and asset rankings of President Javier Milei’s Cabinet.

by Giselle Leclercq

Several other Jewish passengers on the flight from Buenos Aires to Madrid received meal trays marked pro-Palestine messages.

Discrimination row

Iberia probes 'Free Palestine' message on kosher meals

06-08-2025 18:27 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.

Matías Jurado, accused of the disappearance and murder of at least five homeless people in Jujuy Province.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Alleged serial killer in Jujuy caught with 'bones, blood' at home

06-08-2025 17:52 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.

OIL AND GAS

YPF close to buying Total's Argentina shale assets

06-08-2025 16:29 State oil and gas producer YPF is close to an agreement to acquire shale oil assets from France’s TotalEnergies.

OIL AND GAS

Drilling to slow in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale, YPF CEO says

06-08-2025 16:17 Oil-drilling activity in the Vaca Muerta shale patch is set to weaken in the near term as companies restrain spending.

A butcher cuts beef in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

IMPORTS

Milei’s strong peso drives Argentina meatpackers to import beef

06-08-2025 14:42 Argentina is importing beef as President Milei’s currency and trade policies make it more affordable to source supplies abroad.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

‘Cruel and ridiculous’: City Hall plan for trash-searching poor slammed

05-08-2025 18:27 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.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Cúneo Libarona, Tim Ballard and the freak show

04-08-2025 18:54 One of the connective threads behind the multiple scandals faced by Milei and his top officials is CPAC, the conservative think tank that counts with the Argentine President and Donald Trump as some of its highest- profile members.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

AS I SEE IT

Elites under pressure in a changing world

04-08-2025 18:26 In North America and much of Europe, governments have long come under fire because an increasing number of people feel they are falling behind and it seems more than probable that many more will do so in the next few years.

by James Neilson

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

The future Senate – Victoria’s secret?

04-08-2025 18:15 In more than one province there is potential for polarisation and the traditional two-party system to be replaced by two competitive non-Peronist options leaving Kirchnerism out in the cold along the lines of the 2013 City race.

by Michael Soltys

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei at a crossroads: between isolation and the art of the deal

04-08-2025 17:59 The first decision is whether to seek alliances with provincial governors, who in broad terms agree with his economic programme, or fly solo.

by Marcelo J. García

President Javier Milei, his sister Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei and Economy Minister Luis Caputo arrive at the Argentine Rural Society's expo in Buenos Aires on July 26, 2025.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei vetoes pension increases in bid for fiscal balance

04-08-2025 17:48 President Javier Milei vetoes a law approved by Congress to increase pensions for the elderly and the disabled.

Façade of the Hospital Italiano during a protest by relatives of fentanyl contamination victims in La Plata, Argentina, on July 31, 2025, demanding justice. Argentine authorities are investigating deaths linked to contaminated fentanyl after the Italian Hospital detected bacteria in the opioid and alerted drug regulators, though the hospital says the patients were already in critical condition. Fifteen of the 54 victims were from La Plata.

DRUGS

Fentanyl patients' relatives claim justice

04-08-2025 11:35 Contaminated vials are being investigated by authorities.

Screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and recorded by the ROV SuBastian while being commanded from the oceanographic research vessel RV Falkor (too) on July 26, 2025, displaying an octopus at 1,114 metres of depth at the Mar del Plata Canyon in the Argentine Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300km off Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Patrick Star, 'Drag Queen' crab: underwater live stream captivates Argentines

03-08-2025 17:27 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.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF relaxes Argentina’s reserves target by US$5 billion in 2025

02-08-2025 19:25 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.

Work in Argentina

Driving and deliveries: Plan B for professionals and pensioners

01-08-2025 12:44 Transport and delivery platforms, linked to informal employment and not requiring a university education, are today drawing increasingly diverse profiles.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF approves disbursement of US$2 billion for Argentina

01-08-2025 11:47 IMF executive board approves first review of loan granted in April to Argentina, enabling disbursement of some US$2 billion.

SOCIETY

Kids face food crisis: Third of children suffering serious hardships

01-08-2025 06:28 Data tracked between 2010 and 2024 shows growing food insecurity among Argentine youngsters; UCA report says it remains serious structural problem, with nearly a third suffering from lack of regular access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.

CURRENCY WOES

Peso posts worst month since Milei’s 2023 devaluation

31-07-2025 19:35 Peso tanked by more than 12% in July – worst monthly decline since Milei devalued it in December 2023.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei assets – President declares over 200 million pesos, sister sees 221% increase

31-07-2025 11:41 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.

by Giselle Leclercq

US-ARGENTINA RELATIONS

Milei receives Trump’s homeland security czar for visa agreement

30-07-2025 11:52 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.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Products are delivered to dock before departure.

ECONOMIC POLICY

Lower export duties: Government seeks farm dollars to tame rising greenback

30-07-2025 11:37 The export duties are being applied tensions pushing up the exchange rate in recent weeks. The hard currency which the farm export could provide.

by Martín Fernández Nadale

YPF

US judge orders Argentina’s economy minister to turn over YPF texts

30-07-2025 11:23 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.

EARTHQUAKE

Huge quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunamis

30-07-2025 11:15 Waves have been reported in different Pacific nations.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

World’s ‘precarious’ trade backdrop is hurting growth, IMF says

29-07-2025 11:49 The IMF emphasised the need for a more tranquil political and economic backdrop.

SECURITY & CRIME

Policeman punished for letting detainees work at his wedding

29-07-2025 11:38 They worked as cooks, servers and cleaners.

COLOMBIA

Colombian ex-president Álvaro Uribe found guilty of witness-tampering

29-07-2025 11:32 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.