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A woman walks past the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2025.

Argentina raises security threat level amid Iran conflict

Yesterday 10:14 Security was officially stepped up last Saturday following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Argentine embassies across the Middle East are now on ‘high’ alert.

by Walter Curia

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Intrigue and secrecy in Mondino’s pre-trailed dismissal

31-10-2024 10:25 President Javier Milei sacks his foreign minister after Argentina’s vote at the UN against the United States’ six-decade embargo imposed against Cuba. Issuing a presidential communiqué aimed at sowing terror in the diplomatic corps, Milei is embarking on a cultural battle to shift the foreign service.

by Walter Curia

The so-called 'omnibus' (Ley de Bases...) bill wins approval in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei finally discovers politics

01-05-2024 22:33 President Milei appealed to dialogue and negotiation and obtained his first parliamentary triumph with the approval of his ‘Ley de Bases’ bill and accompanying fiscal package. The head of state has to persuade people of his ability to govern while in a minority. He is being watched by audiences in Washington and Beijing.

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March in protest of the budget adjustment to public universities in Buenos Aires on April 23, 2024.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Middle class puts first limit on Milei’s chainsaw

24-04-2024 16:03 President Javier Milei underestimated the march in defence of public education, which proved to be massive and exemplary. Dominated by the very same people who are feeling his adjustment the most, he had better listen.

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ELECTIONS 2023 – ANALYSIS

Into the unknown

20-11-2023 16:44 The emergence of an anti-political outsider and redrawing the map of the political scenario on yet uncertain bases – those are the first conclusions left by the consecration of Javier Milei.

by Walter Curia

ELECTION 2023

PASO primaries 2023: 10 keys to the election

11-08-2023 15:24 Disenchantment with politics is entirely relevant heading into Sunday's uncertain PASO primaries. Two coalitions are at risk – here's what to look out for when the results start coming in.

by Walter Curia

Riots in front of the provincial legislature in Jujuy.

ANALYSIS

Chaos in Jujuy just a taste of what’s to come

22-06-2023 16:21 Protests and clashes with security forces in Jujuy are a snapshot from a film being projected in anticipation of Argentina’s next government.

by Walter Curia