CONGRESS & POLITICS Government gears up for ‘omnibus’ Senate showdown Yesterday 21:33 Make-or-break vote on sweeping reform bill likely to take place next week; Numbers look challenging for La Libertad Avanza, which will need support of allies to secure passage.
ENERGY & GAS Power producers seek better terms for US$2-billion Argentina debt Yesterday 15:46 Privately-run power producers Pampa Energía SA and Central Puerto SA will reject the government's current offer to settle a US$2-billion debt.
BUSINESS & INVESTMENT Goldman, Stone Harbor wind back Argentina bets after bond rally Yesterday 11:49 Investors who rode an eye-popping rally in Argentina’s sovereign debt this year are starting to pull back.
ECONOMIC POLICY Milei government hikes taxes on dividends going abroad 07-05-2024 23:57 President Javier Milei extends so-called 'PAÍS tax' (Para una Argentina Inclusiva y Solidaria) to the purchase of foreign currency for sending dividends abroad.
BILLS, BILLS, BILLS 10,000-peso banknote enters into circulation 07-05-2024 22:10 In a move that recognises runaway inflation of almost 290 percent, Argentina launches a new high-denomination banknote of 10,000 pesos – worth around US$11.
CULTURE WARS No more CCK – Milei government baptises ‘Palacio Libertad’ 07-05-2024 21:39 National government says it will rename the Centro Cultural Kirchner as it moves to “depoliticise” iconic building that once housed Argentina’s Post Office.
César Luis Menotti (1938-2024) ‘El Flaco’ left an indelible mark on Argentine football 07-05-2024 16:48 César Luis Menotti will be forever associated with football and the nation he took to the top of the world, in the most difficult of circumstances. by Dan Edwards
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY 'A mistake': Spanish minister backtracks on Milei 'substances' remark 07-05-2024 15:35 Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente says his suggestion that Javier Milei acted like he was on “substances” was an error and that he didn't foresee the repercussions.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Argentina reinforces desire to deepen ties with 'natural partner' EU 07-05-2024 15:33 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino has told the European Union's top diplomat that she wants to deepen Argentina's "strategic relationship" with its "natural partner."
MILEI IN AMERICA Milei to business community: Argentina can be ‘new Mecca of the West’ 06-05-2024 21:45 President Javier Milei asks investors and entrepreneurs to bet on Argentina during speech at Milken Institute’s Global Conference in Los Angeles.
BUSINESS & INVESTMENT Power supplier Central Puerto eyes stake in McEwen’s copper project 06-05-2024 14:57 Central Puerto SA, Argentina’s biggest power supplier, is in talks to invest in Canadian miner McEwen Copper Inc’s Los Azules project.
LABOUR UNREST Unions ramp up protests against Milei’s labour reforms 06-05-2024 14:30 Workers' assemblies complicate transport in and around Buenos Aires, with social groups set to demonstrate on Tuesday and the CGT's nationwide strike scheduled for Thursday.
MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE Milei admits Malvinas Islands are ‘in the hands of the UK’ 06-05-2024 10:40 During an interview with the BBC, Argentina’s President says that he will never renounce his nation’s sovereignty claim over disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, but admits “there is no immediate solution.” La Libertad Avanza leader offers praise for Margaret Thatcher, calling her “brilliant.”
OBITUARY Former World Cup winning coach César Luis Menotti dies at 85 05-05-2024 18:42 César Luis Menotti, the endearing football romantic who led the Albiceleste to first World Cup triumph in 1978, has died at the age of 85.
STATE NEWS AGENCY Milei government shutters Télam's provincial outposts 05-05-2024 16:27 Government moves ahead with "operational closure of correspondents" in 11 of the 23 provinces nationwideand the capital where the state news agency operates.
DIPLOMATIC ROW Spain slams Milei's claim that PM Sánchez is delivering 'poverty and death' 04-05-2024 10:51 Leaders of Argentina and Spain caught in war of words; Government in Madrid rejects claims from President Milei's office that PM Sánchez is delivering "poverty and death" – a response to slurs of drug use.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Emilio Monzó: ‘Today fear is so strong that it has wiped out leaders with identity’ 04-05-2024 06:38 Ex-lower house speaker and national deputy for Buenos Aires Province on the first 100 days of President Javier Milei’s government, the future of Juntos por el Cambio and why the state isn’t a criminal enterprise. by Jorge Fontevecchia
EDITORIAL Loading the bases 04-05-2024 05:43 With a government yet to complete its first 150 days and Senate passage of Milei’s mega-law still lying ahead, we are not even at the end of the beginning.
Analysing Argentina The dawn of a new Milei? 04-05-2024 05:40 Javier Milei has come to terms with the idea that he cannot continue to go it alone with his reform programme by Marcelo J. Garcia
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Milei’s calculated risks 04-05-2024 05:27 It’s not the first time Milei has decided to play ball and look for support beyond the tight borders of his La Libertad Avanza coalition. It shouldn’t be read purely as a strategic change – rather a tactical manoeuvre. by Agustino Fontevecchia
THE WEEK IN REVIEW Stories that caught our eye: April 26 to May 3 03-05-2024 17:58 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
Death of Diego Maradona Maradona court case progress, family makes mausoleum request 03-05-2024 17:47 Maradona’s children ask for his remains be transferred from a private cemetery to a mausoleum in downtown Puerto Madero.
PRESS FREEDOM Media watchdog says press freedom has deteriorated under Milei 03-05-2024 12:39 States doing less to support press freedom, warns media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders in its latest annual report.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW EU-Mercosur deal is ‘win-win,’ says Poland’s ambassador to Argentina 03-05-2024 08:17 Aleksandra Piątkowska, Warsaw’s envoy in Buenos Aires, discusses the stalled free-trade deal between the Mercosur and European Union, bilateral relations with Argentina and the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. by Julia Oleszynska
BUSINESS & INVESTMENT MercadoLibre weathers Argentina tumult with Mexico, Brazil gains 02-05-2024 20:21 MercadoLibre saw its profit surge in the first quarter, with strong growth in Brazil and Mexico helping offset the hit from Argentina’s currency devaluation.
FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA Copa de la Liga deals up surprise Vélez-Estudiantes final 02-05-2024 19:42 Vélez Sarsfield and Estudiantes will be gunning for the title in Sunday’s final, a match-up that cannot fail to evoke memories of the sides’ most recent glory days over a decade ago by Dan Edwards
CONGRESS & POLITICS Attention turns to upper house as senators await omnibus bill 02-05-2024 18:09 La Libertad Avanza begins plotting path of Javier Milei’s omnibus bill and accompanying fiscal package through upper chamber.
OECD Argentina given roadmap for OECD ascension 02-05-2024 17:02 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino receives document laying out plan that will see nation win membership of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
BLOOMBERG City officials to meet investors as Buenos Aires weighs global bond sale 02-05-2024 16:40 Officials from Buenos Aires City government will meet with global investors next week as it explores selling overseas dollar bonds for the first time in eight years.
INTEREST RATES Central Bank cuts rates to 50% as Milei wrestles inflation down 02-05-2024 14:04 Central Bank cuts key interest rate for the third time in three weeks as officials bet on a sustained slowdown in consumer prices.
OBITUARY Horacio Méndez Carreras upheld dignity and decency in inglorious times 02-05-2024 09:00 Horacio witnessed so much. Some of his experiences were as hilarious as they were chilling, but he did much more than bear witness. He is a man who helped make Argentina a better place. by Robert Cox
OBITUARY Horacio Méndez Carreras, human rights lawyer who tracked murder of French nuns, dies at 86 02-05-2024 08:57 Heralded human rights lawyer, who was born in 1937 and passed away on Monday, worked with Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo as plaintiff in the trial probing crimes against humanity committed at ESMA Navy Mechanics School. In 1984, he was contracted by the French state to pursue an almost impossible case: investigating the forced disappearances of French nuns Alice Domon and Léonie Duquet.
International workers' day Thousands march on Workers' Day, voicing opposition to Milei's labour reform 02-05-2024 00:31 CGT mobilises and marches with criticism of the government and confirms general strike for next Thursday; United left-wing groups stage rally in Plaza de Mayo.
SUPREME COURT NOMINATION Consent and dissent for Ariel Lijo on road to Supreme Court 01-05-2024 22:59 International Legal Forum gives its support to Ariel Lijo’s bid occupy a Supreme Court bench. The federal judge’s colleagues, including María Romilda Servini de Cubría, also back his nomination, but several NGOs challenge federal judge's credentials with objections on "ethical" grounds.
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. by Walter Curia
CRIME & SECURITY Chaco: Cecilia Strzyzowski femicide case sent to trial 01-05-2024 10:26 Former partner César Sena, his parents Emiliano Sena and Marcela Acuña, and four assistants of powerful local picket-leader, look set to face trial by jury.
GUEST COLUMN Advancing US-Argentine energy and minerals cooperation 30-04-2024 16:13 Argentina's energy security and decarbonisation pathway will only be enhanced by deeper collaboration with the United States, write Jeremy M. Martin & Raúl Bertero.
CONGRESS & POLITICS Omnibus bill backing opens door to privatisation of state firms, labour reform 30-04-2024 14:22 Lawmakers in lower house back key chapters of President Milei's reform bill, opening door to labour reform and the privatisation of state firms – provided Senate gives its backing.
CONGRESS & POLITICS Milei wins key lower house support for Argentina’s reforms 30-04-2024 13:25 Lawmakers approve expanded executive powers on administrative, financial, economic and energy matters, as well as the ability to dissolve dozens of special-purpose federal government funds.
Congress & Politics Milei’s omnibus bill wins general approval in lower house 30-04-2024 09:24 Lower house Chamber of Deputies approves Milei's flagship reform bill in general with 142 votes in favour, 106 against and five abstentions; Lawmakers will now begin voting on key points, as well as accompanying fiscal package.
OPINION & ANALYSIS Milei's foreign policy based on whims and mystical fantasies 29-04-2024 13:26 Argentina’s president moves the country according to his ideological whims. Why Milei got involved in the Middle East conflict, tensions with China and a meeting that never materialised with Donald Trump. by Juan Luis González
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Argentina’s monthly CPI to fall below 10% in April, Milei says 29-04-2024 11:24 Monthly inflation in Argentina could fall below 10% in April, President Javier Milei said Sunday in a phone interview.
Former president speaks out Fernández de Kirchner accuses Milei of subjecting Argentines to ‘pointless sacrifice’ 28-04-2024 09:25 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returns to political scene, slamming the "anarcho-colonialism" of Javier Milei's political project and accusing the President of submitting Argentines to a "pointless sacrifice."
FERIA DEL LIBRO 2024 Heker opens Book Fair with strong speech against Milei's austerity 27-04-2024 18:17 Acclaimed author's addresses inauguration speech at 48th edition of Buenos Aires International Book Fair sheds light on Argentina's socio-political landscape. by Sofia Anahi Rodriguez
FERIA DEL LIBRO 2024 Book fair serves as beacon of hope resilience amid economic crisis 27-04-2024 16:16 At the heart of this year's edition of the Buenos Aires International Book Fair lies a palpable tension stemming from a publishing industry in crisis. by Sofia Anahi Rodriguez
GEOPOLITICS Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina and Brazil’s influence in Middle East 27-04-2024 06:32 In the grand chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Argentina and Brazil find themselves limited more by the game's rules than by their own ambitions. by Sam Forster
Analysing Argentina Five dogs and a million reds 27-04-2024 05:43 The government puts itself at risk by acting as if everything the President says is true, while Milei runs the risk of believing everything he sees on his social media feed. by Marcelo J. Garcia
EDITORIAL Missing the point 27-04-2024 05:38 Milei misread the demonstration as “the caste” riding a noble cause to defend its interests but the scale, spontaneity and peaceful nature of the protest argue against this bid to politicise the march.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jorge Lanata: ‘President Milei has the right to speak and criticise, but not to say just anything’ 27-04-2024 05:15 One of Argentina’s most important journalists on his court case against President Javier Milei, pro-government reporters, the challenges facing the media and the nation’s new political order. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Interview Moving Embassy to Jerusalem is 'important step,’ says Israeli vice-ambassador 27-04-2024 05:12 Adam Levene, Israel’s second-in-command in Buenos Aires, on his nation’s “very special” connection with Argentina and bilateral relations across Latin America. by Sam Forster