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This picture handed out by MTI/The Hungarian Prime Minister's Office and taken and released on March 21, 2026 shows Argentina's President Javier Milei being welcomed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban outside the Hungarian Prime Minister's office, the Carmelita monastery in Budapest, Hungary, overlooking the Danube river.

Milei says Argentina can 'guarantee Europe's energy security' during speech in Hungary

Today 17:55 President says Argentina “is in a position to guarantee Europe's energy security" during visit to Hungary for CPAC conference; Milei backs PM Orban’s anti-immigration stance, stating: “When they do not culturally adapt, it becomes an invasion.”

Claudio Tapia speaks during an Argentine Football Association press conference in Ezeiza, near Buenos Aires, on March 18, 2025.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina to now face Mauritania and Zambia in March friendlies

Today 11:14 World champions will play both matches at La Bombonera after the Finalissima against Spain was cancelled and a planned friendly against Guatemala fell through, due to FIFA regulations.

People stand next to a large banner with portraits of people who disappeared during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship while heading to Plaza de Mayo Square to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the military coup in Buenos Aires on March 24, 2025.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

Trials into crimes against humanity press on amid political tensions

Today 00:09 Thousands investigated, hundreds convicted, but ageing suspects, slow courts and political pressure threaten progress. As the 50th anniversary of coup d’état draws nears, government criticism raises concerns over accountability for crimes against humanity.

by James Grainger

Editorial

Fifty years after

Today 00:08 We should remember every day that 50 years ago there was a military dictatorship and count our blessings for a democracy equally capable of electing leftist populism and the far-right libertarian administration now ruling.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

When military coups were normal

Today 00:07 Two months after the coup, I wrote: “One special danger presented by terrorism of any political colour is its effect on the security forces themselves. Men fighting a treacherous, slippery, hydra-headed foe, which has no scruple as to method, are often tempted to fight back in a similar manner.”

by James Neilson

50th anniversary of 1976 coup

Anniversary recall

Today 00:06 Inviting people to recall their own memories of the 1976 coup excludes around 85 percent of the population – the others have to steer a tricky course between dogmatic echo chambers and broader perspectives.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Crypto-scandal: Novelli and Milei’s US$5-million $LIBRA deal

Today 00:02 To President Milei’s favour, he’s not the first top-level public official to use his position for personal benefit. But according to his terminology, such behaviour is one of the prime definitions of the caste.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Following the March 24, 1976, coup d’état, Argentina came under the rule of the self-styled “National Reorganisation Process,” whose initial leaders were Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Eduardo Massera and Orlando Ramón Agosti.

50th anniversary of coup

Poll shows strong rejection of dictatorship on 50th anniversary of coup

Today 00:01 Survey finds 71% of Argentines hold negative view of dictatorship, only 7% positive; Broad support for human rights trials ahead of March 24 coup anniversary rallies.

by James Grainger

Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2015) waves as she arrives at her home in Buenos Aires after being questioned at the Comodoro Py courthouse on March 17, 2026.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: March 13 to 20

Yesterday 18:32 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Economic indicators

Milei cheers as INDEC says Argentina’s economy grew 4.4% in 2025

Yesterday 17:40 Milei dedicates annual figure to corrupt “business cronies” and “corrupt politicians”; GDP rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in the final quarter of last year.

The Economy Ministry building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew less than expected in fourth quarter

Yesterday 17:08 Argentina posted cumulative growth of 4.4% for all of 2025, but the economy expanded less than analysts anticipated at the end of 2025.

Politics & scandal

Adorni under pressure as fresh complaint questions state contracts

Yesterday 13:28 New complaint from lawmaker alleges irregularities in public tenders linked to Tecnópolis exhibition centre and venue, adding to scrutiny over the Cabinet chief’s conduct and potential conflicts of interest involving his wife.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Four in ten workers are informally employed, UBA report finds

Yesterday 11:07 UBA report says that seven in ten workers aged between 16 and 24 are in informal employment, reflecting the difficulties facing this labour group.

Ricardo Brugada, a neighbourhood in Asunción better known as La Chacarita, is considered one of the most impoverished areas in Paraguay.

ECONOMY / LATIN AMERICA

Paraguay, underdog Trump ally in Latin America, becomes an investor magnet

Yesterday 10:19 Entrepreneurs flock to Paraguay from across the region as sleek towers rise above the once-sleepy capital and its conservative president cozies up to the US.

The headquarters of Argentina's SIDE intelligence services.

DECLASSIFICATION DRIVE

Milei government declassifies SIDE intelligence files from 1973-1983

19-03-2026 19:28 Intelligence documents from years during and leading up dictatorship declassified; Publication of historical documents "strengthens" institutional framework of the National Intelligence System and its responsible relationship with society," says government.

ADORNI'S WIFE IN SPOTLIGHT

Cabinet chief faces conflict-of-interest complaint over wife’s business links

19-03-2026 17:32 Lawmaker Marcela Pagano alleges potential conflicts of interest involving Manuel Adorni, his wife Bettina Julieta Angeletti, her consultancy firm and state-linked companies; Questions over public tenders and major Tecnópolis concession.

Catholic Church leaders during a service at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

Argentina’s Church leaders says ‘never again’ as coup anniversary nears

19-03-2026 16:14 One cannot move forward without memory, say Church leaders in communiqué marking 50th anniversary of the March 24, 1976 coup; Bishop warns against authoritarianism and calls on state to “defend democracy” and the most vulnerable.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Interest rates collapse in Argentina with Milei stockpiling dollars

19-03-2026 14:02 President Javier Milei’s willingness to let interest rates sink — rather than hatch some plan to offset those transactions — has caught the attention of investors and analysts.

economic indicators

Argentina posts highest fourth-quarter unemployment since pandemic

18-03-2026 22:24 Argentina’s unemployment rate rose to 7.5% in fourth quarter of 2025; at the end of last year; Formal private sector has lost over 200,000 salaried jobs since Milei took office.

An oil drum owned by state energy firm YPF.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

Argentina wins discovery stay in US$16-billion YPF US court case

18-03-2026 22:17 Government wins order blocking holders of a US$16.1-billion US judgment against it in YPF nationalisation case.

Argentina fans celebrate their team's victory over Australia after the Rugby Championship Test match between Argentina and Australia at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on September 13, 2025.

INTERNATIONAL RUGBY

Argentina enters race to host men’s Rugby World Cup in 2035

18-03-2026 13:07 News of the hosting bid comes ahead of a visit by Alan Gilpin, the chief executive of the World Rugby international federation, to Argentina.

Iranians set fire to US and Israel flags in Tehran on March 17, 2026.

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

Iran says US, Israel struck giant gas field as war escalates

18-03-2026 10:08 Israel and the United States maintain bombardment of Iran; Tehran launched fresh waves of missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait after confirming the assassination of its security chief, Ali Larijani.

President Javier Milei prepares to speak at a ceremony to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the bombing at the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires that killed 29 people and wounded 200, at the Israeli Embassy Square in Buenos Aires on March 17, 2026. Also pictured Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni, Presidencial Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei and Israel ambassador to Argentina Eyal Sela.

COMMEMORATIVE EVENT

Milei slams Iran on anniversary of Israeli Embassy bombing

17-03-2026 18:05 Milei says “there can be no truce with terrorism” at event marking the 34th anniversary of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires; President says Argentina is drawing closer to Israel because it “shares the same values.”

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi eyes the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Venezuela at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on September 4, 2025.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina to face Guatemala friend in place of scrapped Finalissima

17-03-2026 17:01 World champions will play Guatemala in a friendly – venue set to be confirmed – in place ofe the cancelled Finalissima match against European champions Spain in Qatar.

Iran's chargé d'affaires in Buenos Aires, Mohsen Soltani.

INTERVIEW: IRAN CHARGÉS D’AFFAIRES

Iran’s top envoy in Argentina dismisses Milei’s stance on war

17-03-2026 13:37 Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Argentina accused the United States and Israel of committing a “brutal aggression” against his nation; Discusses AMIA bombing allegations, bilateral ties with Argentina and Milei’s position on conflict.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Former president (2007–2015) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner speaks with her lawyer Carlos Alberto Beraldi at the Comodoro Py courthouse in Buenos Aires on March 17, 2026, as seen through a glass. Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, appeared in court in connection with another case in which she is accused of being part of an alleged bribery network involving politicians and businesspeople in the 2000s. The 73-year-old former president has been serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest since last June and is wearing an electronic tag.

CFK IN COURT

Fernández de Kirchner goes on attack as she appears in court for ‘Cuadernos’ trial

17-03-2026 12:42 Former president summoned for questioning in connection with ‘Cuadernos’ case; She delivers statement attacking President Milei, Judiciary, government, but refuses to answer questions.

TEHRAN CALLING

Iran media outlet warns Milei has crossed ‘red line’ over hostile remarks

17-03-2026 11:18 Tehran-linked English-language outlet, widely seen as reflecting regime thinking, accuses Argentina’s President of aligning with US and Israel.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Argentina finalises withdrawal from WHO after one-year process

17-03-2026 10:24 Milei's government confirms departure after one-year notice period; Foreign Minister Quirno insists country will remain engaged in global health efforts through regional and bilateral channels.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Probe revived into ‘$LIBRA’ crypto scam fresh headache for Milei

16-03-2026 21:23 Opposition lawmakers reopen probe after reports of calls, messages and a draft US$5-million promotion deal linked to the LIBRA cryptocurrency.

PREDICTION MARKET PLATFORM

Court in Buenos Aires orders blocking of Polymarket in Argentina

16-03-2026 20:52 Ruling says prediction platform operates as unlicensed online betting system and lacks identity checks; Controversy over US$91,000 in bets on inflation figure placed ahead of official data release.

CRISIS IN CUBA

Trump vows to 'take' Cuba as island reels from oil embargo

16-03-2026 19:23 "I do believe I'll be...having the honor of taking Cuba," Trump tells reporters at the White House.

CRIME & SECURITY

Teen jailed for 23 years over murder of seven-year-old in carjacking

16-03-2026 15:51 Court in La Plata hands down 23-year sentence for the attack in which the minor was dragged for 15 blocks; Attacker was 17 at the time of the fatal carjacking.

A woman holds a 1 USD bill and a 500 bolívar bill during a protest for higher wages in Caracas, on February 26.

VENEZUELAN ECONOMY

Venezuela’s 600% inflation undercuts Trump’s boasts of revival

16-03-2026 10:17 Life has only gotten harder for Venezuelans in the two months since Trump removed Maduro from power.

Ecuadorean soldiers take position at the La Ferroviaria command post in Duran, Guayas province, Ecuador on March 15, 2026, during preparations for a two-week operation, starting later today, to crack down on drug trafficking gangs with U.S. support and under strict curfews in the most violent regions.

US IN LATIN AMERICA

Ecuador launches two weeks of US-backed anti-drug operations

16-03-2026 10:07 Two-week crackdown deploys 75,000 troops as Washington deepens security partnership;

Argentina's forward #11 Ángel Di María celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammates during an international friendly football match between Argentina and Ecuador at Solider Field in Chicago, Illinois, on June 9, 2024.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina's 'Finalissima' clash with Spain cancelled, confirms UEFA

15-03-2026 18:38 The 'Finalissima' clash between Euro 2024 winners Spain and world champions Argentina set to take place on March 27 in Qatar has been cancelled.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Entrepenuer's phone records cast doubt on President's '$LIBRA' defence

15-03-2026 10:30 Mobile phone records show President Javier Milei spoke repeatedly with a crypto entrepreneur linked to the token’s launch shortly before promoting it online; Alongside flurry of calls, investigators find draft mobile phone note that refers to possible US$5-million contact.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

$LIBRA scandal is Milei’s greatest threat

15-03-2026 10:06 Revelations about an alleged US$5 million agreement for the ‘$LIBRA’ memecoin strengthen bribery hypothesis surrounding crypto scandal. At a time when confidence indicators in Milei's administration are falling, the scandal can only escalate.

by Walter Curia

La Bombonera, Boca Juniors' stadium in Buenos Aires, during a Superclásico against River Plate.

Football in Argentina

Boca unveils 80,000-capacity La Bombonera expansion plan

14-03-2026 10:14 Riquelme says he has an initial permit from Ferrosur, the company responsible for the railway line that runs just metres from the Xeneize’s stadium, to embark upon the project.

Spanish singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat, accompanied by Esther Sánchez, rector of the National University of Cuyo, receives an honorary doctorate during a ceremony at the Nave UNCuyo complex in Mendoza, Argentina, on March 13, 2026.

Spanish musician honoured

Honoured in Mendoza, Joan Manuel Serrat warns individualism leads ‘to the abyss’

14-03-2026 09:16 Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat warns in a speech while receiving honorary degree in Mendoza that individualism leads "to the abyss."

AS I SEE IT

Facing the Islamist challenge

14-03-2026 06:52 Will Trump and Netanyahu be satisfied with something less than “regime change”? Or are they dead set on continuing the war until the ayatollahs and their brutal enforcers have been replaced by a pro-Western government?

by James Neilson

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

No inertia with Persia

14-03-2026 06:46 The 90 million Persians are very self-consciously not Arabs – ethnically, they are Indo-European, not Semitic while their Farsi language is fairly unintelligible for speakers of Arabic, far less overlap than, say, between Russian and Polish.

by Michael Soltys

Editorial

The Wall Street shuffle

14-03-2026 06:39 President Milei cannot be faulted for his misfortune in timing Argentina Week in New York for what was Iran Week for the rest of the world and he obviously occupied centre stage, but sometimes what happens off-Broadway can be more decisive.

Manuel Adorni breaking his back in New York.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Adorni is breaking his back

14-03-2026 06:00 From his press conference pulpit, Adorni has lashed out against the caste, against Kirchnerism and anyone and anything that didn’t see the state as an obstacle to individual freedom, corrupting those who went near. How could a stalwart of Milei’s anarcho-libertarian gang abuse his position of power for personal privilege?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A demonstrator at a rally marking International Women's Day in Buenos Aires.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: March 6 to 13

13-03-2026 18:49 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

RACE FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL

Another Argentine diplomat, Virginia Gamba, enters race to be UN chief

13-03-2026 17:35 Veteran diplomat Virginia Gamba enters race to succeed António Guterres as next UN secretary general; She joins fellow Argentine Rafael Grossi and Chile ex-president Michelle Bachelet in the running

Not an official image – an artist's rendering of how La Bombonera will look after its proposed reforms.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Boca Jnrs planning bigger Bombonera

13-03-2026 10:59 Venerable old home of the Xeneize is a daunting place to tread – and it may be getting even more so in the not so distant future.

by Dan Edwards

Young Brazilians listen as a pop-rock gospel band plays during a youth service at the Casa Church in Goiânia.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Insta-savvy churches are propelling Brazil’s Gen Z to the right

13-03-2026 09:33 From Instagram to TikTok, young Brazilians are posting Bible verses, attending religious services and proudly identifying as evangelical or Catholic. And with that is emerging a growing alignment with right-wing politics, imbuing a cohort that represents a third of the electorate.

‘ARGENTINA WEEK’ IN NYC

Officials at NYC roadshow tell investors Argentina is ‘fertile ground’

12-03-2026 20:19 Milei slams two business leaders at three-day promotional roadshow in New York; President defends actions of the US and Israeli administrations in Middle East and calls for investors to step up.

Argentina’s flag flutters at the National Congress.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei reform drive on hold as Congress awaits new bills

12-03-2026 19:00 La Libertad Avanza delays new legislative push after extraordinary sessions; Political reform, judicial overhaul and tax changes yet to be sent to Congress.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei, then-son of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a gathering in Tehran on March 2, 2016.

WAR IN IRAN

Middle East war set to rage on as Iran's new leader breaks silence

12-03-2026 18:25 Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signals he won’t back down in the Middle East war in his first public comments since succeeding his assassinated father.

A supermarket in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

INFLATION – ANALYSIS

Argentina posted higher-than-expected inflation ahead of Iran war shock

12-03-2026 17:17 Monthly and annual inflation readings both came in higher than expected in February, before the war in Iran put upward pressure on oil prices.

This photo illustration shows the hands of a man withdrawing Argentine pesos from an ATM in a bank in Buenos Aires on March 5, 2026.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Utilities surge kept inflation at monthly 2.9% in February

12-03-2026 17:06 Prices up 5.9% since turn of the year, 33.1% over past year; Housing, utilities and fuels, food and non-alcoholic beverages, miscellaneous goods and services recorded highest increases last month.

ENERGY & GAS

Oil rally can boost Argentina's shale industry, Vista CEO says

12-03-2026 16:40 Higher oil prices stemming from Iran war in Iran could boost Argentina’s thriving shale patch, says Vista Energy CEO Miguel Galuccio.

Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia arrives to testify at the National Court for Economic Crimes in Buenos Aires on March 12, 2026.

AFA JUDICIAL PROBE

AFA President Tapia appears in court over alleged tax evasion

12-03-2026 14:58 Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia and Pablo Toviggino appear before federal judge but decline to answer questions; AFA lashes out at government pressure, denies allegations of wrongdoing.

POLITICS

Adorni’s travel scandal overshadows Milei’s investor push in New York

12-03-2026 13:48 Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni in eye of storm; Official’s wife travelled on presidential aircraft to New York for Argentina Week roadshow; Fresh reporting about private-jet holiday intensifies scrutiny.

FEATURE

Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home

12-03-2026 11:20 Expats are torn between a desire to rebuild their homeland and preserving the hard-won prosperity they’ve achieved abroad, for themselves and their families.

This handout satellite image taken by 2026 Planet Labs PBC on March 2, 2026 shows smoke billowing following an explosion from the port of Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

GLOBAL OIL MARKET

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

12-03-2026 10:56 Iran launches new wave of attacks; Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of global crude passes – effectively shut down; Oil prices soar, trading above US$100; International Energy Agency bemoans "largest supply disruption in history of global oil market.”

AFA Treasurer Pablo Toviggino and lawyer Gregorio Dalbón leave the Comodoro Py federal courthouse.

SPORT & THE COURTS

AFA treasurer Toviggino testifies in alleged tax evasion case

12-03-2026 00:46 Pablo Toviggino appears before federal judge but declines to answer questions; AFA president Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia due to testify on Thursday.

People rescue a man during a flood in Agua Azul, Tucumán Province, on March 11, 2026.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Flooding wreaks havoc in Tucumán Province

11-03-2026 23:17 Severe storm alert issued in Tucumán as flooding spreads; La Madrid region worst hit; Hundreds of families forced from homes as torrential rains overwhelm rivers and roads.

This handout photo taken on March 11, 2026 and released by the Royal Thai Navy shows smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Iran warns of long war that would 'destroy' world economy

11-03-2026 17:47 Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows to target "economic centres and banks" that it deems linked to US and Israeli interests; US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon," as Tehran effectively closes off Strait of Hormuz.

MARKETS – ANALYSIS

Argentina missed early window to sell bonds, investors say

11-03-2026 17:33 Investors say Milei government may have missed a window to return to debt markets in January after deeming it too expensive.

An image of late football star Diego Maradona is seen on the 2nd anniversary of his death at CONMEBOL fan zone

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Trial into Diego Maradona’s death given start date: April 14

11-03-2026 15:20 Trial for late footballer’s 2020 death rescheduled for mid-April after collapse of first trial.

Chile's new President José Antonio Kast waves from the presidential convertible car after his inauguration ceremony in Valparaíso, Chile, on March 11, 2026.

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Chile’s new President Kast to signal swift alignment with Trump

11-03-2026 14:21 Kast’s new administration plans to sign broad agreements with the United States to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.

Debate in the lower house Chamber of Deputies begins on President Javier Milei's flagship 'omnibus' reform bill, formally known as the 'Ley de Bases.'

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Silent deputies – the lawmakers who said nothing in Congress last year

11-03-2026 13:23 Survey of Congress speeches from 2025 shows there were 17 deputies who never spoke a word in the chamber last year, while dozens more only uttered a few in all the year.

by Julian D'Imperio

Demonstrators march in Buenos Aires on March 24, 2024, marking the 48th anniversary of the 1976 coup that brought the last military dictatorship to power in Argentina.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentina urged to march with photos of disappeared on 50th anniversary of coup

11-03-2026 13:21 Human rights groups expect a large mobilisation to Plaza de Mayo on March 24 as Argentina marks 50 years since the 1976 coup d'état that brought the military junta to power; Participants are being asked to wear A4 photographs of victims at rally.

Chilean voters have elected José Antonio Kast, the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy.

NEW ERA IN CHILE

José Antonio Kast, Chile's most right-wing president since Pinochet, takes office

11-03-2026 12:02 José Antonio Kast's rise comes amid a conservative wave sweeping Latin America and after Trump's re-election in the United States.

The fragments were uncovered during excavations led by the Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense (EAAF)

HUMAN RIGHTS & COURTS

Forensic team identifies 12 new dictatorship victims at Córdoba’s ‘La Perla’ site

11-03-2026 11:19 Court in Córdoba confirms skeletal remains found at La Perla detention centre last year have been identified and pertain to 12 missing dictatorship victims; Former detention centre operated in the La Calera area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

ENERGY, FINANCE & GEOPOLITICS

Milei reactivates dams, consolidating strategic rapprochement with China

11-03-2026 09:36 Argentina’s government has confirmed that work on the hydroelectric complex on the Santa Cruz river – which has been paralysed since Javier Milei came to power – has resumed. The project, integrally financed by Chinese banks and implemented by the Gezhouba company, returns to the agenda amid an uptick in the relations between Buenos Aires and Beijing.

by Carlos Burgueño

Mark Nelson, vice-chairman of Chevron Corp, during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on January 9, 2026.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Chevron sees ‘more to be done’ by Milei to boost shale boom

10-03-2026 21:35 Milei is expanding a programme to attract foreign investments, now including new shale oil projects, but a top executive at Chevron says more needs to be done.

ARGENTINA WEEK

Milei slams business critics as he opens Argentina roadshow in NYC

10-03-2026 16:37 Milei dismisses Techint CEO Paolo Rocca and Javier Madanes Quintanilla, the owner of the recently shuttered Fate tyre manufacturer, as businessmen seeking favours from governments.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Is Argentina at war?

10-03-2026 14:50 At a Jewish university in New York, President Milei once again described Iran as an “enemy” and declared that “we are going to win” the war in the Middle East. The lessons of the past and the risks of reckless ideological displays.

by Walter Curia

President Javier Milei speaks with Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman as part of the university’s “Great Conversations” series during an “Argentina Week” discussion focusing on global economic leadership and voicing support for the State of Israel on March 9, 2026 in New York City.

MARKETS

Argentina’s bond rally limited by junk label, war fallout

10-03-2026 11:11 As President Milei meets investors in New York in a bid to attract interest in Argentina, the momentum behind the country’s bonds has largely stalled.

Gustavo Oscar Carrara, the Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata

INTERVIEW

Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

10-03-2026 06:05 Gustavo Oscar Carrara, the Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata, warns about the defunding of urbanisation works in low-income neighbourhoods and the potential elimination of government department dedicated to socio-urban integration.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

FOOTBALL

Is free-to-view football coming back to Argentina?

09-03-2026 18:18 Longtime football executive from Córdoba, Emeterio Farías, says that AFA will announce the return of “cost-free” television for supporters imminently – potentially including the top flight, though not for some time.

by Andy Ferreyra

ENERGY & GAS

YPF says fuel prices will not change despite oil price surge

09-03-2026 17:03 Horacio Marín, CEO of state-controlled energy firm, says its "micropricing" strategy will smooth volatility amid Middle East conflict.

US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei pose for a photo at the beginning of the 'Shield of the Americas' Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Argentina to see ‘trade improvement’ from Middle East war, Milei says

09-03-2026 14:25 War in the Middle East could generate “an improvement” in Argentina’s oil and agricultural exports, says Milei.

ARGENTINA WEEK ROADSHOW

Milei backs Trump as he launches Argentina roadshow in New York

09-03-2026 12:39 President voices strong support for Donald Trump, forecasts global political shifts driven by war and geopolitics.

A shopper checks prices at a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

City data shows consumer prices rose 2.6% in February

09-03-2026 12:29 Residents in the capital have seen prices rise 5.7 percent so far this year and by 32.4 percent over the last 12 months.

A banner from the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) umbrella union grouping is displayed by workers during a rally against the government of President Javier Milei and to commemorate May Day (Labour Day) in Buenos Aires on April 30, 2025. Argentina's labor unions mobilized on Wednesday on the eve of Workers' Day with slogans against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei.

POLITICS & LABOUR

CGT challenges part of Milei labour reform in court

09-03-2026 09:38 CGT files lawsuit asking for implementation of Milei's labour reform to be suspended.

The first image from the Milei govermment's video.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Milei government slams 'scam' gender policies in Women’s Day message

08-03-2026 17:53 Milei’s government hails December 2023 decision to abolish the Women, Gender & Diversity Ministry on the grounds that it promoted “absurd ideological agendas.”

Javier Milei and Donald Trump at the Shield of the Americas Summit in March 2026.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei reaffirms alliance with Trump at ‘Shield of Americas’ summit

08-03-2026 11:01 Milei in attendance at international meeting in Florida; Trump offers Latin America’s leaders US missile strikes to hit drug cartels, calls for tougher action on organised crime, hints at Cuba action.

Salta Province Governor Gustavo Sáenz meets Jean Michel Bouvier, father of Cassandre Bouvier, one of the French tourists murdered in Salta in July 2011.

CRIME & SECURITY

Father of Frenchwoman killed in Salta in 2011 to speak with prosecutors

08-03-2026 10:37 Father of one of two French women murdered in northwest Argentina in 2011 to appear before the local courts as part of a reopened investigation into killings of Cassandre Bouvier and Houria Moumni.

President Trump signs a document while surrounded by heads of state and government officials from 12 countries in the Americas as he hosts the 'The Shield of the Americas Summit,' at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida, on March 7.

SECURITY IN AMERICAS

Trump urges Latin America to use military against cartels

08-03-2026 10:23 Trump tells a group of Latin American leaders at security summit in Miami that Washington "will not tolerate the lawlessness in our hemisphere any longer."

US President Donald Trump exits Air Force One after landing at Miami International Airport on March 6, 2026 in Miami, Florida.

TRUMP & THE AMERICAS

Trump convenes Latin American leaders to curb crime, immigration

07-03-2026 08:21 Summit at Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida, marks the latest instance of the president moving ahead with his so-called "Donroe Doctrine" of asserting expanded US authority in the Western Hemisphere.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

A future which works

07-03-2026 06:53 Milei’s determination to open up one of the world’s most closed economies is moving at vastly superior speed to the painstaking parliamentary passage of the structural reforms local companies need to compete.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Trump the liberator goes to war

07-03-2026 06:50 Though few would disagree that a “diplomatic solution” to the Iranian problem would be far better than one reached at gunpoint, efforts to persuade the leaders of the regime that it would be in their interest to call a genuine halt to their nuclear programme were always bound to fail.

by James Neilson

EDITORIAL

Wheels within wheels

07-03-2026 06:46 Milei’s insults only served to lend importance to the fading force of Kirchnerism, perhaps a deliberate strategy to preserve an electoral opponent virtually guaranteeing him victory.

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s regime change drive

07-03-2026 06:43 Regime change is easier said than done.

by Marcelo J. García

(GEO)POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Argentina: the safest country in the world

07-03-2026 06:36 With the world in chaos, Milei returned to the basics and relied on the same kind of things that got him elected in the first place.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & POLLING

Survey: 69% of young adults have little or no interest in politics

06-03-2026 19:12 Research among voting-age students finds most teenagers disengaged from politics; Democracy still widely valued despite scepticism about the country’s direction.

by Giselle Leclercq

Chile’s President-Elect José Antonio Kast speaks during a press conference in Santiago on March 3.

GEOPOLITICS

Trump’s Latin American allies face a dilemma over China, Iran war

06-03-2026 13:11 Donald Trump is gathering his top allies from Latin America at a moment when a new US military conflict is putting even his best friends in the region under newfound pressure.

Workers of tyre company Fate, judges of the labour courts and judicial employees protest against the labour reform promoted by Argentina’s President Javier Milei outside Argentina's courthouse in Buenos Aires on February 24, 2026.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Milei signs labour reform: New rules for contracts, strikes and severance

06-03-2026 11:08 New legislation reshapes employment contracts, severance rules, strike regulations and collective bargaining while creating a new employer-funded labour assistance system.

Remembrance at the site of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre.

AMIA BOMBING CASE

Prosecutor pushes AMIA bombing case toward trial in absentia

06-03-2026 10:53 Thirty years on, prosecutor seeks trial in AMIA bombing; Ten suspects and newly identified Iranian official targeted in renewed push for justice.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Trump’s war

06-03-2026 10:00 This is Trump’s war, Trump’s choice, Trump’s adventure.

by David Smith

Football in Argentina

Tapia places ace card as Argentina’s clubs cancel matches and strike

06-03-2026 09:57 Footballers are hanging up their boots in solidarity with the paymasters and rulemakers. The industrial action prepared in the coming days is almost unprecedented and a clear statement in these sensitive political times.

by Dan Edwards

AFA LEADERSHIP ROW

River Plate withdraws from AFA executive committee meetings

06-03-2026 09:09 Club cites lack of clear decision-making procedures and renews call for a 20-team top flight; Decision comes amid disputes over governance, league format and recent rulings.

US President Donald Trump, photographed against the US flag.

GEOPOLITICS

Trump-LatAm conservative summit to discuss democracy

06-03-2026 08:43 Donald Trump will host a dozen transcontinental allies this weeekend, many of whom he has backed or helped put into office.

Deregulation and State Transformation Federico Sturzenegger andCabinet Chief Manuel Adorni.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: February 28 to March 6

06-03-2026 07:33 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei at the White House.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei departs for Trump-hosted security summit in Miami

06-03-2026 07:20 Several Latin American leaders aligned with Washington’s agenda invited; Milei to travel to Miami, before travelling on to New York for Argentina Week.

US President Donald Trump shakes hand with Lionel Messi during an event for Inter Miami CF, winners of the 2025 Major League Soccer Cup, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2026.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Trump honours Messi's Inter Miami at White House

05-03-2026 21:21 Lionel Messi put aside his aversion to politics Thursday and walked alongside Donald Trump at the White House to commemorate his club championship with Inter Miami, handing the US president a rare photo-op.