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Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed

Today 09:29 Brazil's Foreign Ministry said it would demand an explanation from Washington over the "degrading treatment of passengers" on a flight deporting dozens of immigrants from United States.

POLITICS

Milei tells top legal official Rodolfo Barra to resign

Yesterday 10:15 President Javier Milei has sacked Rodolfo Barra, the attorney general of Argentina’s Treasury.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Coming through the rye

Yesterday 06:55 “There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.” Well worth recalling in this election year in Argentina where there is a widespread assumption among pundits that Milei is coasting to victory.

by Michael Soltys

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s learning curve

Yesterday 06:48 Milei’s learning curve should take note from his predecessors: too much orthodoxy or unorthodoxy leads to trouble.

by Marcelo J. García

As I see it

Back to basics with Donald Trump

Yesterday 06:43 Progressives should be aware that what Trump represents is an increasingly powerful movement that is certain to endure.

by James Neilson

Editorial

A star is born(e)

Yesterday 06:33 President Javier Milei returns home today from a stellar week abroad, but yet again Milei has wasted chances to promote overseas investment at an international forum.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei and Trump: On Nazis, outsiders and politicians

Yesterday 06:21 Trump’s re-election blows wind into the sails of the new right, which is seeking to absolutely dismantle progressivism.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Members of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) stand guard during a protest against the

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights Watch warns of 'institutional deterioration' under Milei

24-01-2025 18:39 New report by Human Rights Watch criticises Argentina’s mistreatment of freedom of speech, gender equality and judicial integrity.

by Zella Milfred

Argentina's President Javier Milei and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni await the start of US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: January 17 to 24

24-01-2025 16:06 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona.

POLITICS

Government wants to remove femicide from Argentina's Penal Code

24-01-2025 15:48 President Javier Milei's government wants to strip femicide from Argentina's Penal Code, eliminate non-binary IDs and remove quotas for disabled and trans people.

Holocaust survivor Raquel Lily Soriano Alhadeff (C), 97, poses surrounded by part of her family (some living in the US and UK): her son Anthony (2nd L) and his wife Betina (L), her son James (2nd R) and his wife Silvana (R), her grandchildren Cindy (3rd L) and Tomas (3rd R), and (on laptop and mobile screens) her granddaughters Chiara, Nicole, and Barbara, during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on December 23, 2024.

Special Report

'Tell what happened to us' – the last death camp survivors

24-01-2025 13:58 Some 40 survivors of the Nazi camps agreed to talk as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of extermination camps.

Emily Damari reaches to shake hands with her friends while being transported with two other hostages upon arriving at Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Centre in Ramat Gan on January 19, 2025, following their release from captivity by Hamas.

Hostage Release

Gaza hostage families conflicted over those not on release list

24-01-2025 11:06 Argentine-Israeli Itzik Horn has one son on the list of 33 hostages to be freed, and another who will remain in Gaza until further notice.

Liga Profesional de Fútbol

New season, more teams, new stars, same dream

24-01-2025 06:40 After a lively start to the transfer window in Argentina, there’s certainly no shortage of contenders for this year’s title(s).

by Dan Edwards

UNITED STATES

Trump warns business leaders: produce in US or pay tariffs

23-01-2025 23:52 US president issues blunt warning to global elites, stating that products should be made in the United States or they will face rising tariffs.

Soybean plants in a dry field at a farm in Rosario.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina slashes export taxes to rescue drought-hit farmers

23-01-2025 23:25 Argentina slashes taxes on major crops, assisting farmers wrestling with a drought and low global prices.

A combine harvester cuts through a field of soybean plants at a drought-affected farm in San José de la Esquina, Argentina in April 2023.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Government temporarily reduces export duties in boost for farmers

23-01-2025 23:19 Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirms that Argentina will temporarily lower export duties.

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

Multilateral Exodus

WHO, Paris climate accords, Mercosur – Milei mulls multilateral retreat

23-01-2025 19:05 Argentina is considering withdrawing from the World Health Organisation, Paris climate accords and Mercosur bloc, according to reports.

Shoppers at the Alto Palermo mall in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy grew more than expected in November

23-01-2025 17:42 Economic activity rose 0.9% from October, according to INDEC data.

In August 2022, Vaca Muerta reached a record production of 91 million cubic metres of gas per day, and the field is close to becoming one of the world’s largest producers.

ENERGY & GAS

Shale spurs Argentina’s largest energy trade surplus since 2006

23-01-2025 16:34 Argentina scored its widest annual energy trade surplus in nearly two decades in 2024 thanks to booming oil and gas production.

Luis Caputo, Argentina's economy minister, speaks during the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 12, 2024.

International Monetary Fund

Caputo returns to Argentina for talks with IMF team

23-01-2025 14:46 IMF Managing Director Georgieva meets President Javier Milei in Washington, highlights "tremendous progress" of Argentina’s economy. Technical team already in Buenos Aires, but Economy Minister Luis Caputo plays down talk of rapid removal of currency controls.

Argentina's fly-half Nicolás Sánchez celebrates after scoring a try in the France 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final match between Wales and Argentina at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, south-eastern France, on October 14, 2023.

Rugby Retirement

Argentina's record points scorer Sánchez retires from rugby

23-01-2025 14:25 Nicolás Sánchez leaves behind record-breaking legacy of 902 points scored across 104 tests for the Pumas.

Endangered Livestock

Uruguay alert shows potentially toxic cyanobacteria

23-01-2025 11:37 A large algae bloom at the Río Negro Basin in Uruguay could impact the country's agricultural sector.

Priscilla Chan, CEO of Meta; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; and Lauren Sanchez attend the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC

Hate Speech Hearing

Tech giants skip Brazil disinformation hearing

23-01-2025 10:44 Meta scraps its independent fact-checking program in the US, igniting fears about the spread of hate speech and disinformation in Brazil.

MILEI AT DAVOS

Milei slams ‘cancer’ of ‘wokeism’ in Davos speech

23-01-2025 09:14 Argentina’s President uses second address to World Economic Forum to slam his critics and “the mental virus of the woke ideology,” saying it has “colonised the most important institutions in the world.”

HUMAN RIGHTS

Watchdog takes government to court over medicine for sick children

23-01-2025 01:09 State watchdog for children files court injunction to force Argentina’s government to provide missing medication for sick youngsters, including some undergoing cancer treatment.

Argentina's President Javier Milei attends US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Dollar, IMF, tariffs – how Trump’s measures will impact Argentina

23-01-2025 00:35 US President’s protectionist policies clash with the free-market creed of President Javier Milei’s government. Argentina’s quest for support with the IMF, the negative effects of the "super dollar" and uncertainty as to the commercial dynamics.

by Martín Fernández Nadale

Estela de Carlotto, the president of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, and Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit, the organisation’s vice-president, are pictured with Ramón Inama, the brother of '139th grandchild', attend a press conference in Buenos Aires on January 21, 2025.

Human Rights

‘The truth continues to come to light’ – Abuelas find another grandchild

22-01-2025 17:45 Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo celebrate the discovery of “139th grandchild,” continuing their long quest to reunite families broken up by the murderous military dictatorship’s abduction scheme. “The truth about the crimes “continues to come to light,” says Estela de Carlotto.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORuM

Milei praises Trump at Davos, but seeks deeper ties with China

22-01-2025 16:37 President indicates he has shifted stance on China, describing the nation as a "great trade partner," and showers praise on US President Donald Trump.

President Javier Milei is interviewed by Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Milei would leave Mercosur if needed for US-Argentina deal

22-01-2025 15:09 President Javier Milei says he would leave Mercosur if necessary to cement a free-trade agreement with the United States.

Gonzalo Montiel and Ander Herrera are among the big-name players to have signed for Argentine clubs.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

World champions, big names sign up for Argentina’s top flight

22-01-2025 14:45 New footballing season set to kick off with 30 teams battling it out for glory.

Mother Yasmín B. testifying on the tenth day of the trial for the death of babies at the Neonatal Hospital of Córdoba.

CÓRDOBA NEWSBORNS TRIAL

Mothers of dead Córdoba newborns learnt of suspicions via press

22-01-2025 13:50 Testimony during first two weeks of court proceedings reveals that mothers of newborns allegedly killed by nurse at Córdoba hospital first found out about suspicions via the media.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope slams Church's 'chauvinistic mentality,' promotes Vatican nun

22-01-2025 12:20 Argentine pontiff says he agrees there are not enough nuns in roles of responsibility and that Church must overcome "clerical and chauvinistic mentality."

Former detainee in Saydnaya Omar al-Masri revisits a cell at a facility which was used as a jail for the Tishreen Military Hospital, currently out of service, in Damascus on January 10, 2025.

Torture Investigation

Syria military hospital tortured detainees

22-01-2025 12:04 The fall of the Assad family's five-decade rule in December 2024 leaves behind a legacy of abuse at detention facilities in Syria.

NEW ERA IN AMERICA

Trump on Latin America: 'We don’t need them – they need us'

22-01-2025 11:10 US president's remarks indicate his forthright approach to future policy; Trump insists he will regain control of Panama Canal, sends troops to Mexican border, but Marco Rubio’s eye will remain on wider region.

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025.

Conflict at the Canal

Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat

22-01-2025 10:10 Panama rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its control.

BILATERAL TENSIONS

Partner demands release of Argentine held for 'terrorism' in Venezuela

22-01-2025 07:26 The partner of an Argentine security officer, jailed in Venezuela more than a month ago for "terrorism," demands his immediate release.

Farmers used a truck to dump used materials during a farmers protest in front of the prefecture in Agen on November 19, 2024 as part of a nationwide movement against the EU-Mercosur agreement.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU to set up one-billion-euro 'reserve' for farmers hit by Mercosur deal

21-01-2025 15:08 European Union vows to create one-billion-euro "reserve" for farmers negatively impacted by Mercosur trade deal.

Relatives and morgue workers carry the coffin of journalist Gastón Medina outside of the morgue in Ica, Peru on January 20, 2025.

Extortion Epidemic

Peru journalist killed, prosecutor's office bombed

21-01-2025 14:29 The owner and director of a regional TV channel in southern Peru was killed by hitmen after reporting on racketeering by gangs.

A mural alluding to the Madres and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo is seen juxtaposed against a photograph of military officers at the ex-ESMA Navy Mecahnics School in Buenos Aires, which functioned as a clandestine detention centre during the 1976-1983 dictatorship.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announce discovery of 'grandchild number 139'

21-01-2025 12:26 Human rights group announces press conference at the Casa de la Identidad to reveal details of latest discovery.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a meeting with US President Barack Obama (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) in Hangzhou on September 3, 2016.

Fossil Fueled

Trump leaves Paris climate agreement

21-01-2025 11:45 Trump withdraws from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat warming as weather events intensify worldwide.

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the US withdrawal from WHO in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Global Health

WHO 'regrets' Trump decision to pull US from organisation

21-01-2025 11:08 Trump directs US withdrawal from the World Health Organization, triggering "significant restructuring" in the organisation's future.

Gerardo Werthein, Marco Rubio, Javier Milei.

ARGENTINA-US RELATIONS

Milei meets new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at black-tie gala

21-01-2025 10:53 President Javier Milei meets Marco Rubio at a black-tie gala following Donald Trump's inauguration.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Milei back in Davos after racking up victories in Argentina

21-01-2025 09:39 Argentina's president has achieved what few considered possible just a year ago. Will he be able to overcome even bigger challenges in 2025?

A photo illustration shows the front pages of some of Britain's national newspapers, dominated by the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America, in London on January 21, 2025.

UNITED STATES

Trump takes US reins with flurry of executive orders

21-01-2025 09:05 Donald Trump signed a blizzard of divisive presidential orders as he was sworn in for a historic second Monday, pardoning supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol and clamping down on immigration as he vowed a new "golden age" for America.

A ship is loaded at the Port of Rosario on the Paraná River in Rosario.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina recorded record trade surplus in 2024

20-01-2025 22:48 Argentia recorded its biggest-ever trade surplus in 2024 – partly due to a drop in imports caused by recession.

Colombian army soldiers stand guard next to displaced people from recent clashes between armed groups arriving in the municipality of Tibu, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, on January 18, 2025.

Colombia Guerrilla Violence

Colombia tries to contain guerrilla violence that has killed 100

20-01-2025 15:43 A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left 100 people dead and thousands displaced.

US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump Inauguration

Trump pledges 'golden age' during inaugural address

20-01-2025 15:13 US President Donald Trump promises the deportation of millions and makes territorial threats to Panama in his inaugural address.

A soybean plant in a dry, cracked field at a farm in Rosario, Argentina, on January 15, 2025.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Rainfall falters for Argentina’s baked soybean and corn farms

20-01-2025 14:57 Rains that were forecast to fall on farmland over the weekend largely failed to materialise, leaving the region continuing to suffer from dryness.

US President-elect Donald Trump arrives for services at St. John's Church as part of Inauguration ceremonies on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump Takeover

Triumphant Trump set for return to power

20-01-2025 11:16 Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States, vowing mass migrant deportation and retribution against his opponents.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF to send team to Argentina after ‘excellent’ Milei meeting

20-01-2025 09:21 IMF Managing Director Georgieva meets President Javier Milei in Washington and highlights "tremendous progress" of Argentina’s economy. An IMF team will travel to Buenos Aires next week to accelerate talks over a new programme.

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Milei government remembers Nisman, describes death as ‘murder’

19-01-2025 09:08 President’s Office reaffirmed its “commitment to seek justice for the victims of AMIA” bombing in statement marking 10th anniversary of late prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Government renews push for 'Ficha Limpia' anti-graft bill

18-01-2025 13:40 President Javier Milei sends so-called 'Clean Record' bill to Congress; If passed, the bill would block former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from seeking office in 2025 midterms.

Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, speaks at the Atreju convention in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, December 14, 2024.

ECONOMIC POLICY

Milei touts 'promises kept' after rare budget surplus

18-01-2025 10:21 Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirms Argentina's budget surplus, which amounted to 0.3% of GDP, was the first since 2010.

Paraguay President Santiago Peña speaks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2024.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Peña says Paraguay thrilled to be on Trump’s radar

18-01-2025 10:10 Paraguay President Santiago Peña says as his nation stands to become more relevant in the next US administration.

Editorial

Brave new world or tempest?

18-01-2025 06:49 Slaying the inflationary dragon is both the cornerstone of Milei’s economic policy and the key to electoral success, but the sequence between lower inflation and electoral triumph is not so linear.

As I see it

The battle of the sexes is far from over

18-01-2025 06:46 Trump and the people who surround him evidently believe that the time has come to roll back some of the gains chalked up by women.

by James Neilson

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The 86th victim

18-01-2025 06:41 Ten years later, Argentine society is still owed an explanation of a bafflingly mysterious death.

by Michael Soltys

Analysing Argentina

Latin America ducks and covers for Trump – except Milei

18-01-2025 06:37 With expected good access to the new White House, it will be up to Milei and his team to distinguish personal ideology from national interest and act accordingly.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei's Marxist culture wars

18-01-2025 06:33 The rise of characters such as Donald Trump in the US, and Milei here in Argentina, is directly tied to their level of political incorrectness and they’ve become equally savage in pushing culturally as far as they can in the other direction.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Donald Trump, left, with Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 14, 2024.

US-ARGENTINA RELATIONS

Trump and Milei: An ideological match, but can they work together?

18-01-2025 06:32 The ideological romance between the presidents of Argentina and the United States has already matured. But will it ripen?

At Barrio Padre Mugica in Retiro, Buenos Aires, food training is serving as a tool of social transformation. Chef Germán Sitz (Niño Gordo) and mixologist Sebastián Atienza (Tres Monos) have created ‘La Escuelita,’ a space where youngsters in low-income neighbourhoods can learn the basics of ingredients, cooking, cocktails and wine.

SOCIETY

‘La Escuelita’: Where hope goes to school

18-01-2025 05:14 At Barrio Padre Mugica in Retiro, Buenos Aires, food training is serving as a tool of social transformation. Chef Germán Sitz (Niño Gordo) and mixologist Sebastián Atienza (Tres Monos) have created ‘La Escuelita,’ a space where youngsters in low-income neighbourhoods can learn the basics of ingredients, cooking, cocktails and wine.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

IMF projects strong economic growth for Milei's Argentina in 2025

17-01-2025 18:59 International Monetary Fund estimates that Argentina’s economy contracted by 2.8% last year, but projects five percent growth in the coming two years.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina posts fiscal surplus after Milei’s budget cuts

17-01-2025 18:49 President Javier Milei made good on his promise to deliver a fiscal surplus in his first year, achieving a feat not seen in over a decade in Argentina’s deficit-prone economy.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: January 10 to 17

17-01-2025 16:57 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Demonstrators raise placards during a protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, in front of the Israeli defence ministry in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2025.

Hostage Release

Fate of two child hostages grips Israel after Gaza deal

17-01-2025 15:53 Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage held captive by Hamas, could be released during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Israeli's hope he returns alive.

Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata.

Football in Argentina

Summer football has forsaken its spiritual home

17-01-2025 11:54 (Disclaimer: The following column is full of unabated nostalgia and old-man-yells-at-cloud aimless ranting. When asked for an explanation, the author professed that it is very hot in Buenos Aires right now and that has him in a foul mood. For actual up-to-date information, please consult elsewhere in today's newspaper)

by Dan Edwards

CENTRAL BANK MANOUEVRES

Argentina takes steps to dollarise and holds key rate

17-01-2025 11:49 Argentina’s Central Bank said payment intermediaries will have to enable debit card transactions in US currency by February 28, marking a key step in President Javier Milei’s pledge to dollarise the economy.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

World Bank forecasts 5% growth for Argentina in 2025

17-01-2025 09:52 After two years of recession, President Javier Milei’s government will see approximately five percent in GDP this year, followed by a further 4.7 percent in 2026, predicts World Bank.

President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Milei 'eagerly' awaiting release of Israeli-Argentine hostages

17-01-2025 09:28 President Milei says he hopes US president-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are "successful" in securing the release of hostages.

President Javier Milei visits San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.

TRUMP'S INAUGURATION

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

16-01-2025 19:23 Along with the president's usual travelling crew, one unexpected Argentine will also be in attendance: San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a "Power of the People Rally" at Trump National Doral resort in Miami, Florida, on February 3, 2023.

latin america

Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

16-01-2025 17:58 Brazil's supreme court denied former president Jair Bolsonaro, under investigation for an alleged coup plot, from traveling to Donald Trump's inauguration next week.

A demonstrator raises placards during a protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since October 2023, in front of the Israeli defence ministry in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2025.

Release of Hostages

Who are the seven Argentine hostages awaiting release from Hamas?

16-01-2025 17:32 Shiri Silberman Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir are the most high-profile hostages who could be released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.

Firefighters battle a forest fire in the mountains of Epuyén, in Patagonia, Chubut Province, on January 16, 2025.

ENVIRONMENT

Hundreds of homes evacuated as Patagonia fires spread

16-01-2025 14:49 Forest fires in Patagonia force evacuation of 200 families, destroying some 2,000 hectares of terrain in the town of Epuyén.

A Palestinian boy is comforted as he mourns the death of a loved one killed an Israeli strike the previous night, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.

Israel Palestinian Conflict

Air strikes in Gaza crush joy of ceasefire deal

16-01-2025 12:16 Israeli air strikes have killed 73 people and injured 200 since Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement, according to Gaza's civil defence agency.

Soy is loaded onto a ship along the Paraná River at a processing facility in Rosario on March 26, 2024.

Dredging row

Government accused of skewing auction to upgrade soy river

16-01-2025 11:40 President Javier Milei faces scrutiny for unfairly favouring Belgium firm Jan de Nul NV in 30-year tender to dredge Paraná river.

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich stages a press conference announcing the arrest of a 24-year-old in General Roca, Río Negro Province, on suspicion of organising terrorist attacks across Argentina.

CRIME & SECURITY

Bullrich announces arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’

16-01-2025 09:51 Nine-month investigation ends with arrest of 24-year-old in General Roca; Argentina’s security minister claims that “terrorist represented a concrete threat to national security" and was planning major attacks across nation.

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a fist as he walks to the courtroom after the start of deliberations in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 29, 2024.

ANALYSIS

Even before taking office, Trump shaking up global order

16-01-2025 09:32 Republican leader has not officially yet returned to the White House, but is already thrusting himself to the front of the international stage.

UNITED STATES

Trump unbound: US braces for wild, dark comeback

16-01-2025 09:30 If anything, Trump 2.0 is set to be even more powerful, and more extreme.

(L-R) Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Vice-President Kamala Harris sit as US President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his farewell address from the White House on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.

UNITED STATES

Biden warns of US 'oligarchy' threat in farewell speech

15-01-2025 23:45 Just days away from leaving office, US President Joe Biden tells the nation to "stand guard" amidst grim future.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the recently announced cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas while joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the White House on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel, Hamas agree Gaza ceasefire, hostage release deal

15-01-2025 20:09 Multiphase ceasefire deal, brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt, commits Israel and Hamas to ending the war in Gaza after 15 months.

The site of the former clandestine detention and torture site known as Olimpo.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Judge orders government to protect dictatorship torture sites

15-01-2025 19:52 President Milei’s nominee for Supreme Court, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, orders Human Rights Secretariat to safeguard sites and staff of 'Olimpo,' 'Club Atlético,' 'Automotores Orletti' and 'Virrey Cevallos' after request by City legislator Victoria Montenegro.

A supporter of Bolivia's former president, Evo Morales, bangs a pot during the ‘Communal for Life’ march against the government of Luis Arce and to denounce the economic crisis outside the vice-presidency building in La Paz on January 13, 2025.

Police Protest Crackdown

Pro-Morales protesters clash with police in Bolivia, dozens arrested

15-01-2025 17:04 Bolivian police arrest more than 40 supporters of Evo Morales as political and judicial tensions soar.

Karina Milei and Martín Menem at Mar del Plata with Bernardo Lemma, the La Libertad Avanza party leader in Las Flores, Buenos Aires Province.

POLITICS

Karina Milei fancies midterms clash against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

15-01-2025 15:29 Rumour mill cranks into overdrive as talk of midterms showdown between president’s sister and former head of state in Buenos Aires Province ramps up; La Libertad Avanza Senator Sebastián Pareja and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem among those pushing for a Karina candidacy.

View of an unfinished bioterium at the Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neurosciences (IFIBYNE / UBA-CONICET), at Ciudad Universitaria in Buenos Aires on September 16, 2024.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Public spending slashed 26.8% last year

15-01-2025 14:01 Transfers to the provinces were the hardest hit by the austerity with a75.1% annual drop, explained by reductions in the transfers for both current (minus 68.6%) and capital (minus 94.3%) spending.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Pope voices concern over missing seven-year-old

15-01-2025 13:58 Pontiff expresses fears over disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña, the young boy who went missing in Corrientes seven months ago, noting hypothesis that child was “taken away to extract his organs for transplants.”

A tanker docks at the liquified natural gas terminal near Cartagena.

Climate Conundrum

Colombia's LNG imports threaten Gustavo Petro's climate push

15-01-2025 13:26 The Andean nation must bring in cargoes with a bigger carbon footprint as its own reserves dwindle and its president refuses to allow new drilling contracts.

Pope Francis is acknowledged by faithfuls as he holds the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on January 15, 2025.

MEMORY LANE WITH FRANCIS

Francis recounts 'mischievous' youth in autobiography

15-01-2025 12:33 Argentine pontiff reminisces on a childhood spent eating pizza, walking the streets and getting up to no good in his Buenos Aires neighbourhood.

World Economic Forum president and CEO Borge Brende gestures during a press conference to present the upcoming WEF annual meeting held in Davos, in Geneva, on January 14, 2025.

International Summit

Trump to make 'digital' appearance at Davos meeting

14-01-2025 17:30 US president-elect will "digitally" join world leaders at the annual World Economic Forum; President Javier Milei will also address global elite at summit.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei lowers peso crawling peg to 1% after inflation stabilises

14-01-2025 16:43 Monthly inflation continues to run near a four-year low, opening the door for first change to currency policy in more than a year.

Shoppers peruse prices at a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reveals Argentina's 2024 inflation rate: 117.8%

14-01-2025 16:38 Annual inflation nosedives in boost for Milei; Prices rose 2.7% last month, reports INDEC; Bureau’s data shows inflation fell almost 94 points year-on-year.

People pass by used clothes for barter or sale on a sidewalk in Villa Fiorito, Lomas de Zamora on November 13, 2023 where a pedestrian bridge is decorated with portraits of late football star Diego Maradona.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty affected 28.1% of portenos in Q3 2024

14-01-2025 14:40 Nearly 900,000 porteños were considered poor in the third quarter of 2024, according to City Hall statistics bureau.

US president-elect Donald Trump responds to an incriminating report by then special counsel Jack Smith.

UNITED STATES

Trump would have been convicted, according special counsel report

14-01-2025 12:33 With the US presidential inauguration just days away, newly released special counsel report declares Donald Trump would have faced criminal charge if not for re-election.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice-President Rosario Murillo.

Media Repression

46 Nicaraguan journalists exiled in 2024, says NGO

14-01-2025 11:46 Independent journalists face exile, arrest and disappearances under government led by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

A car and homes burned by the Palisades Fire are seen on January 12, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

FIRES IN LOS ANGELES

Search for bodies as LA firefighters brace for more wind

13-01-2025 17:45 Multiple wildfires fuelled by intense Santa Ana Winds are still burning across Los Angeles County while some containment has been achieved. At least 24 people have died and over 100,000 people are still under evacuation orders.

Firefighters work on a landslide site at Bethania neighbourhood, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on January 12, 2025.

Natural Disaster in Brazil

At least 10 dead in Brazil landslides

13-01-2025 17:31 Landslides caused by torrential rains in southeast Brazil have destroyed homes and left at least 10 people dead as rescue efforts continue.

In focus: Venezuela

What next for Venezuela? Maduro critics fear widening crackdown

13-01-2025 08:31 Critics warn of "Nicaragua-isation of Venezuela," with "no space at all for any kind of dissent."

María Corina Machado addresses supporters during a protest called by Venezuela’s opposition on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro’s presidential inauguration, in Caracas on January 9, 2025.

PROFILE

María Corina Machado: the face and fire of Venezuela's opposition

13-01-2025 05:56 María Corina Machado has become the face of Venezuela's opposition after being barred from challenging sitting-president Nicolás Maduro in last year's elections.

International Monetary Fund

IMF publishes grim evaluation of Argentina’s US$44-billion deal

12-01-2025 08:55 Ex-post evaluation paints a grim picture of Argentina’s latest IMF programme that began in March 2022. Staff detailed reckless policy decisions by the government of former president Alberto Fernández that derailed the programme and economy in the run-up to the 2023 presidential election.

BILATERAL SPAT

Maduro brands Milei a 'Nazi, Zionist and social sadist'

11-01-2025 10:00 Nicolás Maduro branded his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei a "Nazi, Zionist and social sadist" on Friday as he was sworn-in as Venezuela's leader for a third term.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech in front of Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on January 10, 2025. Maduro, in power since 2013, took the oath of office for a third term despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve.

Crisis in Venezuela

Maduro sworn in for third term as opponents condemn 'coup'

11-01-2025 09:48 Nicolás Maduro's inauguration on Friday for a third term as Venezuela's president drew widespread admonishment from countries that have accused him of stealing the July election.