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Congress approves labour reform in win for Milei

Yesterday 09:36 Despite last-minute changes, Javier Milei's labour reform stands to be one of the biggest overhauls to Argentina’s economy in decades.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

Yesterday 09:24 Key aspects of the reform promoted by Milei and his La Libertad Avanza party.

POVERTY

Social drama: Argentina's homeless crisis

Yesterday 08:44 Number of people living on streets increased by 30% in Buenos Aires City over last year; Economic and mental health problems in the capital.

by Mariano Casas Di Nardo

AFA FOOTBALL PROBE

AFA legal case: The claims investigated by judges that put Tapia under pressure

Yesterday 06:44 The courts are investigating football authorities for holding back money, its Qatar 2022 World Cup prizes and fraudulent financial movements; AFA chief Tapia has been summoned and slapped with restrictions on leaving the country.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Ironies of FATE

Yesterday 06:05 Tensions between the liberal right and the nationalistic right could start to make themselves felt here.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei: Dominant in decay

Yesterday 06:01 The improved macroeconomic situation must eventually translate into better opportunities for a majority of the people.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

The lion roars tomorrow

Yesterday 06:01 Let us hope that President Milei takes a newly favourable Congress seriously and presents a solid agenda for the parliamentary year ahead.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Major victory for Milei as labour modernisation bill clears Congress

27-02-2026 23:06 Argentina’s Congress approves ruling party’s Labour Modernisation Bill after weeks of protests and negotiations; Flagship bill will loosen existing rules, reduce severance pay and lower employer taxes, among other measures.

MINING & GLACIERS

US$40-billion copper boom hinges on revamped glacier law

27-02-2026 20:25 Argentina’s Senate voted on Thursday on Javier Milei's bill that would allow governors – many pro-mining – to overrule federal protections on glaciers and their surrounds, known as periglacial areas.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Congress votes to lower age of criminal responsibility to 14

27-02-2026 19:29 Milei and La Libertad Avanza notch up another legislative win in special Congress sessions; New juvenile penal regime will lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14, down from the present age of 16.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: February 20 to 27

27-02-2026 18:21 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU advances with Mercosur trade deal in ‘provisional’ step

27-02-2026 17:53 French President Emmanuel Macron, a critic of the EU-Mercosur deal, calls the decision a “bad surprise” at an event in Paris.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Senate approves Milei’s weakening of glacier protection law

27-02-2026 14:06 Argentina’s upper house approves Milei-backed overhaul of landmark 2010 law, bill now heads to lower house; Greenpeace activists detained during protest outside Congress.

Football in Argentina

From glory to grind - ‘El Muñeco’ bows out as costly comeback unravels

27-02-2026 09:42 Never go back, they say; Marcelo Gallardo is just the latest top coach to find out the hard way.

by Dan Edwards

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU says it will provisionally apply contested Mercosur trade deal

27-02-2026 08:31 European Union announces it will implement provisionally its mammoth trade deal with the Mercosur trade bloc while waiting for a top court's ruling on its legality.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

US backs Argentina in discovery fight in US$18-billion YPF case

27-02-2026 07:59 US government has previously backed Argentina in the case, urging courts not to allow the plaintiffs to seize majority stake in YPF.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to outline reform push in Congress speech

26-02-2026 21:37 Riding high off approval of EU-Mercosur deal and progress on amendments to Glacier Protection Law, President will address Legislative Assembly – and the nation – in a primetime speech Sunday night.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Court intervention puts abortion drug supply under scrutiny

26-02-2026 18:34 Federal court orders Health Ministry to publicise a collective constitutional amparo action seeking to guarantee access to abortion.

by Barbara Komarovsky

GOVERNMENT INFIGHTING

Victoria Villarruel’s coup

26-02-2026 18:18 Purple officials interpret Villarruel’s stance as part of her strategy to seek a new political umbrella, since Milei will be seeking re-election next year with another running-mate.

by Javier Calvo

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Senate approves EU-Mercosur trade deal by huge majority

26-02-2026 16:42 Lawmakers in Argentina ratify sweeping trade deal between Mercosur and European Union, hours after Uruguay did the same; Senate follows lower house approval with huge majority vote, 69 in favor, three against.

ENVIRONMENT

Activists arrested at protest over Milei's attempt to water down glacier protection law

26-02-2026 15:46 Twelve activists from environmental NGO Greenpeace arrested during a protest at Congress against potential reform of Glacier Protection Law.

MARKETS

Argentine stocks are left behind as earnings growth eludes Milei

26-02-2026 13:42 Investors have lauded Milei for slashing fiscal spending and slowing Argentina’s rampant inflation, but those successes are yet to translate into a durable surge in profits.

latin america

IDB: Uber drivers in Latin America are educated men earning US$7/hour

26-02-2026 08:25 Uber drivers in Latin America and the Caribbean are overwhelmingly male, most have a high rate of university education and tend to take on the work part-time.

MILEI IN AMERICA

Argentina Week: Milei takes governors to Wall Street in investment drive

25-02-2026 23:54 President to headline Argentina Week event in New York; Roadshow to gather global CEOs, top bankers and provincial leaders; Eight governors to join trip as government promotes RIGI and monetary overhaul.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights office could be moved from ex-ESMA on eve of 50th coup anniversary

25-02-2026 16:11 President Javier Milei’s government analysing moving Argentina’s Human Rights Department from ex-ESMA clandestine detention centre to offices of now defunct Women, Gender and Diversity Ministry; Move would take place in the same month as the 50th anniversary of the 1976 coup, according to reports.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Dealing with taxes, eliminating the PASO primaries – Milei’s agenda for coming months

25-02-2026 13:01 La Libertad Avanza believes that there is more than enough margin to continue implementing changes which they describe as “structural.”

Crime & Security

‘All crimes in Buenos Aires have fallen,’ says City Mayor Macri

25-02-2026 12:32 Buenos Aires City mayor says his administration has taken “a political decision to enforce the law” and that, as a result, all crimes in the capital have decreased.

LITERATURE

Argentine and Brazilian writers among finalists for International Booker Prize

25-02-2026 11:53 Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s 'Las niñas del naranjel' (“We Are Green and Trembling”) nominated for slot on the 2026 shortlist; Chaco-based novel revisits colonial history through a bold and unsettling lens.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity rose 4.4% in 2025 year-on-year, reports INDEC

24-02-2026 19:16 Bureau’s estimator of economic activity records 3.5% year-on-year increase for December 2025, 1.8% increase compared to November.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Crime down in capital: Murders, robberies, carjackings fall to historic lows in Buenos Aires

24-02-2026 18:42 Homicide rate dropped to 2.5 per 100,000 inhabitants last year, making Buenos Aires the second-safest capital in the Americas behind Ottawa, Canada.

by Federico Perez Vecchio

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy expanded more than expected after midterm election

24-02-2026 18:07 Argentina’s economy grew more than expected in December due in part to a historic wheat harvest.

POULTRY INDUSTRY

Argentina detects bird flu outbreak, suspends exports

24-02-2026 17:13 Animal health authorities confirm outbreak of bird flu at facility in Buenos Aires Province, leading to the temporary suspension of exports.

Road safety

Motorcyclists account for almost half of Argentina’s road deaths

24-02-2026 15:43 Data shows around 46% of those killed in road traffic accidents are motorcyclists. High accident rates among youth and a lack of oversight from shuttered key road safety bodies set alarm bells ringing.

Football in Argentina

Marcelo Gallardo resigns as River Plate coach, ending disastrous second spell

23-02-2026 22:04 Marcelo Gallardo officially confirms his resignation as River Plate's head coach in a surprise video; Farewell match at home to Banfield this Thursday.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei government eyes criminal and labour reform in key week

23-02-2026 18:07 Reform of Juvenile Penal Code, Milei’s administration’s labour modernisation bill and the ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement are the priorities at the close of extraordinary Congress sessions.

POLITICS

Top Milei official says VP Villarruel ‘not part of our administration’

23-02-2026 17:25 Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni says Vice-President Victoria Villarruel is not involved in policy-making and “is not part” of Javier Milei’s administration.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Dismissals, trial periods and litigation – key changes in Javier Milei’s labour reform bill

23-02-2026 15:53 Argentina’s government wants to reduce labour litigation, but lawyers warn that the changes in dismissals, trial periods and litigation could have the opposite effects to those sought by the government.

by Gabriel Zorrilla

Football in Argentina

Gallardo and River: Is the end of a painful second act drawing near?

23-02-2026 14:48 After three straight league defeats and mounting pressure, Marcelo Gallardo’s return to the Monumental is turning sour.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Hidrovía – time and tide

21-02-2026 06:05 A pro-market government keener on export-led than consumer-led growth and committed to opening up Argentina is nevertheless singularly indifferent to the infrastructural pillars of growth, sacrificed to an obsessive fiscal surplus.

by Michael Soltys

EDITORIAL

Labour's love lost

21-02-2026 00:24 Analysis of the Labour Modernisation bill’s 200-plus articles was largely reduced to the “error” of halving sick leave pay – entirely typical of a modern compulsion to simplify complex issues for mass consumption.

Football in Argentina

Racism is wrong and it must be removed from our game

20-02-2026 22:17 While the ostrich approach has served its purpose so far, at some point the sport will have to stand up and take action against a phenomenon which is bringing it into disrepute.

by Dan Edwards

EU-MERCOSUR AGREEMENT

EU-Mercosur deal: Europe puts brakes on, Argentina pushes pedal to the metal

20-02-2026 19:29 Europe claims to defend free trade but is legislating automatic braking mechanisms for its ill-at-ease farming sector. European multilateralism has a rhetorical conviction but also electoral memory.

by Eduardo Reina

FOOTBALL

AFA denies tax debts and criticises inquiry into Tapia

20-02-2026 19:02 Tapia has been barred from leaving Argentina by a judge.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: February 13 to 20

20-02-2026 19:00 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

LETTER BOMB ATTACK

Three injured in letter bomb blast at school in Buenos Aires, say police

20-02-2026 16:19 Three people were injured Friday after a mail bomb exploded at the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Lower House passes Milei’s flagship labour reform

20-02-2026 10:30 Despite last-minute changes, Javier Milei's labour reform still stands to be one of the biggest overhauls to Argentina’s economy in decades.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei's labour reform bill clears lower house, advances to Senate

20-02-2026 00:56 Lower house approves labour reform after stormy session; Bill heads to Senate following nationwide protests and CGT general strike.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Strike pauses nation but fails to stop Milei's labour reform in lower house

19-02-2026 23:57 Lawmakers in lower house vote in favour of President Milei's flagship labour reform bill; National strike and protests fail to stop reform push.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

New juvenile penal regime clears Senate committee

19-02-2026 20:02 Proposal would raise the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 and reform a dictatorship-era law to create a special new regime for minors.