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The absent leader strategy and Mr ‘Knee Head’

Today 06:30 There’s an unwritten rule in Argentina’s politics that sometimes the leader has to remain absent. Javier Milei and some of his top-level officials appear to have taken a page from that playbook.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INSIDE OLIVOS

Few ministers on Milei’s list of recent visitors to Olivos residence

23-09-2025 13:24 Who has been visiting President Javier Milei at the Olivos presidential residence in recent months? Who is the economist who has been there more times than Economy Minister Luis Caputo? And why does a physiotherapist top the list?

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS & COURTS

Karina Milei drops legal action against audio recordings going public

16-09-2025 15:32 President’s sister and chief-of-staff drops lawsuit seeking to block publication of voice messages allegedly taped at Casa Rosada.

COURTS

Fired ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo could turn whistleblower in graft case

09-09-2025 00:23 The former head of the ANDIS national disability agency is pursuing a different strategy to the Kovalivkers, the owners of the Suizo Argentina, who have asked for the case implicated top Milei government officials to be closed.

by Giselle Leclercq

POLITICS & MEDIA

Javier Milei and his sister hate journalism

06-09-2025 07:30 President Milei and sister Karina have gone on the offensive against the media and despite some backlash, there doesn’t seem to be any real consequences of getting a controversial judge to pass an unconstitutional ruling.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANDIS SCANDAL

ANDIS scandal: Experts struggle to extract data from Spagnuolo’s phone

04-09-2025 16:28 Deleted messages from the phone of the former head of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), Diego Spagnuolo , cannot be recovered, according to experts working on data extraction

PRESS FREEDOM

Judge bans release of Karina Milei audios amid scandal

01-09-2025 18:47 Federal judge in Argentina blocks journalists from releasing audio recordings of President Javier Milei’s sister, Karina, in the midst of a bribery scandal.

As I see it

Dark clouds line the horizon

30-08-2025 06:52 Millions who voted for Milei less than two years ago may have assumed that he would immediately replace the old political class but, needless to say, that was a pipe dream.

by James Neilson

EDITORIAL

Audios rather more than hearsay

30-08-2025 06:37 No room for innocence where squeezing kickbacks out of the medicine for around a million disabled people is concerned – arguably the most vulnerable sector of society.

Politics & corruption

Milei’s libertarian dream and the risks of Karina’s greed

30-08-2025 06:22 It seems as if the Milei administration has been participating in the “caste-like” behaviour it was mandated by its voters to eradicate.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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Police carry out raids as Milei sister graft probe continues

29-08-2025 22:37 Police on Friday raided the offices of the ANDIS national disability agency and Suizo Argentino pharma firm as corruption probe continues.

BRIBERY SCANDAL

ANDIS bribery scandal: Court has more 50 audio recordings of Spagnuolo

29-08-2025 22:30 Prosecutor's office supplied with around 50 audio recordings that seem to feature ex-ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo by journalist Mauro Federico; Investigation into bribery scandal continues.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Milei’s poll numbers take a hit amid bribery scandal claims

29-08-2025 07:33 One week out from key elections in Buenos Aires Province, the popularity of Argentina’s President has hit a slump – but will scandalous graft claims be enough to damage his chances at the ballot-box?

by James Grainger

ABOUT THE BRIBERY SCANDAL

Explainer: What to know about ANDIS audio scandal

28-08-2025 16:52 Burgeoning corruption scandal prompted by leaked audio recordings linking Karina Milei and other top officials to corrupt practices in the purchases of medicine for disabled people.

POLITICS

Milei calls bribery scandal a lie after facing ‘rain of rocks’

28-08-2025 16:22 “This week’s operation is nothing more than another item on the long list of tricks by the caste and, like all the previous ones, just another lie,” declares President in speech to business leaders.

CORRUPTION CRISIS

Trading in ‘Lule’ Menem to save Karina Milei

28-08-2025 13:48 A risky idea is starting to spread in one government sector. Perhaps the only way to save the supreme sister is to sacrifice Lule.

by Javier Calvo

PROFILE: Diego Spagnuolo

Diego Spagnolo: Milei’s ex-lawyer caught up in bribery audio leaks

25-08-2025 17:51 The man at the centre of the latest scandal facing President Javier Milei’s government is a friend of the head of state with a relationship going back years.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Greedy and corrupt libertarians?

23-08-2025 06:15 Smear campaign tactics are a defining characteristic of the Argentine political ecosystem during the electoral season. Corruption has risen as a preoccupation for everyday citizens, but it is still the economy that will determine whether or not Milei is successful.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Milei adds a corruption scandal to his mounting list of woes

22-08-2025 22:59 Reeling from a week of political, economic and financial setbacks, President Javier Milei now faces a fresh corruption scandal reportedly linked to his sister.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Probe into alleged corruption at disability agency implicates Milei’s sister

22-08-2025 17:41 Raids carried out to gather evidence in an investigation into an alleged corruption case at the ANDIS national disability agency that implicates, among others, President Javier Milei's sister.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Disabled agency chief sacked after audio corruption claims

22-08-2025 12:08 Milei government announces it has placed ANDIS state agency for disabled under trusteeship and it will face audit; Chief Diego Spagnuolo sacked after leaked recordings allegedly featuring his voice claim shady deals with drug-suppliers involve Menem family and Karina Milei.

POLITICS

‘Idiot, imbecile or mentally deficient’? Milei government’s take on disabled

28-02-2025 16:54 Government describes handicapped as "idiots" and "imbeciles" in a resolution that is heavily criticised by campaigners; Eventually backtracks on “obsolete terminology,” fires official.