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Espert's dirty financing

04-10-2025 06:45 On José Luis Espert’s ties with a suspected drug dealer and the libertarian obsession with coin.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A spooky Halloween earlier this month?

04-10-2025 06:38 To lay any claim to a positive result, pundits suggest that Milei would need to be the leading minority with at least 35 percent of the vote. The first objective looks like a done deal since LLA is the only nationwide contender.

by Michael Soltys

Locals fuel Argentine bond swings as Bessent stokes chaos

03-10-2025 17:38 Volatility soared in the past few weeks as Argentina slipped back toward a currency crisis.

Bessent’s Argentina rescue pledge put to test by traders attacking peso

03-10-2025 16:58 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s record as a powerful pacifier of unruly markets is now being put to the test in Argentina.

Bessent says United States ‘not putting money’ in Argentina, touts swap

02-10-2025 16:48 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated support for Argentina on Thursday, but later warned any aid wouldn’t involve outright US investment.

US court files show Espert received US$200,000 from alleged narco-trafficker

02-10-2025 13:36 Current national deputy and leading La Libertad Avanza candidate received a money order for US$200,000 in 2020, coming from a criminal organisation linked by Fred Machado, who is awaiting extradition to the United States.

Milei’s government sells dollars as peso starts to sink again

30-09-2025 21:06 Currency fell more than 6% Tuesday, biggest intraday drop since September 8,

After months of talks, Trump grants Milei his White House visit

30-09-2025 18:31 Argentina’s President will get his long-awaited official photo with his US counterpart at the White House; Milei will be the first South American leader to be rewarded with a formal bilateral meeting at the Oval Office with Trump.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Secondary school crisis: Only 1 in 10 students finish studies on time and to standard, warns report

29-09-2025 17:50 Argentina’s Education Secretariat provides details of plan to tackle secondary school dropouts and school lag after report from NGO highlights shocking figures.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

Milei condemns anti-Semitic chants by school pupils on Bariloche trip

29-09-2025 12:48 President Milei condemns "reprehensible" video of anti-Semitic chanting by school students on graduation trip in Bariloche.

Milei: From rockstar to beggar

27-09-2025 06:05 Milei has gone from international political rockstar to beggar in less than two years, following a similar trajectory to Mauricio Macri – only that the latter got bailed out after winning the midterm elections.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei’s bet on Trump pays off at critical moment for Argentina

26-09-2025 22:58 The years Javier Milei spent courting Donald Trump are paying off at a critical moment.

US Treasury Secretary lauds Milei at midtown gala

25-09-2025 09:03 US Treasury secretary heaps praise on President, claiming he has “laid the foundation for a new golden age in Argentina.”

IMF chief: Argentina ‘is moving in the right direction’

24-09-2025 18:51 IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva heaps praise on President as World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank vows assistance.

US to support Argentina with US$20-billion currency swap, bond purchases

24-09-2025 10:09 Treasury secretary says Washington in talks to support Argentina's Central Bank; Dollar-denominated bonds could also be purchased, with US investment likely to increase should next month's crucial midterms go Milei's way.

Trump backs Milei, downplays need for 'bailout' in Argentina

23-09-2025 15:10 White House official says a financial announcement on Argentina will be coming later Tuesday.

US senator questions Bessent on Argentina ‘bailout’ as Milei waits

23-09-2025 09:38 Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren seeks more information about the Trump administration’s "bailout” of Argentina’s economy.

Milei dangles big tax break for exporters in stealth devaluation

22-09-2025 14:07 Export tariffs temporarily scrapped on all of crop cargoes in a bid to bring dollars into the country.

Milei to meet Trump as Argentina seeks to avert market rout

21-09-2025 08:40 Javier Milei plans to meet President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday after hinting his country is in negotiations to halt a market sell-off and avoid a debt crisis.

Milei, asked about US Treasury talks, says negotiations advanced

20-09-2025 09:24 Financial support from Washington would provide relief to policymakers who are trying to reassure investors that Milei can sustain his austerity push after October’s midterm elections.