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

Today 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.

COMMUNITY

British ambassador hosts first major event in Buenos Aires

19-11-2025 10:14 David Cairns, UK’s envoy to Argentina, marks King Charles III’s birthday with 800-guest celebration and toast to bicentennial of bilateral relations.

POLITICS

Milei delays Cabinet changes after electoral triumph

30-10-2025 00:27 President says that he may avoid further modifications until change of Congress on December 10.

Cabinet changes

Milei names finance secretary Pablo Quirno as Argentina’s new foreign minister

23-10-2025 14:49 President Milei’s reshuffle gets underway early; Finance secretary and former JP Morgan executive Pablo Quirno, a close ally of Economy Minister Luis Caputo, named Argentina’s top diplomat following resignation of Gerardo Werthein.

Cabinet changes

Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona to quit Milei’s Cabinet after election

23-10-2025 11:04 Official will leave his post after Sunday’s elections, according to government sources; Pending departure will follow Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein’s decision to step down ahead of wider reshuffle.

Cabinet changes

Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein presents resignation to President Milei

22-10-2025 12:06 Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein has submitted his resignation to President Javier Milei, according to government sources; Decision follows days of speculation over his future and likely appointment of presidential advisor Santiago Caputo to Cabinet.

POLITICS

Milei to reshuffle Cabinet post midterm election, says report

21-10-2025 08:38 President Milei is expected to reshuffle his cabinet after Sunday's midterm elections, 'Clarín' reported Monday.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Milei's team draws up plans for post-election Cabinet reshuffle

16-10-2025 00:39 President Javier Milei will reshuffle his Cabinet after the October 26 national elections, with a number of key figures set to take on legislative posts. Potential PRO additions and the balance of power are under review.

'TODAY WE BURN JEWS!'

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.

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Provocation’: Montenegro slams plan to hand over part of ESMA site

29-05-2025 17:14 Buenos Aires City lawmaker Victoria Montenegro denounces move to turn part of former ESMA detention centre — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site — into administrative offices for Judiciary, describing move as part of campaign against human rights.

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AMCHAM SUMMIT 2025

‘Invest because Argentina is very cheap,’ Milei tells business leaders

20-05-2025 19:55 President Javier Milei tells business leaders today that “those who bet on Argentina will come out winning,” as he headlines the AmCham Summit 2025 in Buenos Aires.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

President shuts down unit investigating crypto scandal

20-05-2025 14:46 Closing investigative unit probing 'Cryptogate' scandal ends the government’s internal investigation into the matter.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Milei shutters office investigating ‘cryptogate’ $LIBRA scandal

20-05-2025 10:54 Government says special unit – set up by President Javier Milei and also disbanded by him – probing allegations related to controversial cryptocurrency scandal shuttered after completing its “assigned task.”

POLITICS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentina scraps ‘ideological’ programmes for women, LGBT community

16-05-2025 13:32 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona denounces initiatives as “absurd waste” – among defunded programmes are a plan to distribute menstrual hygiene products and another to provide support for families of gender violence victims.

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POLITICS & JUDICIARY

García-Mansilla sworn-in amid Supreme Court controversy

27-02-2025 16:38 President Milei imposes two new justices on nation’s highest tribunal by decree, defying Congress; Nominees for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of the next legislative period.”

MUSIC & POLITICS

Milei vs the Music: Free Milo J show at ex-ESMA blocked

13-02-2025 16:48 National government blocks performance by chart-topping star at ex-ESMA clandestine detention centre, prompting anger from artist’s camp.

Holocaust Remembrance

Milei uses Holocaust Day speech to talk about Elon Musk

27-01-2025 16:57 Argentina's president paid tribute to the victims of the genocide perpetrated by Nazi regime at an event in Buenos Aires on Monday, during which he defended billionaire Elon Musk and celebrated the release of hostages held by Hamas.

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.

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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.

INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Argentina dodges FATF money-laundering ‘grey list’

24-10-2024 18:44 Financial Action Task Force money-laundering watchdog approves report on Argentina and Milei government avoids possible sanctions which might have placed investments at risk.

COURT ROW

Government files habeas corpus against Venezuela's arrest warrant for Milei

11-10-2024 13:17 Officials in Argentina file pre-emptive habeas corpus writ before the federal courts in response to the issuing of international arrest warrant by Venezuela against President Javier Milei and several members of his government.

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Government cancels Patagonia land deal with Mapuche groups

02-10-2024 16:52 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona invalidates agreement established by Alberto Fernández government through which land in the Nahuel Huapi National Park was to be allocated to Mapuche groups.

OFFICIAL FORTUNES

Official fortunes: New minister’s statement shakes up Milei Cabinet rich list

03-09-2024 12:14 Argentina’s new Deregulation & State Transformation Minister Federico Sturzenegger’s sworn affidavit places him as the fourth-richest member of Javier Milei’s Cabinet. President now ranks seventh on a list topped by Foreign Minister Diana Mondino.

POLITICS & POLICY

Justice minister backed as critics slam gender diversity remarks

28-08-2024 15:10 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona criticised after declaring that Milei administration “rejects the diversity of sexual identities that do not align with biology.”

Human rights

Milei shutters special unit probing dictatorship-era abduction of minors

14-08-2024 13:37 Decree signed by President Milei closes special unit dedicated to investigating the kidnapping and disappearance of children during 1976-1983 dictatorship; Government justifies move on grounds it violates separation of powers; Latest in a series of controversial steps on human rights.

AMIA ATTACK 30TH ANNIVERSARY

New claim for justice on 30th anniversary of AMIA attack

18-07-2024 14:14 On Thursday, AMIA president Amos Linetzky headed the rally for the victims of the attack on the Jewish association on its 30th anniversary, and questioned courts’ failure to progress in the sentencing of those responsible.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Government begins push to lower age of criminal responsibility

30-06-2024 17:28 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and Justice Minister Cúneo Libarona announce Javier Milei’s government will submit a bill to Congress that would lower the age of criminal liability to 13 in a push to end “doctrine that benefits criminals to the detriment of victims.”

human rights & judiciary

Justice minister working on bill to lower age of criminal responsibility

04-04-2024 21:17 Mariano Cúneo Libarona posts on social media showing he had begun work on a bill that aims to lower the age of imputability so that minors can be sentenced from the age of 14.

JUDICIAL REFORM

Cúneo Libarona outlines plan for ‘absolute transformation’ of justice system

21-03-2024 11:21 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona plans overhaul of federal criminal procedural code, including shift to trial by jury system and changes to the Criminal Code.