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Karina Milei took underfire Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni with her on a trip to see YPF's facilities at the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina's south.

Karina takes Adorni south in show of support as scrutiny mounts

Today 01:44 Government insists it’s business-as-usual as drip-feed revelations over Manuel Adorni’s finances ramp up pressure on official; Presidential Chief-of-Staff takes Cabinet chief with her to Neuquén for Vaca Muerta visit.

Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili appear at an event in Washington DC organised by the Atlantic Council.

OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON

Argentina now more resilient to external shocks, top officials say

Yesterday 23:52 Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Central Bank chief Santiago Bausili tell audience in Washington that Argentina's FX regime held firm, marking a break from past crises.

by Santiago del Carril

Diego Maradona's former medical doctor Leopoldo Luque is seen at a courthouse for a preliminary hearing in a trial over his death in San Isidro, outskirts of Buenos Aires on April 14, 2026.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

'He was my idol,' says Maradona’s doctor, as new death trial begins

Yesterday 19:25 New trial into legendary footballer’s death gets underway in San Isidro with seven in dock; Re-run of trial after first collapsed 10 months ago amid scandal.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCING

World Bank lines up US$2bn shield for Argentina’s debt refinancing

Yesterday 16:01 Proposed backing could lower borrowing costs; Milei administration faces major July repayments and is seeking fresh international support.

Director General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Thibaut Bruttin poses for a picture after an interview with AFP in Guatemala City on April 13, 2026.

INTERVIEW: PRESS FREEDOM

Thibaut Bruttin: 'Trump playbook' is 'dangerous' example for press in Latin America

Yesterday 15:44 Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) press organisation says that Donald Trump's approach to the media could colour the behaviour of ideologically aligned leaders across Latin America.

FOOTBALL & BUSINESS

Messi new owner of Spanish fifth-tier club Cornella

Yesterday 15:26 Lionel Messi has bought Catalan club UE Cornellá in Spain's fifth tier, becoming the team's new owner.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCING

Argentina in talks for US$2-billion loan backed by World Bank

Yesterday 12:48 Argentina negotiating US$2-billion loan with private banks backed by guarantees from World Bank institutions.

Aerial view showing the ‘Estancia La Guitarra de Árboles,’ surrounded by fields of maize near General Levalle, in the south of Córdoba Province, on March 30, 2026.

LABOUR OF LOVE

Giant guitar of trees serves as tribute to eternal love

Yesterday 10:55 In the middle of the pampas, near General Levalle in the south of Córdoba Province, lies a giant guitar of trees. A labour of love created by the late Pedro Martín Ureta in memory of his departed wife, Graciela Yraizoz, the Estancia La Guitarra de Árboles began to take shape in 1979 can only truly be experienced from the air.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

IMF AGREEMENT

Trump support collides with IMF caution over Argentina programme

Yesterday 10:18 “Outstanding measures” required before the deal is taken to the Board. Trump’s support and pressure contrasts with a technical team that has worsened Argentina's inflation outlook and is calling for greater exchange-rate flexibility.

by Eugenia Muzio

Economy Minister Luis Caputo leaves the Casa Rosada.

BONDS & MARKETS

Luis Caputo says Argentina has cheaper funding options than bond sale

15-04-2026 22:56 Economy Minister Luis Caputo tells investors in Washington that President Javier Milei’s government won’t need to tap global capital markets this year thanks to cheaper financing options.

Boys sit in front of a mural depicting the late football star Diego Maradona in his hometown neighbourhood Villa Fiorito, in Buenos Aires Province.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Tears, horror and scandal – how first Maradona death trial collapsed

15-04-2026 22:47 Daughters weeping in court, squalid care of a legend exposed and a scandalous judge that derailed proceedings dramatically.

Economy Minister Luis Caputo and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF reaches agreement with Argentina on loan programme review

15-04-2026 18:41 International Monetary Fund and Argentina agree deal unlocking US$1 billion in fresh funds; Technicians sign off on state figures in second review; Fund praises fiscal progress as inflation concerns persist.

Javier Milei has vowed to defeat Argentina’s inflation problem by the middle of next year.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Iran war sets back Milei’s zero-inflation promise

15-04-2026 18:02 US war with Iran threatens to upend Milei’s promise to tame monthly inflation to below one percent by the middle of this year.

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

Rafael Grossi named one of world’s 100 most influential figures by Time magazine

15-04-2026 17:25 IAEA chief recognised for crisis diplomacy as he warns Iran oversight is vital; Argentine diplomat receives award days before key hearings get underway, race to be UN secretary-general heats up.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

March inflation spike puts Milei on the defensive

15-04-2026 17:21 March figure was pushed up by transport and seasonal costs such as education; Milei urges patience and vows disinflation will resume.

This handout photo released by Argentina's Presidency press office shows Argentina’s President Javier Milei (R) shaking hands with his counterpart from the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, before a meeting at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on April 14, 2026.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Milei hosts Czech President Petr Pavel at Casa Rosada

15-04-2026 16:32 Leaders discuss cooperation in areas such as defence, energy, science and technology, while highlighting shared positions on major international issues, including support for Ukraine.

AMCHAM SUMMIT 2026

Milei vows to stay course, tackles ‘bad’ inflation data head-on in AmCham speech

14-04-2026 19:37 President confronts negative inflation data head-on at AmCham Summit in Buenos Aires, defending austerity measures, insisting inflation “will plummet” and vowing to remain on his economic course.

by James Grainger

Diego Maradona's former medical doctor Leopoldo Luque arrives at courthouse for a preliminary hearing in a trial over his death in San Isidro, outskirts of Buenos Aires on April 14, 2026.

death of diego maradona

'Bunch of amateurs': Maradona's medical team back on trial

14-04-2026 18:00 Seven-strong medical team is accused of gross negligence causing his death during his home convalescence.

Vehicles wait in line at a Shell gas station in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Inflation picked up more than expected on energy shock

14-04-2026 17:35 Inflation picked up more than expected in March as prices at the pump rose sharply on the Iran war and as education costs surged.

People line up to receive food outside the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona, now transformed into a soup kitchen for neighbours in need, in Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires Province, on April 9, 2026.

SOCIETY

Maradona's birthplace repurposed as soup kitchen for hungry

14-04-2026 17:30 Diego Maradona's childhood home has become a soup kitchen and support centre for residents of Villa Fiorito, who receive clothes or a hot meal in the same courtyard where the late footballer grew up.

Shoppers at a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation continues to accelerate: consumer prices rose 3.4% in March

14-04-2026 15:17 Highest monthly increase since March 2025; Prices rose 3.4% last month and have risen 32.6% over last 12 months.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Orbán, the global far right and Milei’s moment

14-04-2026 14:46 The defeat of Hungary’s populist prime minister marks a setback for parties across the right-wing MAGA spectrum – Trump included.

by Walter Curia

Dalma Maradona (2-R) and Gianinna Maradona (2-L), daughters of Diego Maradona and his former partner, Veronica Ojeda (R), are seen at a courthouse during a preliminary hearing in a trial over his death in San Isidro, outskirts of Buenos Aires on April 14, 2026.

death of diego maradona

New trial into Diego Maradona's death begins in San Isidro

14-04-2026 13:01 New trial into legendary footballer’s death gets underway in San Isidro with seven in dock; Re-run of trial after first collapsed 10 months ago amid scandal.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

IMF cuts Argentina's growth outlook, raises inflation forecast

14-04-2026 11:38 Argentina’s economy will expand by 3.5% says multilateral lender in revised growth estimate; Inflation now predicted to close out year at 30.5% – a rise of 10 points on last projection.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Industry slumps for eighth month running

14-04-2026 10:32 INDEC data show manufacturing in prolonged contraction, with sharp falls in autos, machinery and textiles; Economists warn recovery hinges on consumption and investment rebound.

IMF PROGRAMME

Argentina to reach IMF staff agreement as early as this week

14-04-2026 09:05 Argentina expected to reach IMF staff-level agreement on second review of US$20-billion programme as early as this week.

FERIA DEL LIBRO 2026

Buenos Aires Book Fair turns 50 with a focus on memory

13-04-2026 21:16 Fiftieth anniversary edition will revisit censorship during the dictatorship, honour Jorge Luis Borges and expand into immersive formats about future of reading and publishing in Argentina.

President of Argentina Javier Milei, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban, President of FIFA Gianni Infantino attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace on February 19, 2026 in Washington DC.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Government greets Hungary’s new leader after Milei ally Orbán gets boot

13-04-2026 20:52 Milei’s Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno extends greeting to Hungary’s newly elected Prime Minister Péter Magyar after European nation votes to oust Viktor Orbán and end populist’s 16 years in power.

A container ship at the Port of Rosario in Argentina, on December 17, 2025.

Geopolitics & business

Milei’s auction favours group with past China ties, US dredger warns

13-04-2026 15:06 US dredging company calls out bid terms of President Javier Milei’s signature concession in Argentina, claiming they’re tilted in favour of a consortium with past ties to China.

Inside the Brasil Bolsa Balcão (B3) stock exchange in the financial district of São Paulo.

MARKETS & INVESTMENT

Oil-rich Latin America lures traders navigating war jitters

13-04-2026 14:45 Latin American assets have emerged as a haven for emerging-market investors trying to navigate an increasingly volatile global backdrop.

A drilling site at the Vaca Muerta formation in northern Patagonia.

OIL & GAS

Halliburton wins multi-billion-dollar YPF fracking contract

13-04-2026 14:30 Halliburton says it has secured a multibillion-dollar contract from Argentina’s state-run oil company YPF to provide bundled fracking services at Vaca Muerta.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Wanted: A governing agenda for Javier Milei

11-04-2026 07:44 A perception of dissonance between what the wider world and the public here see of Milei and his government is bad news for the administration.

by Marcelo J. García

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Cabinet chiefs past and present

11-04-2026 07:38 The Cabinet chief’s role as whipping boy can be traced back to the post’s origins in the 1995 constitutional reform.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Russian psyops and the dance of the candidates

11-04-2026 07:34 The Milei administration is on the back foot, tired, hanging off the ropes, but is nowhere near knockout territory.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

The iceman goeth

11-04-2026 06:04 Resources are the name of the game in today’s world and the amendments to the 2010 Glaciers Law should be seen within that context.

The Argentine microsatellite ATENEA attached to the Artemis II moon mission successfully completed its 20 hours of transmitting data from outer space to earth last weekend, the CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales) space agency informed.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: April 2 to 10

10-04-2026 18:33 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Politics

Prosecutors probe US$10,000 New York flights of Cabinet chief, wife

10-04-2026 14:33 Investigation is seeking to establish who paid for the return journey of Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni and his wife, Bettina Angeletti, from New York after Argentina Week roadshow.

A currency exchange house in Buenos Aires.

economy

Argentina tweaks FX rules after cost of getting dollars out surges

10-04-2026 12:29 Milei government issues new rules for investors moving money out of the country after increased use of the parallel foreign-exchange market drove cost of trades up.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Milei pleads for patience as growth slows and approval falls

10-04-2026 12:20 “We know that the last months were hard. That’s why we’re asking for patience. This is the right path," says President Milei in social media post.

Eduardo Coudet is known for his intense, possession-based football that mirrors the manic energy he projects from the sidelines, and it is impressive just how quickly he has instilled that on a River team that looked to be merely going through the motions for long spells under Gallardo and his predecessor Martín Demichelis.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Eduardo Coudet makes impressive start at River

10-04-2026 07:48 River are in the Copa Sudamericana for the first time since winning it in 2014 in Marcelo Gallardo’s first year in charge, a title which kickstarted one of the greatest coaching tenures in history. Now, his replacement would love to launch a dynasty of his own, with the cup as a launching pad.

by Dan Edwards

POLITICS & SCANDAL

Pressure on Adorni builds as investigators probe assets, travel, bank details

09-04-2026 20:40 President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth and transactions involving third parties; Judge requests banking secrecy rules to be lifted to aid probe.

Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announce discovery of missing grandchild number 138, the son of political activists Marta Enriqueta Pourtalé and Juan Carlos Villamayor, who went missing in 1976.

human rights

Report: Government not supporting campaign to restore dictatorship identities

09-04-2026 19:20 Milei administration has interrupted sending of DNA kits to consulates nationwide for those who have doubts about their identity and suspect they may be children of disappeared.

Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva fronts a press conference.

Crime & Security

Authorities say fatal school shooting linked online ‘TCC’ crime community

09-04-2026 18:49 Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva says San Cristóbal school shooting was not “an isolated case nor a case of bullying,” claiming the shooter “participated in an international digital network” and Internet subculture dedicated to such incidents.

Argentine fans celebrate their second goal scored by Lionel Messi during a friendly football match between Argentina and Zambia at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on March 31, 2026.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina to play Honduras and Iceland in pre-World Cup friendlies

09-04-2026 17:56 'La Scaloneta' will face Honduras on June 6 in Texas and Iceland’s senior side on June 9 in Alabama ahead of World Cup kick-off.

Demonstrators pose during a protest against the modifications of the Glaciers Law in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires, on April 8, 2026.

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental NGOs seek ‘largest collective lawsuit in history’ to defend glaciers

09-04-2026 14:08 Environmental groups call on members of the public to join a massive collective lawsuit against President Javier Milei’s changes to Argentina’s Glacier Law, which were approved by the lower house in the early hours of Thursday morning.

by Felipe Leibovich

POLITICS

From chainsaw to pay rise: Ministers cash in despite Milei's austerity drive

09-04-2026 13:33 Government decree lifts top officials’ wages to over eight million pesos a month, fuelling debate over austerity promises; Salary surge contrasts with Javier Milei’s pledge to cut political privilege.

by Gustavo Winkler

Argentina's Glaciers are subject to legal protections, but President Javier Milei's bill would weaken existing rules for glaciers and periglacial areas.

ANALYSIS

Congress approves glacier law in win for Milei and copper miners

09-04-2026 11:42 Reform, which miners had lobbied for, gives provincial governors control over deciding whether a glacier or permafrost formation is a key source of water downstream. If the provinces decide they aren’t, miners can exploit them.

Demonstrators protest in front of the Congress building against changes to the national glacier protection law in Buenos Aires on April 8, 2026.

Ley de Glaciares

Milei’s controversial glacier law reform approved by Congress

09-04-2026 08:08 President Javier Milei's government secures passage of its reform bill that weakens Argentina's glacier protection law in lower house; Changes will open door to increased mining projects, with responsibility for periglacial areas passing to provincial governors.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Author Samanta Schweblin wins one-million-euro literary prize

09-04-2026 00:56 Argentine author takes inaugural €1m award for 'El buen mal'; Controversy surrounds state-backed Aena’s entry into the literary sphere with Premio Aena de Narrativa Hispanoamericana prize.

A shopper browses products at a grocery store in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

World Bank sees Argentina’s economy growing 3.6% this year

08-04-2026 15:47 Economy will grow 3.6% this year and 3.7% next year; Multilateral institution’s forecast means Argentina is currently on track to record three years of consecutive growth for first time since 2008.

Lucrecia Martel: One of the most influential contemporary filmmakers returns with a documentary redefining our outlook on the social and sensory spheres.

FILM & CINEMA / INTERVIEW

Lucrecia Martel: ‘Filmmakers have the best tools – cheaper and more potent than missiles’

08-04-2026 13:59 Argentine film director Lucrecia Martel moves into documentary making with ‘Nuestra tierra’ (“Our land”), a feature which does not limit itself to reconstructing the facts.

by Juan Manuel Dominguez

ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT & POLITICS

Explainer: Milei’s attempt to change glacier protection law

08-04-2026 11:23 Argentina’s Glacier Law reform push is a battle between mining ambitions and environmental protection; Milei’s proposed changes could reshape glacier safeguards, expand mining activity, and shift power to provincial governments.

A Greenpeace banner criticising proposed changes to Argentina’s Glacier Law, calling on national deputies 'not to betray' compatriots is displayed on a monument in front of the National Congress building in Buenos Aires, on April 8, 2026.

Ley de Glaciares

Congress to debate easing glacier protection law to boost mining

08-04-2026 10:52 Activists and demonstrators are set to take to the streets later today in protest at debate over changes to Argentina's National Glacier Law.

An Argentine counts 10,000-peso bill banknotes.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inequality eases slightly, but income gap remains stark

08-04-2026 10:36 Income inequality improved slightly towards end of 2025; INDEC data shows richest 10% still earn 13 times more than poorest, with sharp disparities in gender and informal employment persisting.

Ana Valerio took out a loan in 2024 to help pay for her daughter’s 'quinceañera.'

FEATURE

Argentines plunge into debt for bills, cars and birthday parties

08-04-2026 09:59 Improved access to credit has been a notable shift, but a new problem has emerged: the growing number of borrowers struggling to repay debts.

Buses on the Metrobus lane of Buenos Aires.

Public transport

Fewer buses on streets as fuel costs rise and subsidies go unpaid

07-04-2026 16:45 Firms reduce number buses in circulation by between 20% and 40% as fuel prices surge amid Middle East crisis.

FURTHER REVELATIONS

Adorni faces renewed scrutiny over another privately arranged mortgage

07-04-2026 13:45 Another apartment financed with dollars from private lenders: Cabinet chief was given a US$100,000-loan from two women on November 15, 2024, when he was serving as Milei’s presidential spokesperson.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

InterCement deal ‘once in a lifetime opportunity,’ Mindlin says

07-04-2026 12:30 Argentine energy mogul Marcelo Mindlin is leading a group of investors and creditors seeking to restructure Brazil’s InterCement, the parent company of Loma Negra SA.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

Mystery surrounding Burford’s hidden YPF litigation partners grows

07-04-2026 12:03 Over and above the forfeited gains of the law office that litigated against Argentina, the big losers of the recent New York Court of Appeals ruling over the nationalisation of YPF are the investors who bought up part of the suit. The story of a trial which still shrouds identities – a mystery only a US judge will be able to elucidate.

by Carlos Burgueño

McEwen Copper is in talks with the US Export-Import Bank as it seeks financing for its US$4-billion Los Azules project in Argentina.

MINING

McEwen Copper in talks with lenders to fund Argentina project

07-04-2026 11:47 McEwen Copper in talks with global lenders as it seeks financing for its US$4 billion Los Azules project in Argentina.

Women's rights campaigners take to the streets for the annual Ni Una Menos march.

VIOLENCE & SOCIETY

68 gender-based killings in Argentina in first quarter, report finds

07-04-2026 11:32 Report by La Casa del Encuentro NGO recorded 68 gender-based killings in January-March period; 72% of killings took place in victim’s home.

Workers inspect trucks arriving with pipes for the Vaca Muerta Sur pipeline in Neuquén.

MARKETS & BONDS

Argentina looks to global debt markets to finance energy boom

07-04-2026 10:41 Corporate borrowers are turning to global debt markets to fund an energy-driven expansion.

POLITICS

Questions mount for Manuel Adorni as probes examine assets, travel

06-04-2026 15:56 President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth and transactions involving third parties.

MARKETS & BONDS

Ex-Wall Street trader attempts distressed M&A turnarounds in Milei’s Argentina

06-04-2026 14:22 After years trading securities in New York, Esteban Nofal’s hunt for returns has brought him home to Argentina.

Chile's President José Antonio Kast and Argentina’s President Javier Milei look at each other on the balcony of the Casa Rosada government palace after a meeting, in Buenos Aires on April 6, 2026.

FOREIGN POLICY

Milei meets Kast after failed arrest of Chilean ex-guerrilla

06-04-2026 13:36 Argentina’s President hosts Chilean counterpart in Buenos Aires as ties deepen; Visit overshadowed by failed arrest of ex-guerrilla wanted by Santiago as leaders seek closer political and economic alignment.

GUEST COLUMN

Perspectives and trends for Argentina in the current global context

04-04-2026 18:18 What started as a demonstration of power became, in a matter of weeks, a factor of internal instability.

by Gustavo Vera

Sandra Pettovello and Leandro Massaccesi.

Politics

Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello axes chief-of-staff over loan scandal

04-04-2026 09:43 Move follows circulation of list of Banco Nación loans; Leandro Massaccesi’s exit sealed within hours of list – detailing loans issued by state bank to senior officials – circulating online.

People high-five each other after playing padel on a court in Miami, Florida, on March 22, 2026.

SPORT & LEISURE

'Sport of the future'? Padel's Miami boom augurs US expansion

04-04-2026 09:19 Padel originated in the late 1960s in Mexico and was exported to Argentina and Spain. As its popularity explodes in Miami, its fans say it will conquer the rest of the United States – and the world.

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

Argentina backs Bolivia, rebukes UK ambassador in La Paz in diplomatic clash

04-04-2026 08:52 Milei government sparks diplomatic clash by criticising UK Ambassador in Laz Richard Porter, who had previously described Bolivia’s support for Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claim as unacceptable.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Easter islands

04-04-2026 06:31 Argentina is celebrating Easter with a president more interested in Passover but the bigger challenges to the traditional Church are coming from secularisation and Protestantism.

by Michael Soltys