News of economy

Officials at NYC roadshow tell investors Argentina is ‘fertile ground’

Yesterday 20:19 Milei slams two business leaders at three-day promotional roadshow in New York; President defends actions of the US and Israeli administrations in Middle East and calls for investors to step up.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei, then-son of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a gathering in Tehran on March 2, 2016.

WAR IN IRAN

Middle East war set to rage on as Iran's new leader breaks silence

Yesterday 18:25 Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signals he won’t back down in the Middle East war in his first public comments since succeeding his assassinated father.

A supermarket in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

INFLATION – ANALYSIS

Argentina posted higher-than-expected inflation ahead of Iran war shock

Yesterday 17:17 Monthly and annual inflation readings both came in higher than expected in February, before the war in Iran put upward pressure on oil prices.

This photo illustration shows the hands of a man withdrawing Argentine pesos from an ATM in a bank in Buenos Aires on March 5, 2026.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Utilities surge kept inflation at monthly 2.9% in February

Yesterday 17:06 Prices up 5.9% since turn of the year, 33.1% over past year; Housing, utilities and fuels, food and non-alcoholic beverages, miscellaneous goods and services recorded highest increases last month.

ENERGY & GAS

Oil rally can boost Argentina's shale industry, Vista CEO says

Yesterday 16:40 Higher oil prices stemming from Iran war in Iran could boost Argentina’s thriving shale patch, says Vista Energy CEO Miguel Galuccio.

POLITICS

Adorni’s travel scandal overshadows Milei’s investor push in New York

Yesterday 13:48 Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni in eye of storm; Official’s wife travelled on presidential aircraft to New York for Argentina Week roadshow; Fresh reporting about private-jet holiday intensifies scrutiny.

FEATURE

Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home

Yesterday 11:20 Expats are torn between a desire to rebuild their homeland and preserving the hard-won prosperity they’ve achieved abroad, for themselves and their families.

This handout satellite image taken by 2026 Planet Labs PBC on March 2, 2026 shows smoke billowing following an explosion from the port of Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

GLOBAL OIL MARKET

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

Yesterday 10:56 Iran launches new wave of attacks; Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of global crude passes – effectively shut down; Oil prices soar, trading above US$100; International Energy Agency bemoans "largest supply disruption in history of global oil market.”

MARKETS – ANALYSIS

Argentina missed early window to sell bonds, investors say

11-03-2026 17:33 Investors say Milei government may have missed a window to return to debt markets in January after deeming it too expensive.

Chile's new President José Antonio Kast waves from the presidential convertible car after his inauguration ceremony in Valparaíso, Chile, on March 11, 2026.

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Chile’s new President Kast to signal swift alignment with Trump

11-03-2026 14:21 Kast’s new administration plans to sign broad agreements with the United States to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.

ENERGY, FINANCE & GEOPOLITICS

Milei reactivates dams, consolidating strategic rapprochement with China

11-03-2026 09:36 Argentina’s government has confirmed that work on the hydroelectric complex on the Santa Cruz river – which has been paralysed since Javier Milei came to power – has resumed. The project, integrally financed by Chinese banks and implemented by the Gezhouba company, returns to the agenda amid an uptick in the relations between Buenos Aires and Beijing.

by Carlos Burgueño

Mark Nelson, vice-chairman of Chevron Corp, during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on January 9, 2026.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Chevron sees ‘more to be done’ by Milei to boost shale boom

10-03-2026 21:35 Milei is expanding a programme to attract foreign investments, now including new shale oil projects, but a top executive at Chevron says more needs to be done.

ARGENTINA WEEK

Milei slams business critics as he opens Argentina roadshow in NYC

10-03-2026 16:37 Milei dismisses Techint CEO Paolo Rocca and Javier Madanes Quintanilla, the owner of the recently shuttered Fate tyre manufacturer, as businessmen seeking favours from governments.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Is Argentina at war?

10-03-2026 14:50 At a Jewish university in New York, President Milei once again described Iran as an “enemy” and declared that “we are going to win” the war in the Middle East. The lessons of the past and the risks of reckless ideological displays.

by Walter Curia

President Javier Milei speaks with Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman as part of the university’s “Great Conversations” series during an “Argentina Week” discussion focusing on global economic leadership and voicing support for the State of Israel on March 9, 2026 in New York City.

MARKETS

Argentina’s bond rally limited by junk label, war fallout

10-03-2026 11:11 As President Milei meets investors in New York in a bid to attract interest in Argentina, the momentum behind the country’s bonds has largely stalled.

FOOTBALL

Is free-to-view football coming back to Argentina?

09-03-2026 18:18 Longtime football executive from Córdoba, Emeterio Farías, says that AFA will announce the return of “cost-free” television for supporters imminently – potentially including the top flight, though not for some time.

by Andy Ferreyra

ENERGY & GAS

YPF says fuel prices will not change despite oil price surge

09-03-2026 17:03 Horacio Marín, CEO of state-controlled energy firm, says its "micropricing" strategy will smooth volatility amid Middle East conflict.

US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei pose for a photo at the beginning of the 'Shield of the Americas' Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Argentina to see ‘trade improvement’ from Middle East war, Milei says

09-03-2026 14:25 War in the Middle East could generate “an improvement” in Argentina’s oil and agricultural exports, says Milei.

ARGENTINA WEEK ROADSHOW

Milei backs Trump as he launches Argentina roadshow in New York

09-03-2026 12:39 President voices strong support for Donald Trump, forecasts global political shifts driven by war and geopolitics.

A shopper checks prices at a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

City data shows consumer prices rose 2.6% in February

09-03-2026 12:29 Residents in the capital have seen prices rise 5.7 percent so far this year and by 32.4 percent over the last 12 months.

A banner from the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) umbrella union grouping is displayed by workers during a rally against the government of President Javier Milei and to commemorate May Day (Labour Day) in Buenos Aires on April 30, 2025. Argentina's labor unions mobilized on Wednesday on the eve of Workers' Day with slogans against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei.

POLITICS & LABOUR

CGT challenges part of Milei labour reform in court

09-03-2026 09:38 CGT files lawsuit asking for implementation of Milei's labour reform to be suspended.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

A future which works

07-03-2026 06:53 Milei’s determination to open up one of the world’s most closed economies is moving at vastly superior speed to the painstaking parliamentary passage of the structural reforms local companies need to compete.

by Michael Soltys

EDITORIAL

Wheels within wheels

07-03-2026 06:46 Milei’s insults only served to lend importance to the fading force of Kirchnerism, perhaps a deliberate strategy to preserve an electoral opponent virtually guaranteeing him victory.

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s regime change drive

07-03-2026 06:43 Regime change is easier said than done.

by Marcelo J. García

(GEO)POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Argentina: the safest country in the world

07-03-2026 06:36 With the world in chaos, Milei returned to the basics and relied on the same kind of things that got him elected in the first place.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Workers of tyre company Fate, judges of the labour courts and judicial employees protest against the labour reform promoted by Argentina’s President Javier Milei outside Argentina's courthouse in Buenos Aires on February 24, 2026.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Milei signs labour reform: New rules for contracts, strikes and severance

06-03-2026 11:08 New legislation reshapes employment contracts, severance rules, strike regulations and collective bargaining while creating a new employer-funded labour assistance system.

Football in Argentina

Tapia places ace card as Argentina’s clubs cancel matches and strike

06-03-2026 09:57 Footballers are hanging up their boots in solidarity with the paymasters and rulemakers. The industrial action prepared in the coming days is almost unprecedented and a clear statement in these sensitive political times.

by Dan Edwards

AFA LEADERSHIP ROW

River Plate withdraws from AFA executive committee meetings

06-03-2026 09:09 Club cites lack of clear decision-making procedures and renews call for a 20-team top flight; Decision comes amid disputes over governance, league format and recent rulings.

Deregulation and State Transformation Federico Sturzenegger andCabinet Chief Manuel Adorni.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: February 28 to March 6

06-03-2026 07:33 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei at the White House.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei departs for Trump-hosted security summit in Miami

06-03-2026 07:20 Several Latin American leaders aligned with Washington’s agenda invited; Milei to travel to Miami, before travelling on to New York for Argentina Week.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Top Argentina official resigned after return to markets shelved

05-03-2026 16:40 Alejandro Lew was only appointed to the position last November to spearhead Argentina’s return to international markets.

View of the Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park near El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, taken on June 8, 2025.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Glacier Law reform debate likely delayed until April

05-03-2026 09:09 Public hearings in Lower House will push a key vote on President Milei’s proposed changes to Argentina’s Glacier Protection Law into next month; Senate approved controversial overhaul of legislation last week.

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (kleft) and Paraguay's Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano pose for pictures after signing documents as several regional leaders watch on during the signing ceremony of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, at the Gran Teatro José Asunción Flores of Paraguay's Central Bank in Asuncion on January 17, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Brazil ratifies EU-Mercosur trade deal

05-03-2026 08:46 Brazil's Senate ratifies deal between the Mercosur bloc and the European Union; European Commission announced last week that it would provisionally implement the mammoth deal.

ENERGY & GAS

Vaca Muerta gas to flow to Europe under major eight-year LNG pact

04-03-2026 16:31 Eight-year contract for two million tonnes per year marks the country’s largest long-term gas sale to date; Southern Energy and Securing Energy for Europe ink deal.

Pierpaolo Barbieri, founder and chief executive officer of Ualá, during the Bloomberg New Economy at the B20 in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

BUSINESS & BANKING

Ualá reaches US$3.2-billion valuation in new funding round

04-03-2026 12:35 Funding comes as companies grow more optimistic about Argentina’s outlook following last October's midterm elections.

A worker walks through the treatment plant at a Vista Energy oil and gas field in Neuquén, Argentina.

ENERGY & GAS

Milei’s expanded incentive plan set to draw shale oil investors

03-03-2026 13:46 YPF, Vista Energy and Pampa Energía eyeing RIGI programme after Milei administration broadened it to include shale oil wells.

Leaders of the CGT, unions and members of the judicial labour courts attend a rally to support legal action against President Javier Milei's labour reform bill, in front of Argentine courthouse in Buenos Aires on March 2, 2026.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Unions challenge Milei's flagship labour reform in court

02-03-2026 23:36 CGT launches constitutional challenge to President Javier Milei's flagship labour reform, three days after it was adopted.

Sergio Schoklender and Hebe de Bonafini.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Long-delayed ‘Sueños Compartidos’ corruption case reaches court

02-03-2026 16:01 Kirchner-era housing scandal heads to trial; Former government officials and Schoklender brothers face court as case probing misappropriation of more than 200 million pesos, which is nearing statute of limitations, gets underway.

by Federico Perez Vecchio

President Javier Milei gestures upon arrival for his annual speech to parliament ahead of the inauguration of the 144th ordinary session of Congress in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2026.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei wants Argentina’s US 'strategic alliance' to be ‘state policy’

02-03-2026 11:47 President Milei says "South Atlantic is the strategic battleground of the coming decades" and that Argentina will be in tune with the United States.

Argentina's President Javier Milei leaves the National Congress Building after delivering his annual speech to parliament ahead of the inauguration of the 144th ordinary session of Congress in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2026.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

President hurls insults in divisive speech to Congress

02-03-2026 11:24 Milei sought to energise his voter base with an insult-laden speech Sunday that quickly devolved over nearly two hours into a shouting match with opposition lawmakers.

President Javier Milei delivers his annual speech to parliament ahead of the inauguration of the 144th ordinary session of Congress in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2026.

STATE OF THE NATION...

Milei promises monthly reform package in insult-laden speech

01-03-2026 23:24 Insults, applause and promises of reform as Milei opens sessions; President touts reforms, economic gains and promises "monthly package of reforms."

The sculpture La Cuadriga by the Italo-Argentine sculptor Victor de Pol is seen alonside the Argentinian national flag atop the National Congress building in Buenos Aires on February 27, 2026.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to reveal second-half agenda in key Congress speech

01-03-2026 13:49 La Libertad Avanza leader will map the next phase of reforms for his libertarian project at around 9pm local time in a speech opening this year's normal sessions of Congress.

Handout picture released by the Senate press office shows Argentine Senator Patricia Bullrich, leader of the ruling party caucus, celebrating after the senate approved the labor law reform promoted by Argentina's President Javier Milei at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on February 27, 2026.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Congress approves labour reform in win for Milei

28-02-2026 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.

Posters that read 'No to the labour reform' are seen pasted on security fence outside the National Congress building.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

28-02-2026 09:24 Key aspects of the reform promoted by Milei and his La Libertad Avanza party.

Homeless people in the streets of Buenos Aires City.

POVERTY

Social drama: Argentina's homeless crisis

28-02-2026 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

Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, the head of AFA.

AFA FOOTBALL PROBE

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

28-02-2026 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

28-02-2026 06:05 Tensions between the liberal right and the nationalistic right could start to make themselves felt here.

by Michael Soltys

Editorial

The lion roars tomorrow

28-02-2026 06:01 Let us hope that President Milei takes a newly favourable Congress seriously and presents a solid agenda for the parliamentary year ahead.

AS I SEE IT

The ‘indispensable nation’ goes AWOL

28-02-2026 06:01 Team Trump’s members think that, unless the Europeans adopt a turbocharged version of the policies they recommend, they could disappear from history before the present century has run its course.

by James Neilson

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei: Dominant in decay

28-02-2026 06:01 The improved macroeconomic situation must eventually translate into better opportunities for a majority of the people.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Senator Patricia Bullrich, leader of the rulling party senate bloc, and senator Luis Juez vote the juvenile criminal justice reform before the debate on the labor reform promoted by Argentina’s President Javier Milei at the Argentine Congress on February 27, 2026.

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.

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish 'The Glacier Law Is Not To Be Touched' during a protest against glacier law reform outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

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.

Fans of River Plate display a flag in honour of head coach Marcelo Gallardo during the Argentine Professional Football League 2026 Apertura Tournament match between River Plate and Banfield at the Mas Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires on February 26, 2026.

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.

A farmer prepares a combine harvester during a sunflower harvest on a farm in Droizy, France, on Thursday, September 22, 2022.

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.

A view of the National Congress building.

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.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement on the EU-Mercosur agreement at the European Commission In Brussels, on February 27, 2026.

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.

President Javier Milei, pictured during the inauguration of the 143rd ordinary session of Congress at the National Congress building in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2025.

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.

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

Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno takes a picture next to the board displaying the approved vote on the free-trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur at Congress on February 26, 2026.

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.

Ten Greenpeace activists were arrested on Thursday after staging a toilet-themed protest on the steps of Congress over a bill potentially authorising mining in areas with glaciers.

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.

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (BCBA) headquarters in the financial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday, September 8, 2025.

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.

Opposition deputies argue with Lower House Speaker Martín Menem during a session at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on February 19, 2026.

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.”

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.

Trucks carrying grain for export from wheat fields near Rosario, Argentina.

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.

SENASA National Agricultural and Food Health Service.

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.

Members of the lower house Chamber of Deputies attend a session to debate labour law reforms at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on February 19, 2026.

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.

Container ships at the Port of Arica in Arica, Chile.

ANALYSIS

Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit

23-02-2026 17:35 Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign investor. Those days seem to be over.