News of world

Zelenskyy tells Milei during call that Ukraine needs fair deal to end war

Today 16:37 Call comes just one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump meet in Alaska for a summit on "the resolution of the Ukraine crisis.”

Real Madrid's new player, Argentine midfielder Franco Mastantuono, attends a press conference during his official presentation at the Ciudad Real Madrid training complex in Valdebebas, on the outskirts of Madrid on August 14, 2025.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Franco Mastantuono tells Read Madrid fans: ‘I will give everything for this shirt’

Today 12:34 Exciting attacking midfielder is formally unveiled as a new Real Madrid player on his 18th birthday, completing his record-breaking transfer from boyhood club River Plate.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina’s exports to China down 15% year-on-year in first half of 2025

12-08-2025 17:06 Trade deficit with Asian giant is largest among Argentina's leading trading partners; it rose to US$5.227 billion during the first six months of this year.

by Agustina Bordigoni

WORLD ECONOMY

Xi takes aim at US ‘protectionism’ in phone call with Lula

12-08-2025 10:56 Brazil President Lula and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on “upholding multilateralism” through the Group of 20 and BRICS.

This photograph taken on December 7, 2021, shows a sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at its headquarters in Geneva.

GUEST COLUMN

Loneliness and isolation: the hidden threat to global health

11-08-2025 14:49 Humans are hardwired for connection. Disconnection, whether through loneliness, or social isolation, can have devastating impacts.

A farmworker harvests soybeans in Pace, Mississippi, United States, on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Agriculture

Trump urges China to quadruple US soy buying, lifting prices

11-08-2025 08:52 Donald Trump says he hopes China will massively step up its purchases of US soybeans.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Civil war in the ‘iron triangle’ and the Scatturice ordeal

09-08-2025 06:34 A little less than three months out from the election, it is getting tense for the Milei administration and the country in general. The President is placing his political project on the line, knowing that he needs to deliver electorally if he wants to keep his re-election dreams alive.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: August 1 to 8

08-08-2025 19:40 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Internacional CF Miami and FC Porto at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 19, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Messi, Milei and Mickey Mouse are driving tourists to US

08-08-2025 11:40 Argentines are traveling in droves to the United States this year, bucking a sluggish overall trend of international tourism.

WORLD ECONOMY

Larry Summers says Trump policies are ‘scarily’ like Perón's

07-08-2025 17:28 Former US Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers compares US President Donald Trump’s policies risk to that of post-war Argentina.

RUGBY

'Dog ate my passport': All Black rookie in Argentina trip pickle

07-08-2025 15:23 Leroy Carter's dream call-up to the All Blacks Rugby Championship squad almost became a nightmare as he needed an emergency passport for his trip to Argentina.

Several other Jewish passengers on the flight from Buenos Aires to Madrid received meal trays marked pro-Palestine messages.

Discrimination row

Iberia probes 'Free Palestine' message on kosher meals

06-08-2025 18:27 Several other Jewish passengers on the flight from Buenos Aires to Madrid received meal trays marked with the initials “FP” for “Free Palestine”, according to DAIA.

OIL AND GAS

YPF close to buying Total's Argentina shale assets

06-08-2025 16:29 State oil and gas producer YPF is close to an agreement to acquire shale oil assets from France’s TotalEnergies.

OIL AND GAS

Drilling to slow in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale, YPF CEO says

06-08-2025 16:17 Oil-drilling activity in the Vaca Muerta shale patch is set to weaken in the near term as companies restrain spending.

Screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and recorded by the ROV SuBastian while being commanded from the oceanographic research vessel RV Falkor (too) on July 26, 2025, displaying an octopus at 1,114 metres of depth at the Mar del Plata Canyon in the Argentine Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300km off Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Patrick Star, 'Drag Queen' crab: underwater live stream captivates Argentines

03-08-2025 17:27 Hundreds of thousands of people have been are obsessed with a YouTube broadcast of a robot showing animals never before seen in the South Atlantic.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF approves disbursement of US$2 billion for Argentina

01-08-2025 11:47 IMF executive board approves first review of loan granted in April to Argentina, enabling disbursement of some US$2 billion.

President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump.

US-ARGENTINA RELATIONS

Milei receives Trump’s homeland security czar for visa agreement

30-07-2025 11:52 Initiative had been implemented during Carlos Menem Presidency and suspended after the 2001-2002 crisis; Deal will permit the exchange of intelligence information and immigration controls.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

YPF

US judge orders Argentina’s economy minister to turn over YPF texts

30-07-2025 11:23 US District Judge Loretta Preska says plaintiffs backed by litigation funding firm Burford Capital are entitled to see messages from Economy Minister Luis Caputo and several former officials.

EARTHQUAKE

Huge quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunamis

30-07-2025 11:15 Waves have been reported in different Pacific nations.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

World’s ‘precarious’ trade backdrop is hurting growth, IMF says

29-07-2025 11:49 The IMF emphasised the need for a more tranquil political and economic backdrop.

COLOMBIA

Colombian ex-president Álvaro Uribe found guilty of witness-tampering

29-07-2025 11:32 Colombian court finds Álvaro Uribe guilty of witness-tampering in controversial decision, making him the South American country's first ex-president to be convicted of a crime.

Inmates look on as they remain in a cell at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison, where hundreds of members of the MS-13 and 18 Street gangs are being held, in Tecoluca, El Salvador on January 27, 2025.

HUMAN RIGHTS

'Welcome to hell': Freed migrants tell of horrors in Salvadoran jail

29-07-2025 11:20 One of the detainees was part of Donal Trump's crackdown.

POLITICS

Secrets of Leonardo Scatturice, Milei’s lobbyist in Washington

29-07-2025 07:20 The murky past of the millionaire former spy behind the unchecked luggage flight. A key link between Javier Milei and Donald Trump, with ties to airline Flybondi and top presidential advisor Santiago Caputo.

by Rodis Recalt

Milei, Lamelas, and US flag over pink house.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei, Lamelas and the politics of evil

28-07-2025 15:24 Governors who used to oversee economic no-go areas, whose only hope used to be getting assistance or even charity, are now empowered by growing national and international business interest in their regions.

by Marcelo J. García

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends an extraordinary IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 23, 2025.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

IAEA chief 'encouraged' by Iran decision to re-engage

28-07-2025 11:49 Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi says visit by technical team could pave the way for UN inspectors to return to Iran.

FOOTBALL

Messi, Alba suspended over MLS All-Star no-show

28-07-2025 11:40 Lionel Messi and Inter Miami team-mate Jordí Alba have been suspended after the duo skipped Major League Soccer's All-Star game.

Kristalina Georgieva, chief executive officer of the World Bank Group, speaks at a briefing at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

Argentina reaches IMF staff agreement to unlock US$2 billion

28-07-2025 11:35 Argentina reaches agreement with IMF staff for first review of the country’s US$20-billion programme.

OIL & GAS

Patria, Eaton Vance among investors in Argentina pipeline loan

24-07-2025 18:50 Syndicated loan agreement is the largest in Argentine history for an infrastructure project.

DRUG SMUGGLING

Argentine among five foreigners sentenced in Indonesia for drug-smuggling

24-07-2025 18:28 Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws; Argentine Eleonora Gracia sentenced to seven years in prison for cocaine-smuggling.

PRIVACY

Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in garden

24-07-2025 17:23 Argentine man wins battle with Google over invasion of his privacy in his own property

Argentina's fly-half Santiago Carreras, Argentina's full back Benjamin Elizalde, England's wing Cadan Murley, and Argentina's centre Matías Moroni eye the ball during the international rugby test match between Argentina and England at the San Juan del Bicentenario Stadium in San Juan, Argentina, on July 12, 2025.

RACISM ALLEGATION

England's racism claim in Argentina clash upheld by World Rugby

21-07-2025 18:15 World Rugby have upheld England's claim that their players were subjected to racist abuse from Argentina fans during a recent tour match in San Juan.

People hold pictures of victims during a ceremony to commemorate the 31st anniversary the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) bombing attack which left 85 dead and more than 300 wounded, in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2025.

AMIA BOMBING

Jewish community commemorates AMIA centre bombing

20-07-2025 19:31 Hundreds of Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires Friday to commemorate the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre.

FEATURE

Trial in absentia – the hope of justice for AMIA bombing

20-07-2025 19:18 The case of the Jewish community centre would be the first application of this kind of trial in Argentina. How this tool against impunity works, its authors, international precedents and other possible cases, such as the crimes of the military dictatorship, to which it could be applied.

by Sabrina Chemen

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Caputo’s ‘buy ‘em up champ’ and Milei’s ‘Epstein moment’

20-07-2025 17:32 Leonardo Scaturicce is said to have been instrumental in staffing the DGI tax office which remains under operational control of Santiago Caputo, as does the SIDE spy agency.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

A Massacre’s Impunity Abides

19-07-2025 05:27 It is impossible to measure the scandal of the continued impunity enjoyed by the 1994 terrorist bomb destruction of the AMIA Jewish community centre.

Argentina's midfielder Thiago Almada celebrates after scoring during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Uruguay and Argentina at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, on March 21, 2025.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Atlético Madrid agree deal for Albiceleste international Thiago Almada

15-07-2025 18:05 Spanish football club Atlético Madrid announced Tuesday an agreement with Brazilian outfit Botafogo to sign 2022 World Cup winner Thiago Almada.

HUMAN RIGHTS

United Nations rights council criticises Milei pressure on Judiciary

15-07-2025 15:43 International rights watchdog calls for clarification on measures that could undermine the autonomy of the courts. Executive has yet to respond and present its defence.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

YPF: Appeals court halts handover of company shares for week

15-07-2025 13:29 Legal tangle surrounding the YPF case takes another turn. US appeals court suspends handover of the company’s shares for one week.

As I see it

Do smartphones make people stupid?

12-07-2025 06:51 For a long time it was taken for granted that headlong technological progress would greatly benefit youngsters by providing them with a cornucopia of educational resources that had been denied to previous generations.

by James Neilson

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Corruption claims and political miscalculations

12-07-2025 06:16 The Milei government must defend its hard-fought macroeconomic stability at all costs, at least until the election. That’s why Caputo and Milei went on the offensive, making the rounds with their typical, friendly interviewers to accuse provincial governors and the opposition at large of seeking to destabilise the government.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

In this aerial view members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture inspect a dead whale on the shores of the Río de la Plata river in Vicente López, Buenos Aires Province, on July 9, 2025.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: July 4 to 11

11-07-2025 17:22 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Images of the suitcases arriving via private jet.

MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT IN FOCUS

The businessman, the employee, the private jet and 10 suitcases

10-07-2025 23:46 Court probe puts mystery of private jet suitcases back on agenda; Government denials of uninspected luggage from Miami queried, with CPAC-linked businessman Leonardo Scatturice and his employee Laura Belén Arrieta in spotlight.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2025.

WORLD ECONOMY

Trump’s Brazil tariffs risk upending trade from coffee to beef

10-07-2025 17:16 US President Donald Trump’s unexpected move to threaten a 50 percent tariff on Brazil risks roiling global commodity markets, disrupting trade on everything from beef to coffee.

$LIBRA CRYPTO SCANDAL

Report: $LIBRA-linked entrepreneur made huge crypto transfers after Milei meet

10-07-2025 14:31 Scandal into cryptocurrency scam deepens as IT expert and journalist identifies transfers – allegedly surpassing US$5 million – that were sent by businessman Hayden Davis via virtual wallets to accounts that remain unidentified, less than an hour after meeting with President Javier Milei.

A YPF storage terminal in Ushuaia, Argentina.

YPF NATIONALISATION CASE

Argentina moves to appeal US judge’s order to cede YPF stake

10-07-2025 12:41 Government gives notice it will appeal ruling requiring it to hand over controlling stake in state energy company YPF to help satisfy a US$16-billion judgement.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on July 9, 2025.

TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR

Trump unveils 50% Brazil levy in response to Bolsonaro trial

09-07-2025 21:22 US President Donald Trump announces 50% tariff targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country's ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro.

BOLSONARO ROW

Trump, Lula clash over politically charged coup trial

07-07-2025 15:27 US-Brazil relations slide into crisis after Trump criticised the high-profile coup trial of right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, and Lula snaps back.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during a plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025. BRICS leaders at a summit on Sunday took aim at US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes on Iran.

TRADE WAR

BRICS criticism brings Trump 10% tariff threat

07-07-2025 14:00 BRICS leaders describe Trump's stop-start tariff wars as "indiscriminate", damaging, and illegal, drawing a quick rebuke from the pugilistic US president.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentina's President Javier Milei wave on the balcony of the Casa Rosada government palace after a meeting in Buenos Aires, on July 5, 2025.

FOREIGN POLICY

Modi and Milei vow to boost trade after Casa Rosada talks

06-07-2025 09:15 Indian PM Narendra Modi, leader of the world's fifth-largest economy, vows to expand and diversify trade Argentina before heading to Brazil to attend the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

President Javier Milei hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office at the Casa Rosada.

FOREIGN POLICY

President Milei hosts India PM Narendra Modi at Casa Rosada

05-07-2025 13:31 Second meeting between two national leaders after G20 talks last year; India, the world’s fifth-largest economy, is a key export destination for Argentina.

As I see it

Milei hurt by yet another time bomb

05-07-2025 07:34 A New York judge has ordered the government to hand just over half the shares in YPF to a vulture fund that had purchased the rights of companies harmed by the cack-handed takeover of the oil firm in 2015.

by James Neilson

Editorial

Yesterday’s Petrol Fiasco

05-07-2025 06:03 Manhattan judge Loretta Preska’s controversial ruling on the US$16-billion time-bomb compensating speculative interests for the nationalisation of YPF needs to be viewed in its electoral context as much as for its legal force.

A snowman is pictured on a snow-covered beach in Miramar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on June 30, 2025.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: June 27 to July 4

04-07-2025 18:09 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Scandalous scenes in the Chamber of Deputies.

POLITICS

Scandal in Congress: Kirchnerite, libertarian deputies row ends session

03-07-2025 19:02 Chamber of Deputies session ends early with pushing and shoving between La Libertad Avanza and Kirchnerite legislators.

FIFA CORRUPTION CASE

Convictions in FIFA corruption case reinstated, rules court

03-07-2025 14:32 United States appeals court reinstates convictions of former Fox broadcasting executive and Argentine sports-marketing firm Full Play involved in the FIFA corruption scandal.

Elon Musk holds a chainsaw alongside Argentina's President Javier Milei during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025.

No more love for Milei?

Musk walks back chainsaw wielding display: ‘It lacked empathy’

02-07-2025 20:52 Billionaire Elon Musk now regrets his chainsaw-wielding appearance with President Javier Milei, it seems...

A view of the Argentina's Foreign Ministry headquarters building in Buenos Aires on July 1, 2025, on the eve of the 66th Summit of leaders of Mercosur and Associated States to be held on July 2 and 3.

MERCOSUR TRADE TALKS

Mercosur, European EFTA bloc conclude talks on free-trade deal

02-07-2025 19:10 Mercosur and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) close negotiations over a free-trade agreement.

Shipping containers at the Greenland Terminal in the port at Brevik, Norway.

MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Swiss-Norway group and South America’s Mercosur agree on free-trade deal

02-07-2025 18:17 European Free Trade Association of Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland finalise free-trade agreement with Mercosur bloc.

A policeman stands guard nearby the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires during the Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council (CMC) on July 2, 2025, within the framework of the 66th Summit of Leaders of Mercosur and Associated States.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN BUENOS AIRES

Fate of EU free-trade deal looms as Milei hosts Mercosur summit

02-07-2025 12:54 Leaders of South America's Mercosur bloc will hold two days of talks in Buenos Aires, focused on a massive trade deal with the European Union being blocked by France.

All Boys fans carried out anti-Semitic acts before the match against Atlanta.

DISCRIMINATION

'Discrimination': AFA slams 'anti-Semitic acts' by fans of All Boys

01-07-2025 09:55 Argentine football's governing body condemns "anti-Semitic" acts by fans of All Boys ahead of their match with Atlanta.

A YPF SA storage terminal in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

COURT BLOW

Argentina must turn over 51% stake in YPF, US judge rules

30-06-2025 14:48 US judge orders state to turn over its controlling stake in state-run oil company YPF SA as partial payment of a US$16-billion court judgment.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU to present Mercosur trade deal 'in coming days'

30-06-2025 13:01 European Commission will present EU states with the final legal version of a trade deal with South American nations "in the coming days," says spokesperson.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, formally takes his oath of office to his second term as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the IAEA 67th General Conference held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 September 2023. Photo Credit:

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Argentina condemns Iran's 'threats' against IAEA chief Grossi

29-06-2025 11:07 Argentina's Foreign Ministry expresses support for UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi, stating it "categorically condemns the threats against him coming from Iran."

View of oil drilling rigs in Neuquén, Argentina.

ENERGY & GAS

Total gets offers for potential sale of Argentina shale oil assets

28-06-2025 18:12 France’s TotalEnergies SE is in talks with at least two suitors who have submitted bids for its shale oil assets in Argentina.

France's Delegate Minister for Foreign Trade and French Nationals Abroad Laurent Saint-Martin (right) shakes hands with Argentina's Mining Secretary Luis Lucero (left), during the signing of a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals between France and Argentina at the French Embassy in Buenos Aires on June 27, 2025.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

France and Argentina sign agreement on critical minerals

28-06-2025 10:29 New agreement designed to accelerate investment and cooperation in Argentina’s mining sector, which could become a key player in the global energy transition for France.

An aerial view of Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) on October 7, 2019.

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

OAS calls for negotiations between Argentina, UK over Malvinas

28-06-2025 10:14 Organisation of American States (OAS) calls for London and Buenos Aires to resume negotiations "as soon as possible" in order to find a peaceful solution to the dispute over sovereignty of the disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.

UK Ambassador to Argentina Kirsty Hayes hosts an event at the Teatro Colón celebrating 200 years of bilateral relations with Argentina.

DIPLOMACY

British ambassador hails bicentennial with Argentina in farewell bow

28-06-2025 09:51 Ambassador Kirsty Hayes looks to the past, present and future in her last event as London’s envoy in Buenos Aires, delivering a farewell speech that recognises 200 years of bilateral relations between UK and Argentina.

by James Grainger

As I see it

The world is Donald Trump’s playpen

28-06-2025 07:38 Trump clearly imagines he can reshape the rest of the world by treating lesser potentates like counters in a board game he has devised.

by James Neilson

opinion and analysis

Carnal relations

28-06-2025 06:01 Halfway between the ‘Conurbano’ and World War III.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

The US Embassy hosts its annual Independence Day celebration.

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: June 20 to June 27

27-06-2025 17:41 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.