News of age

The war with Iran may be ushering in a new nuclear age

30-03-2026 11:29 From the North Atlantic to the West Pacific, governments are debating more publicly than before whether they, too, must get the nuclear bomb.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Congress votes to lower age of criminal responsibility to 14

27-02-2026 19:29 Milei and La Libertad Avanza notch up another legislative win in special Congress sessions; New juvenile penal regime will lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14, down from the present age of 16.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Lower house backs bill to lower age of criminal responsibility

12-02-2026 21:28 Deputies approve lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 with 149 votes in favour, 100 against; Bill supported by La Libertad Avanza, UCR, PRO, Provincias Unidas and other deputies.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei eyes labour reform as extraordinary sessions of Congress kick off

03-02-2026 09:18 Also up for discussion will be bills linked to the Juvenile Penal Code, amending régime for glacier preservation and free-trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.

POLITICS, JUSTICE & CONGRESS

Push to lower age of criminal responsibility set for Congress kick-off

30-01-2026 09:47 President Javier Milei’s government will seek to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13 or 14 during extraordinary sessions of Congress, reviving a long-running debate over juvenile crime and punishment.

POLITICS & JUSTICE

What’s in Milei's bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility?

28-01-2026 22:54 Argentina’s government wants to transform the country's specialised penal regime for minors. Here's how.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Lowering age of criminal responsibility – is Argentina legislating in mood of violent emotion?

28-01-2026 15:56 Is the Milei government's bill "political opportunism," a distraction or the handing down of real consequences to those who commit crime?

by Barbara Komarovsky

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Catholic Church rejects Milei bill to lower age of criminal responsibility

28-01-2026 15:07 Ecclesiastical authorities issue statement criticising bid to amend youth criminal regime; Church demands "profound changes" from government, decries lack of consultation with experts.

MARKETS & BONDS

Argentina claims return to global markets with peso bond sale

26-05-2025 20:51 Argentina’s government will issue a five-year bond denominated in pesos that’s aimed at international investors who are allowed to purchase it in US dollars.

TWO SIDES OF SAME COIN

Postcards of a crisis: youth unemployment and working into old age

06-05-2025 12:20 According to data from Argentina's Human Capital Ministry, 19.4% of young people aged 18 to 24 are unemployed. Meanwhile, greater numbers of older adults are continuing to work into their later years, or looking for work, out of necessity.

by Agustina Bordigoni

LITERATURE

‘Ageing scares the young’ – Pacho O’Donnell on the ‘new old age’

17-09-2024 15:02 Author, historian and thinker brings his best-selling book ‘La nueva vejez’ onto the stage this Sunday (September 22) in a show featuring singer Magdalena León and guitarist Samy Mielgo. In an interview, the 82-year-old reflects about what he has learnt about being elderly and the “new old age.”

by Juan Manuel Dominguez

EDITORIAL

Are youth votes wasted on the young?

06-07-2024 05:27 Electoral opportunism is at work.

POLITICS

La Libertad Avanza wants lower voting age in time for 2025 midterms

05-07-2024 16:31 Idea is taking form in the Casa Rosada these days along with the political reform the government plans to launch in the second half of the year. Along with lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 13, the government is evaluating allowing children aged 14 or over to cast ballots in elections.

by Rosario Ayerdi

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.”

CRIME & INSECURITY

Juvenile delinquency: Off the grid, immune from prosecution

03-05-2024 11:35 Recent high-profile violence involving minors has put juvenile delinquency in the spotlight once again and President Javier Milei’s government says it wants to lower the age of criminal responsibility.

by Sabrina Chemen