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
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
POLITICS Milei motivated by nostalgia to return Argentina to golden age 07-12-2023 17:53 The promise of Argentine president elect, Javier Milei, to return the country to its splendour has raised hope in a society which longs for the “rich country” and “global power” of the early 20th century, although the “golden age” is not the same for everyone.