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With or without Milei

28-03-2026 05:55 Milei has given Vaca Muerta a push, but growth there precedes and will outlive his Presidency. It is arguably the only consensus policy the country has had for the past decade and a half. Its development momentum will not stop anytime soon.

by Marcelo J. García

‘Sadism is not a political ideology nor a strategy of war, but a moral perversion’

28-03-2026 05:53 Populism, on the left and on the right, has wrecked havoc, helping to exacerbate the decline of traditional democratic values. It’s a shame that the defence of human rights has become fodder for culture wars and polarisation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Anniversary recall

21-03-2026 00:06 Inviting people to recall their own memories of the 1976 coup excludes around 85 percent of the population – the others have to steer a tricky course between dogmatic echo chambers and broader perspectives.

by Michael Soltys

Entrepenuer's phone records cast doubt on President's '$LIBRA' defence

15-03-2026 10:30 Mobile phone records show President Javier Milei spoke repeatedly with a crypto entrepreneur linked to the token’s launch shortly before promoting it online; Alongside flurry of calls, investigators find draft mobile phone note that refers to possible US$5-million contact.

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.

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

ARA San Juan tragedy: Trial exposes limits in explaining sinking

04-03-2026 16:15 There is no certainty answers will be found as prosecutors seek to clarify why one of the Navy’s worst tragedies occurred.

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.

Lower House passes Milei’s flagship labour reform

20-02-2026 10:30 Despite last-minute changes, Javier Milei's labour reform still stands to be one of the biggest overhauls to Argentina’s economy in decades.

Stupid cupid – an $LIBRA of love

14-02-2026 06:41 Exactly one year ago today the first black swan came along after probably the longest presidential honeymoon in Argentine history.

by Michael Soltys

‘A new normal’: Patagonia wildfires intensifying, expert warns

10-02-2026 12:02 CONICET researcher Thomas Kitzberger says Patagonia has entered a “new normal” of larger and more destructive fires driven by heatwaves and declining rainfall. He warns that wildfire risk could multiply several times over by the end of the century, permanently altering the landscape.

Lies, damned lies and statistics

07-02-2026 00:04 The blow to confidence from this institutionally messy political interference in the formation of statistics (even if child’s play compared to the Kirchnerite fudging of the figures) remains to be seen.

by Michael Soltys

Lured by 38% rates, carry-trade investors pile into peso

29-01-2026 13:56 The carry trade – where investors borrow in dollars to buy the local currency – is in play.

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

The forgotten reform

24-01-2026 00:17 Central to the passage of Milei's labour reform is the assent of the provincial governors controlling the deputies and senators needed to take the ruling party to an overall parliamentary majority.

by Michael Soltys

Milei: Ally of the United States or of Trump?

21-01-2026 21:34 The relationship between the United States and Argentina is at a peak given the empathy between Trump and Milei. Argentina’s now-automatic alignment with Washington has given the government financial support and stability, but also prevented it from defining its own foreign policy agenda.

by Javier Calvo

Summer waves and espionage

15-01-2026 16:25 To date, four lawsuits have been filed at different courtrooms seeking to declare Javier Milei’s decree empowering the domestic intelligence services and adding uncontrolled multi-million funds unconstitutional. For espionage, the presidential chainsaw has turned into a blunt knife.

by Javier Calvo

The fall of the Bolivarian régime and its ruinous fallout for Argentina

13-01-2026 15:18 Argentina’s economic relationship with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela left a negative balance difficult to hide. From Hugo Chávez’s financial loans to Néstor Kirchner to failed trade agreements, expropriations and non-payments, the link translated into lost dollars, lost markets and troubled national companies. Bonds with usurious interest rates, unpaid exports, truncated energy projects and forced nationalisations marked almost three decades of a political alliance which, in economic terms, proved to be costly and ruinous for the country.

by Carlos Burgueño

Milei’s tactical retreat and the liquid contours of power

20-12-2025 08:48 Milei’s libertarians have grown in owned legislative muscle, they still need from circumstantial allies and provincial governors to pass legislation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Wide open field for Milei

20-12-2025 07:44 A libertarian but not a “libertidiot,” as he likes to say, Milei seems to have picked security rather than risk for the new stage of his administration. It is a good choice.

by Marcelo J. García