News of argentina government

Triple setback for Milei as Congress rejects vetoes

Today 00:21 Ruling party’s weakness in both chambers on full display; Overwhelmingly majority of senators reject striking down of ATN Treasury contributions bill, day after lower house lawmakers reversed vetoes on paediatric emergency and state universities.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

'Cuadernos' of corruption: A look at the entrepreneurs in the dock

Yesterday 07:42 A couple of months away from the start of Argentina’s biggest-ever corruption trial, the “Cuadernos de las Coimas” case currently involves 74 defendants and 626 witnesses.

CURRENCY WOES

Central Bank defends peso as Milei faces setbacks

17-09-2025 23:37 Central Bank steps into market to prop up the peso – first time it has since Milei administration introduced trading band in April.

MARCHA FEDERAL PROTEST

Protesters cheer Milei veto defeat at Marcha Federal for universities, paediatric care

17-09-2025 20:38 Thousands rally outside Congress as lawmakers in lower house vote to reject vetoes on bills to boost funding for public universities and Argentina’s leading children’s hospital, a major blow for President Javier Milei.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Defendants offer millions to avoid trial in ‘Cuadernos’ graft case

17-09-2025 16:44 Business leaders offer more than US$1 billion in cash, properties and other items to avoid standing trial but run into resistance from lead prosecutor; Mega-corruption trial probing alleged bribery and kickbacks at Federal Planning Ministry under Kirchner governments due to kick off November 6.

POLLING & SURVEYS

Milei’s disapproval rating hits new high as midterm lead shrinks

17-09-2025 14:24 More than half of Argentines disapprove of Milei while 42% support the head of state, according to LatAm Pulse survey

CURRENCY WOES

Peso breaches trading limit, upends Milei FX strategy

17-09-2025 14:09 Peso hits 1,474.50 per dollar, beyond the upper level of Milei administration's trading limit.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei rejects ‘moderate option’ as he hails Charlie Kirk at CPAC Paraguay

16-09-2025 23:29 At CPAC in Asunción, Argentina’s President warns against ‘third way’ politics, praises Paraguay’s economic model and meets his counterpart and ally Santiago Peña.

2026 Budget bill

Ten key points from Milei’s 2026 Budget bill

16-09-2025 17:13 President Javier Milei unveils Budget bill to be sent to Congress; Fiscal balance is “non-negotiable cornerstone” of government’s plan, says President.

BONDS & MARKETS

Argentine assets rebound as Milei strikes more moderate tone

16-09-2025 16:28 Dollar bonds recovering from week-long rout after President Milei struck more conciliatory tone in budget speech.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Budget 2026: Government sends balanced bill eyeing 5% growth

16-09-2025 09:29 Government projects increases for pensions, education, health and disability programmes; Inflation in 2026 will be an annual 10.1%, according to text of bill.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Budget bill speech: Milei promises 'worst is over,' asks voters to hold firm

15-09-2025 23:34 President unveils bill with spending boosts for pensioners, health, education and disabled; With eye on election, he thanks Argentines for bracing austerity but says he won’t negotiate on balancing budget.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei presents 2026 Budget bill as opposition vows no new extension

15-09-2025 17:35 Opposition governors and lawmakers seek to impose strict timetable for debate to ensure the law passes before the end of the ordinary sessions.

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

How Milei raised the bar and paid the price in Buenos Aires Province

13-09-2025 06:54 The market and the political ecosystem, seems to have recalibrated its expectations, putting further financial pressure on the government.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

As I see it

Milei gets his comeuppance

13-09-2025 06:44 It should have been quite easy for Milei to build a broad enough coalition. But instead of making an effort, egged on by Karina, he decided to go it alone.

by James Neilson

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

The end of Milei’s single-issue government

13-09-2025 06:30 Until now, the Milei administration has been a single-issue government, working under the notion that a fiscal surplus will fix the country’s entire problems. The public does not seem to be OK with that anymore.

by Marcelo J. García

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Argentina let peso plunge and then stepped in to contain losses

12-09-2025 11:13 Milei administration allowed peso to weaken this week, while simultaneously moving to prevent the rush out of the currency from turning into a stampede.

IMF DEBT PROGRAMME

IMF offers Milei backing, hails progress on inflation, fiscal reform

11-09-2025 14:25 IMF praises Milei inflation drop, cautions over market volatility; No immediate concerns over peso intervention, says Fund spokesperson.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Inflation undershot forecast before Buenos Aires Province vote

10-09-2025 21:37 Monthly inflation climbed less than expected, rising 1.9% in August from July.

DEBT AUCTION

Argentina posts strong debt auction after local vote fuelled rout

10-09-2025 19:05 Milei administration rolls over more than 91% of peso-denominated notes, selling a total of 6.6 trillion pesos (US$4.7 billion) in government notes.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei revives Interior Ministry in nod to governors, appoints Catalán

10-09-2025 11:33 Position had been previously scrapped by government; Lisandro Catalán will join Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos and Luis Caputo on newly-formed “Mesa Federal,” bid to restore dialogue with provincial governors.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

‘Not a millimetre’: Milei vows no shift in policy as IMF offers support

10-09-2025 11:00 Following damaging electoral defeat and resulting market jitters, President insists his economic reform plan will continue unchanged.

ECONOMIC FALL-OUT

Morgan Stanley’s flip-flop shows speed of crisis ensnaring Milei

09-09-2025 09:47 It took less than a week to make Morgan Stanley abandon its bullish call on Argentina.

COURTS

Fired ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo could turn whistleblower in graft case

09-09-2025 00:23 The former head of the ANDIS national disability agency is pursuing a different strategy to the Kovalivkers, the owners of the Suizo Argentina, who have asked for the case implicated top Milei government officials to be closed.

by Giselle Leclercq

ELECTION 2025: Buenos Aires Province

Peso, stocks fall – markets react to Buenos Aires Province vote

08-09-2025 14:10 Argentine stocks crash, peso slumps and country risk rating soars after Peronist victory in Buenos Aires Province.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Organisers of far-right rally in Madrid says Milei will attend

08-09-2025 13:38 Organisers of Europa Viva 2025 event say President Javier Milei will attend the far-right rally in Madrid this weekend.

ELECTION 2025: Buenos Aires Province

Assets plunge as Buenos Aires Province voters rebuke Milei

08-09-2025 13:21 Argentina’s currency, bonds and stocks plunge after President Javier Milei’s party suffered a landslide defeat in key Buenos Aires Province election.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Milei sticks to plan after landslide defeat in Buenos Aires Province

07-09-2025 23:56 President vows to "accelerate" reforms after a crushing defeat in Buenos Aires Province elections.

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

Hammer blow for Milei and fears of ‘Black Monday’ panic

07-09-2025 23:36 A resounding defeat for the Milei government that could trouble Argentina’s economy. The ‘black swan’ of Coimagate and how savage infighting took its toll. Will there be Cabinet changes and fall guys?

by Franco Lindner

Election 2025

Blow for Milei as Peronism wins Buenos Aires Province vote

07-09-2025 21:17 Governor Axel Kicillof the big winner as Peronism dominates vote in Buenos Aires Province; Fuerza Patria (Peronism) set to win election by double-digit margin, with President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza trailing a distant second.

ELECTIONS 2025: BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE

Milei faces tough Buenos Aires Province test as voters go to polls

07-09-2025 09:55 President is hoping a victory or strong performance for his La Libertad Avanza alliance in the nation’s most-populous region will help wipe away the mess of several ongoing political storms.

GOVERNMENT LIE

Milei government admits its audit of soup kitchens never existed

06-09-2025 10:22 Milei government acknowledges in an official document that it lied: audit that found that 50% percent of community kitchens were ‘phantom’ in fact never existed. Admission was made in response to request by deputy Natalia Zaracho.

ELECTIONS 2025

‘Mother of all battles’: Milei faces first true electoral test in Buenos Aires Province

06-09-2025 07:36 Key election in Buenos Aires Province tomorrow; Milei administration, beset by scandal, seeks strong showing in opposition stronghold; Markets watching closely.

Editorial

The curtain rises

06-09-2025 07:16 The main contenders have sought to inject more importance into this election by nationalising the dispute, subordinating its result to a greater game, but this has only deepened the impoverishment of the debate.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

The endogenous crises of Javier Milei

06-09-2025 07:13 The crises the government is suffering from are endogenous – their origin lies in Milei and his team’s decision to fly solo with their economic and political strategies.

by Marcelo J. García

ANDIS SCANDAL

ANDIS scandal: Experts struggle to extract data from Spagnuolo’s phone

04-09-2025 16:28 Deleted messages from the phone of the former head of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), Diego Spagnuolo , cannot be recovered, according to experts working on data extraction

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

Argentina’s divided opposition may be Milei’s greatest asset

04-09-2025 07:00 Milei’s greatest advantage is not his economic programme or ideological crusade, but the incoherence of those who oppose him.

BILATERAL BANK SPAT

Milei government accuses Chinese bank of driving peso drop

03-09-2025 23:15 Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno points finger at a Chinese bank – without naming it – by saying it deliberately pushed down the peso’s value in trading on Monday.

Analysing Argentina

Forget about October, what matters is the day after

30-08-2025 06:59 After the elections, Milei will not have the benefit of the doubt anymore. Expectations will be higher, just as reality might get tougher.

by Marcelo J. García

As I see it

Dark clouds line the horizon

30-08-2025 06:52 Millions who voted for Milei less than two years ago may have assumed that he would immediately replace the old political class but, needless to say, that was a pipe dream.

by James Neilson

EDITORIAL

Audios rather more than hearsay

30-08-2025 06:37 No room for innocence where squeezing kickbacks out of the medicine for around a million disabled people is concerned – arguably the most vulnerable sector of society.

Politics & corruption

Milei’s libertarian dream and the risks of Karina’s greed

30-08-2025 06:22 It seems as if the Milei administration has been participating in the “caste-like” behaviour it was mandated by its voters to eradicate.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Swimming against the current

30-08-2025 06:04 The undecided in Corrientes could just top up Juan Pablo Valdés over the 40 percent needed to ensure first-round victory, although the current Zeitgeist of voter apathy would make it likelier for them to sit this one out.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Milei’s poll numbers take a hit amid bribery scandal claims

29-08-2025 07:33 One week out from key elections in Buenos Aires Province, the popularity of Argentina’s President has hit a slump – but will scandalous graft claims be enough to damage his chances at the ballot-box?

by James Grainger

ABOUT THE BRIBERY SCANDAL

Explainer: What to know about ANDIS audio scandal

28-08-2025 16:52 Burgeoning corruption scandal prompted by leaked audio recordings linking Karina Milei and other top officials to corrupt practices in the purchases of medicine for disabled people.

POLITICS

Milei calls bribery scandal a lie after facing ‘rain of rocks’

28-08-2025 16:22 “This week’s operation is nothing more than another item on the long list of tricks by the caste and, like all the previous ones, just another lie,” declares President in speech to business leaders.

CORRUPTION CRISIS

Trading in ‘Lule’ Menem to save Karina Milei

28-08-2025 13:48 A risky idea is starting to spread in one government sector. Perhaps the only way to save the supreme sister is to sacrifice Lule.

by Javier Calvo

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Alarm bell ring for investors amid graft scandal claims

28-08-2025 11:55 Members of so-called ‘círculo rojo’ business establishment concerned by possible consequences of recent scandal, which could slow desired influx of investment. What the top businessmen who defend the economic plan think about the future.

by Ariel Maciel

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Milei pelted with stones by opponents on campaign trail

27-08-2025 21:42 President attacked with stones while campaigning in Lomas de Zamora, but escapes unharmed; Developing scandal piles pressure on government.