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Plaintiffs ask court in Argentina to seek Maduro’s extradition

Yesterday 22:03 Prosecutors and plaintiffs in Argentine court case probing alleged crimes against humanity committed by Maduro and his government seek extradition of Venezuelan leader.

EDITORIAL

The year ahead

03-01-2026 06:01 After a resounding midterm triumph, Milei must be tempted to run before he can walk – already looking beyond 2026 to 2027.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Law-making dropped in Milei's second year in office

02-01-2026 10:44 Just 13 laws were approved by Argentina's Congress in 2025, two of them in special sessions called by President Javier Milei.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei eyes 'mattress dollars' as 'fiscal innocence' bill wins approval

27-12-2025 09:33 President Javier Milei wins Senate approval for bill encouraging savers to bring savings into formal economy; New changes will facilitate the whitening of funds and raises thresholds for prosecution for tax evaders.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Horacio Rosatti: ‘I must be most spied upon public official in Argentina today’

27-12-2025 06:54 Horacio Rosatti, the chief justice of Argentina’s Supreme Court, on judicial independence, his relationship with Argentina’s presidents – past and present – and the ruling confirming ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s corruption conviction.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei wins Budget approval despite tensions with Macri

26-12-2025 22:12 Budget bill was Milei’s first major test in Congress since his midterm election victory.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei’s party steers 2026 Budget bill through Senate

26-12-2025 22:01 Upper house votes in favour of President’s 2026 Budget bill; Government backed by pro-dialogue lawmakers and handful of Peronists.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Cheers – here’s to a more ‘caste-like’ Milei in 2026

26-12-2025 07:25 Looking ahead too much to 2027 risks overlooking 2026. Milei needs to take a step-by-step approach to his government.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei’s 2026 Budget bill likely to win Senate approval

24-12-2025 15:45 Government bill wins support of four senators from Convicción Federal caucus; Milei says he won’t veto bill, but will redistribute spending if key articles fall.

Analysing Argentina

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

POLITICS & LABOUR

CGT leads first rally against Milei’s labour reform bill

18-12-2025 16:43 Demonstration called by labour federation draws thousands to Plaza de Mayo.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Key reforms up for debate as Milei begins Congress push

18-12-2025 15:48 Lawmakers open debate on Milei’s 2026 Budget bill, a labour reform package and controversial changes to the National Glaciers Law.

POLITICS & SPORT

Tapia distances himself from AFA’s negative headlines at home

18-12-2025 01:18 AFA says Milei “has chosen it as a target of his political ambitions” as Bullrich files corruption complaint with CONMEBOL against football governing body’s chief and treasurer.

GUEST COLUMN

Milei's law for (removing) glacier protection is a regressive reform

17-12-2025 23:56 The bill to amend the National Glacier Protection Law, would dismantle the minimalist regime which today protects glaciers and the periglacial perimeter, Argentina’s most important strategic water reserves.

NEW APPOINTMENT

Darío Wassermann named new president of Banco Nación

17-12-2025 13:01 New head of leading public bank closely linked to Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei and Economy Minister Luis Caputo;

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei sends Glacier Protection Law reform bill to Congress

16-12-2025 21:30 Argentina's government targets approval by end of year, despite environmental pushback; New rules would loosen projections for glaciers and pass responsibility for mining projects to provincial administrations.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei names new chief as head of ARCA tax bureau resigns

16-12-2025 08:21 Juan Pazo, head of ARCA (ex-AFIP) tax bureau steps down to return to private sector; Government names head of DGI tax inspectorate, Andrés Edgardo Vázquez, as replacement.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei begins labour reform battle, sends bill to Congress

11-12-2025 10:42 President returns from Norway trip and inks text of sweeping labour reform bill; Proposals, which are likely to face resistance from unions, will be discussed first by Senate.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei kicks off second half of term with stronger hand in Congress

10-12-2025 15:20 President has gained ground in Congress after October’s midterm elections but lacks firm majorities; Key reforms still hinge on delicate negotiations with governors and rivals.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei lines up seven bills for summer Congress sessions

09-12-2025 17:42 Government publishes bills it will seek to pass in Official Gazette; Budget and labour reform top the list.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei readies major reforms while markets await currency shift

09-12-2025 15:28 Argentina currently allows the currency to trade within a strict set of bands, a policy that has helped keep inflation in check. But analysts say it has also created an overvalued peso that is weighing on the economy.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to delay lawmakers' vacation to push forward with reforms

06-12-2025 08:17 President Javier Milei will convene Congress for extraordinary sessions of Congress running until December 30 to discuss key budget and labour, criminal and tax reforms.

EDITORIAL

Milei’s offside trap

06-12-2025 06:41 A shady AFA might seem an easy target for polarisation but Milei could be playing with fire.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

President to sign decree calling special Congress sessions

05-12-2025 13:07 Presidential decree, likely to be published this Friday, will formally open door to debates on labour reform, changes to the Penal Code and the 2026 Budget.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Milei exposes local football rift by skipping Trump’s World Cup show

05-12-2025 10:24 President Milei and AFA chief Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia are at odds over an attempt to allow private ownership of teams in the football-obsessed nation – a row that has spilled over into the 2026 World Cup draw.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

New Congress maths – can Milei allow himself the luxury of not negotiating?

04-12-2025 18:36 President Javier Milei's government has passed to being the first minority in the Chamber of Deputies and the second in the Senate. Last-minute switches – and the perils of over-confidence.

by Franco Lindner

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei in pole position as LLA claims first minority in Congress

04-12-2025 17:54 President Milei prepares to call extraordinary sessions and launch legislative battle.

BANKING & BUSINESS

Labour reforms revive tensions between banks and fintechs

03-12-2025 22:19 President Milei's upcoming labour reform plan is reviving longstanding tensions between the country’s banks and its fast-growing financial technology platforms.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Senator-elect accused of US drug arrest gives up battle for seat

03-12-2025 12:57 La Libertad Avanza national deputy Lorena Villaverde says she has “no ongoing criminal cases either in Argentina or in the United States” against her but says she will resign the Senate seat she won in October to stay in the lower house.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Milei’s ‘deep chainsaw’ targets 30,000 more public-sector lay-offs

03-12-2025 12:23 As of October, the number of state workers stands at 282,000 – the result of a wave of lay-offs that began in 2023 and ended with 58,000 jobs lost. The target is a workforce of 250,000 employees, with cuts eyed at the Cabinet Chief’s Office and state media.

POLLING & SURVEYS

Milei’s approval rises after victory in midterm election vote

02-12-2025 14:06 Milei’s approval rose to 42.6% in November from an administration low point of 39.9% in October, according to LatAm Pulse

POLITICS & SECURITY

Bullrich resigns as security minister to take up Senate seat

01-12-2025 10:23 Senator-elect Patricia Bullrich submits resignation; Departing national security minister, who went from President Milei’s rival to one of his favoured officials, will retain influence through replacement Alejandra Monteoliva.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

High corruption in Argentina

29-11-2025 05:00 Two years into Javier Milei’s Presidency, there is a growing sense of impunity that by no means is his sole responsibility. It is reminiscent of moments of high corruption such as those seen in the latter Kirchnerite years.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Labour reform, budget bill keys to Milei's December Congress push

27-11-2025 15:45 Government to push for swift approval of labour reform and 2026 Budget bills as part of ambitious agenda; President to summon Congress for special sessions, likely starting second week of December.

POLITICS

UCR enters a critical moment with the party’s future at stake

24-11-2025 21:27 UCR National Committee will be renewing its leadership next month. Tensions reflects level of infighting among different provincial tribes, torn between those governors maintaining a good relationship with the Casa Rosada and those who seek to keep their distance.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Politics

Government hails Army chief appointment, opposition voices criticism

23-11-2025 10:06 Milei, Caputo, Bullrich and Adorni welcome the arrival of Monteoliva and Presti – but Peronist leaders brands appointment of new Defence chief “enormous step backwards.”

POLITICS

Milei puts military back in charge of defence after 42 years of civilian rule

23-11-2025 09:57 President Javier Milei names Lieutenant General Carlos Presti, current head of the Army, as Argentina’s new defence minister; Opposition criticises move as "step backwards"; Since December 1983, when Raúl Alfonsín began his Presidency following the end of military dictatorship, all post-holders have been civilians.

Campaign comments

Disunited provinces

22-11-2025 06:51 Looking at inland Argentina is far from irrelevant since tax reform is high on the list of President Javier Milei’s priorities with negotiating the revenue sensitivities of provincial governors perhaps the biggest obstacle there.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

The absent leader strategy and Mr ‘Knee Head’

22-11-2025 06:30 There’s an unwritten rule in Argentina’s politics that sometimes the leader has to remain absent. Javier Milei and some of his top-level officials appear to have taken a page from that playbook.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSIS

Crime, economic woes push South American voters to right

18-11-2025 15:36 Reasons why South Americans are electing right-wing candidates this year differ in each country, but they’re all driving the region in the same political direction.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Libertarian bliss and Macri’s shadow

15-11-2025 05:40 Macri felt invincible in the aftermath of the 2017 midterm victory, as does the President today. But hubris is a dangerous ailment for victorious politicians.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Campaign comments

The City and the Senate

15-11-2025 05:05 While the government’s overall midterm triumph represented a huge shift from gloomy pre-electoral expectations, this city’s results did not show that much change from last May’s local voting.

by Michael Soltys

Cabinet changes

Karina and Patricia the clear winners in Milei’s new Cabinet structure

13-11-2025 16:07 Changes published in Decree 793/25 enhance the influence of the President’s sister; Santilli takes over a reduced "mini-ministry."

by Pablo Varela

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Mamdani, Milei, Trump and Perón

08-11-2025 06:44 The voracity for US dollars will sooner rather than later force Milei to seek another bailout, so he should wish that the Mamdani threat stays only at that and that Trump remains mighty for the foreseeable future.

by Marcelo J. García

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Karina rules OK

08-11-2025 06:34 Karina Milei’s claim to the electoral laurels seems a slam dunk, but a different conclusion emerges once we look beyond the big picture to the provincial results.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS

Karina in power

08-11-2025 00:16 President Javier Milei’s sister and chief-of-staff believes she is the architect of her brother’s triumph. Now, not even he will be able to restrain her.

by Juan Luis González

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Two abysses

05-11-2025 10:29 Society voted no twice. No to the future being offered by Milei (September) and no to the past offered by Peronism (October). Dissatisfaction with everybody. In not opting for the alternatives to polarisation, the voters gave an extra life to the government and Peronism. A respite.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

What to do with a problem like Cristina?

04-11-2025 13:58 For a decade now, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and those aligned with her have been — fairly or unfairly — a negative symbol for a majority of society. Just as there is a hard core who respect or idolise her, there are broad sectors who would never again vote for any candidate backed by her.

by Gustavo González

PROFILE: Manuel Adorni

From pundit to centre of power: Manuel Adorni’s rapid rise

04-11-2025 10:37 A look at the political career of Argentina’s new Cabinet chief, a former journalist, economic talking head and one-time official in ex-president Mauricio Macri's government who has swiftly risen to the very heart of government.