News of corruption

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

argentina

Police carry out raids as Milei sister graft probe continues

29-08-2025 22:37 Police on Friday raided the offices of the ANDIS national disability agency and Suizo Argentino pharma firm as corruption probe continues.

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.

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

PROFILE: Diego Spagnuolo

Diego Spagnolo: Milei’s ex-lawyer caught up in bribery audio leaks

25-08-2025 17:51 The man at the centre of the latest scandal facing President Javier Milei’s government is a friend of the head of state with a relationship going back years.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Probe into alleged corruption at disability agency implicates Milei’s sister

22-08-2025 17:41 Raids carried out to gather evidence in an investigation into an alleged corruption case at the ANDIS national disability agency that implicates, among others, President Javier Milei's sister.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

‘Cuadernos’ case: Forensic experts confirm graft log was written by driver

19-08-2025 20:57 Calligraphic analysis by Gendarmerie forensic experts shows that same person wrote notebooks allegedly detailing huge corruption scheme, but can not establish authorship of subsequent changes and deletions.

Politics & public works

Seventeen years on, Sarmiento super-tunnel project canned

13-08-2025 23:42 After 17 years and with US$420 million of kit left underground, the Sarmiento underpass has been abandoned with its entrance sealed off, reports journalist Diego Cabot, after the firms in charge of the project and President Javier Milei’s government decided to pull the plug.

COURT RULING

Court orders Fernández de Kirchner, other defendants ordered to pay US$535 million

16-07-2025 10:42 After experts analysed "the damage to the public purse” in Vialidad case, a court orders that former president and co-defendants to pay back about 684.99 billion Argentine pesos.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Corruption claims and political miscalculations

12-07-2025 06:16 The Milei government must defend its hard-fought macroeconomic stability at all costs, at least until the election. That’s why Caputo and Milei went on the offensive, making the rounds with their typical, friendly interviewers to accuse provincial governors and the opposition at large of seeking to destabilise the government.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

OPINION & ANALYSIS

The political temptations of leatherwork

10-07-2025 23:52 Suitcases. Bags. Satchels. Like a loop, a new scandal exposes the irresistible seduction which leather goods seem to have on Argentine politics.

by Javier Calvo

MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT IN FOCUS

The businessman, the employee, the private jet and 10 suitcases

10-07-2025 23:46 Court probe puts mystery of private jet suitcases back on agenda; Government denials of uninspected luggage from Miami queried, with CPAC-linked businessman Leonardo Scatturice and his employee Laura Belén Arrieta in spotlight.

FIFA CORRUPTION CASE

Convictions in FIFA corruption case reinstated, rules court

03-07-2025 14:32 United States appeals court reinstates convictions of former Fox broadcasting executive and Argentine sports-marketing firm Full Play involved in the FIFA corruption scandal.

POLITICS & COURTS

Court approves Lula’s visit to house-bound Fernández de Kirchner

02-07-2025 14:11 Federal judge approves Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request for Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to visit her in Buenos Aires while she’s under house arrest.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court says Fernández de Kirchner’s allies need authorisation to visit

26-06-2025 19:05 Kirchnerite legislators must seek authorisation from defence lawyers to visit Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in house arrest, rules court.

COURTS

Supreme Court revives Correo Argentino court case linked to Macri family

24-06-2025 11:18 Supreme Court reactivates Correo Argentino case, rejects Grupo Macri appeal; Judges accused of “manifest enmity” towards former president to remain on the case.

POLITICS

Fernández de Kirchner claims police are attempting to provoke supporters

20-06-2025 22:47 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, confined to house arrest as she serves a six-year jail term, urges supporters not to gather as police deploy near her apartment.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Cristina, wherefore art thou? Argentina on (permanent) CFK balcony watch

19-06-2025 21:41 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be allowed to go out onto the balcony of her apartment while serving house arrest for corruption, the court enforcing the sentence confirmed on Thursday.

CFK GRAFT CONVICTION

'We will return,' Fernández de Kirchner tells crowd in Plaza de Mayo

18-06-2025 17:08 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers in the Plaza de Mayo on Wednesday that "we will return" as she began her first full day in detention.

'Vialidad' corruption case

House arrest for CFK – 10 keys from the court ruling

18-06-2025 16:51 Key points from the resolution authorising Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to serve out her six-year prison sentence at home in the Constitución neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

'ARGENTINA WITH CRISTINA'

Tens of thousands rally in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

18-06-2025 16:02 Peronist, Kirchnerite groups rally for 'Argentina with Cristina' march; Mass protest outside Government House follows Supreme Court ruling confirming corruption sentence.

'ARGENTINA WITH CRISTINA'

Fernández de Kirchner’s supporters march in Buenos Aires

18-06-2025 13:31 Protesters denounce conviction ordering former president to serve six-year jail term and enforcing lifetime ban on public office; Former president granted house arrest by courts.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court rules Fernández de Kirchner will serve six-year prison term at home

17-06-2025 16:07 Judge grants Cristina Fernández de Kirchner permission to serve her jail term at her apartment in Constitución neighbourhood of Buenos Aires; Former president must wear electronic ankle bracelet during her detention.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner granted house arrest, claims lawyer

17-06-2025 14:18 Lawyer Gregorio Dalbón says former president has been granted permission to serve her six-year jail term for corruption at her residence in Buenos Aires, despite the objections of prosecutors.

POLITICS

‘Argentina with Cristina’ – Allies to join CFK at federal court surrender

16-06-2025 17:15 Kirchnerite, Peronist factions to mobilise for march on Comodoro Py federal courthouse after Supreme Court upholds six-year prison sentence and political ban for corruption charges.

POLITICS

CFK's supporters keep vigil over threat of prison

14-06-2025 23:38 Hundreds gather outside the Supreme Court in Buenos Aires in show of support for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after her conviction.

As I see it

Tougher times for politicians on the take

14-06-2025 06:41 Argentina is turning into a country in which even the most powerful among them understand that they would be well advised to respect the letter of the law.

by James Neilson

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Chronicle of a guilty sentence foretold

14-06-2025 06:34 There is an unwritten rule that the Supreme Court does not intervene in electoral processes. But something different happened here, forcing the tribunal to rule and accept it would be questioned for blocking one of Argentina’s most popular politicians from running. Internal rumblings of the highest political order as the triumvirate attempts to mask its fractures.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

SURVEY SAYS…

Argentines split on CFK verdict amid distrust in Judiciary

13-06-2025 14:53 New polls show the majority of the public believes Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is guilty of corruption but deep scepticism towards the justice system and its motivations.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner to present herself before courts on Wednesday

13-06-2025 11:17 Ex-president confirms in social media posts she will appear at the Comodoro Py federal courthouse on Wednesday; She says she will do this to “comply with the law” and states house arrest “is not a privilege,” highlighting security concerns.

POLITICS

CFK conviction prompts political shockwaves, protests

13-06-2025 10:49 Supporters of convicted ex-president react with anger to ruling – what next for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Peronism and the national political landscape?

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Explainer: Keys to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction

12-06-2025 15:48 The many legal woes of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose corruption conviction has been confirmed and rendered definitive by Argentina’s Supreme Court.

FORMER PRESIDENT JAILED

Casa Rosada expects Fernández de Kirchner's arrest to be ‘respectful’

12-06-2025 14:39 Although the details will be decided by the courts, government officials anticipate that the two-term former president will be treated with respect during the process.

GOVERNMENT REACTION

Unity or infighting? Milei government awaits Peronism’s next move

12-06-2025 14:10 Casa Rosada sources says Peronism will either ‘circle the wagons or break up’ – whatever happens, officials promise to guarantee public order.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

CRISTINA CONDEMNED

Fernández de Kirchner seeks house arrest, denounces ‘persecution’ at ICC

11-06-2025 22:31 Supporters rally in Buenos Aires outside the former president’s home as her lawyers appeal to the International Criminal Court and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

CRISTINA GRAFT CONVICTION

Fernández de Kirchner given five days to present herself to courthouse

10-06-2025 20:53 Federal Oral Court No. 2 summons former president and eight others convicted of offences in the 'Vialidad' case; Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must report to Comodoro Py federal courthouse within five working days to be taken into custody.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

CFK slams Supreme Court ruling as 'clampdown' on popular vote

10-06-2025 19:03 Three judges on nation’s highest tribunal rejects Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s appeal in the Vialidad graft case, sparking anger from former president.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Nation's highest tribunal upholds ex-president's prison sentence

10-06-2025 18:34 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will have to serve a six-year prison sentence – likely under house arrest – and will be permanently disqualified from holding political office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction.

CFK GRAFT CONVICTION

Top court bans CFK from public office for life

10-06-2025 17:56 Argentina’s Supreme Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s fraud conviction.

EX-PRESIDENT CONDEMNED

Supreme Court confirms Fernández de Kirchner corruption conviction

10-06-2025 16:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's conviction in so-called 'Vialidad' corruption trial confirmed by Argentina's Supreme Court; Former president's intention to run for seat in Buenos Aires Province Legislature blocked by ruling upholding prison sentence and lifetime ban on holding public office.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Anti-Corruption Office clears Milei of responsibility in ‘cryptogate’ scandal

10-06-2025 08:54 National government’s Anti-Corruption Office rules that President Javier Milei did not “violate” public ethics law when he promoted $LIBTA memecoin on February 14.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Milei’s crypto promoting not improper, Anti-Corruption Office says

09-06-2025 15:58 President Javier Milei didn’t act improperly when he promoted the '$LIBRA' crypto token in February, rules Anti-Corruption Office.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Supreme Court revising Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s corruption conviction

07-06-2025 18:12 Nation’s highest tribunal is reviewing former president’s graft conviction in the ‘Vialidad’ conviction; Decision on whether to uphold sentence and enforce ban on public office creeps closer and may derail her intended candidacy in Buenos Aires Province.

Politics – Analysis

Damocles’ sword and a Mexican stand-off in the Province

07-06-2025 06:26 Argentina’s Supreme Court has driven itself into a corner. It’s sitting on one of the most consequential rulings in the nation’s political history.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & CONGRESS

‘Ficha Limpia’ falls – Senate rejects anti-corruption bill by one vote

08-05-2025 00:58 Upper house rejects bill to bar candidates convicted of corruption from running for office; Measure, which would have blocked Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from running for office, fell short by just one vote.