News of espert scandal

US report on Machado funds poses uncomfortable questions for Bullrich

Today 01:05 US government report by Homeland Security indicates that Machado had already been linked to drug-trafficking and money-laundering in 2021.

POLITICS

Reichardt to top LLA-PBA list as judge rejects imposition of Santilli

Yesterday 10:44 Judge Alejo Ramos Padilla accepts José Luis Espert’s resignation as a candidate but not the swapping of names on the ruling party’s slate; Model and actor Karen Reichardt will top the La Libertad Avanza list in Buenos Aires Province.

POLITICS & COURTS

Machado breaks silence, admits to funding Espert’s campaign

07-10-2025 16:26 Federico ‘Fred’ Machado, who faces charges of money-laundering and drug-trafficking in the United States, admits he financially contributed to La Libertad Avanza national deputy José Luis Espert’s 2019 presidential campaign.

Election 2025: Politics

Espert resigns candidacy over links to alleged drug-trafficker

05-10-2025 23:23 President Javier Milei suffers another damaging blow weeks before midterm elections; Amid growing scandal, José Luis Espert – ruling party’s top candidate in October vote – resigns his candidacy.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Espert's dirty financing

04-10-2025 06:45 On José Luis Espert’s ties with a suspected drug dealer and the libertarian obsession with coin.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Cabinet discontent grows over Espert narco allegations

02-10-2025 16:30 President Javier Milei himself is the main defender of the congressional candidate – but dissatisfaction is growing over the lawmaker's disastrous television appearances.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Espert called to Casa Rosada as opposition demands resignation

02-10-2025 16:11 Calls ramp up for top name on the ruling La Libertad Avanza party’s list of candidates in the upcoming election to step side amid revelations over links to suspected narco-trafficker; Polling shows scandal may damage chances in midterms.

by James Grainger

INTERVIEW

Myriam Bregman: ‘We denounced Espert’s ties to drug-trafficking in 2021’

02-10-2025 14:31 Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores candidate for national deputy discusses allegations against ruling party lawmaker José Luis Espert that link La Libertad Avanza figure to suspected drug-trafficker.

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.

POLITICS

Scandal in Congress: Kirchnerite, libertarian deputies row ends session

03-07-2025 19:02 Chamber of Deputies session ends early with pushing and shoving between La Libertad Avanza and Kirchnerite legislators.

News of espert scandal

US report on Machado funds poses uncomfortable questions for Bullrich

Reichardt to top LLA-PBA list as judge rejects imposition of Santilli

Machado breaks silence, admits to funding Espert’s campaign

Espert resigns candidacy over links to alleged drug-trafficker

Espert's dirty financing

Cabinet discontent grows over Espert narco allegations

Espert called to Casa Rosada as opposition demands resignation

Myriam Bregman: ‘We denounced Espert’s ties to drug-trafficking in 2021’

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

Scandal in Congress: Kirchnerite, libertarian deputies row ends session

Argentina pulls out all stops in Milei’s defence of fragile peso

Reichardt to top La Libertad Avanza list as judge rejects imposition of Santilli

Milei’s dollar sales bolster the peso but stoke devaluation bets

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

Scandal-hit lawmaker Espert seeks leave of absence from lower house

Atentado a Cristina Kirchner: condenaron a Sabag Montiel a 10 años y a Brenda Uliarte a 8 años de prisión

Leonardo Cositorto, preso por estafa piramidal, contó que aportó 32.500 dólares a la campaña de Diego Santilli

Mientras Machado espera la extradición, Estados Unidos afirma que Bullrich sabía que le financió la campaña a Espert

Investigadores del Conicet hallaron un huevo de dinosaurio carnívoro en un estado de preservación casi perfecto

Karen Reichardt encabeza la lista de La Libertad Avanza: la Justicia bajó a Diego Santilli