News of espionage

Worthy of their hire?

24-08-2024 05:31 Two other leading issues this past week – the senatorial pay hike and Congress rejection of the 12-digit SIDE intelligence booster. Nothing is black and white but try convincing most people otherwise.

by Michael Soltys

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Political sewers on the boil

24-08-2024 05:15 Intelligence sectors in conflict threaten to throw the book at each other, exposing shady deals and problematic situations in private lives.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Blow for Milei: Opposition teams up with PRO to block intelligence funds

21-08-2024 23:05 In a heavy blow for the Milei government, deputies in lower house repeal decree assigning over 100 billion pesos “to boost the national intelligence system” by 156-52 vote with six abstentions.

ESPIONAGE TRIAL

Russian spies on trial for impersonating Argentines face up to 8 years in jail

18-06-2024 17:04 Trial of accused – María Rosa Mayer Muños and Ludwig Gisch, whose true identities are Artem Dultsev and Anna Dultseva – being held behind closed doors; Both lived for years in Belgrano, before moving to Slovenia, where they were arrested.

ESPIONAGE

Mondino: 'Cuban and Venezuelan moles' are trying to destabilise government

01-03-2024 15:11 Without presenting evidence, Argentina's foreign minister claims there are "specialist and highty skilled" Cuban and Venezuelan moles active in the country that are trying to destabilise President Javier Milei's government.

ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

Former US envoy to Argentina charged with spying over 40 years for Cuba

05-12-2023 12:36 Victor Manuel Rocha responsible for “one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent,” says US attorney-general; Colombian-born US citizen previously served as Washington’s envoy to Bolivia and headed the US Embassy in Argentina for a brief spell.

ELECTION 2023: ANALYSIS

Insaurralde, Milei, Melconian and the dirty campaign

12-10-2023 14:46 We’re into the tortuous last stretch of the campaign and political operations are underway.

by Javier Calvo

GEOPOLITICAL ROW

China slams Biden for equating Xi to 'dictators'

21-06-2023 11:03 US President Joe Biden equates Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with "dictators," sparking angry reaction from Beijing.

LAGO ESCONDIDO SCANDAL

There are no coincidences in the Hidden Lake

10-12-2022 06:41 There is nothing inherently criminal in having these magistrates and officials accept an invitation to a public retreat from an interest group that happens to be the country’s largest media conglomerate. The issue here is ethical.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

SUBMARINE TRAGEDY

ARA San Juan: Five years on, a look at investigation into submarine's sinking

16-11-2022 08:31 Five years after the tragic loss of the 'ARA San Juan,' forensic studies of images of the sunken submarine are still pending. The case probing the tragedy is relatively advanced, but doubts as to what caused it are far from resolved. A look at the key points of the investigation underway in Santa Cruz and Chubut.