News of global

Scientists say climate change fuelled conditions for Chile, Argentina wildfires

11-02-2026 08:37 Scientific study finds human-driven climate change and La Niña combined to create unusually dry conditions.

DEBT & BONDS

Argentina not looking to tap global debt market, Caputo says

02-02-2026 14:22 Argentina doesn’t plan to sell bonds in global debt markets, says Economy Minister Luis Caputo.

FREIGHT RAILWAYS

Grupo Mexico, major crop traders eye Milei rail privatisation in Argentina

20-11-2025 19:26 Upgrading the sprawling Belgrano Cargas network — which connects northern Argentina to Paraná ports — would help unlock extra soy and corn production and catalyse a slew of lithium and copper projects in the Andes.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

World Bank trims Argentina’s growth forecast to 4.6%

07-10-2025 13:37 Argentina’s economy will grow by 4.6 percent in 2025, predicts World Bank economists – above domestic projections; World Bank slightly raises growth forecast for wider Latin America region.

GUEST COLUMN

Loneliness and isolation: the hidden threat to global health

11-08-2025 14:49 Humans are hardwired for connection. Disconnection, whether through loneliness, or social isolation, can have devastating impacts.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

'Cepo' in review

22-03-2025 07:53 It might well be argued that the ‘cepo,’ the seemingly endless set of currency and capital controls, has been a bane of Argentina’s existence.

by Michael Soltys

Global trade

Trump escalates global trade war, sparking tit-for-tat tariffs

04-03-2025 12:27 Confirmation of the levies lays to rest doubts Trump would actually follow through on his repeated threats to upend global economic ties to counter what he casts as imbalanced trade.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei wants right-wing forum as restarts ‘chainsaw’

28-01-2025 11:27 La Libertad Avanza leader wants to be the beacon for a movement of right-wing leaders with whom he shares ideological common ground. He will deepen the “cultural battle” in Argentina and move forward with deeper cuts at public companies, prompting a new wave of redundancies in time for the October midterms.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei and Trump: On Nazis, outsiders and politicians

25-01-2025 06:21 Trump’s re-election blows wind into the sails of the new right, which is seeking to absolutely dismantle progressivism.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Fossil Fueled

Trump leaves Paris climate agreement

21-01-2025 11:45 Trump withdraws from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat warming as weather events intensify worldwide.

Global Health

WHO 'regrets' Trump decision to pull US from organisation

21-01-2025 11:08 Trump directs US withdrawal from the World Health Organization, triggering "significant restructuring" in the organisation's future.

ENVIRONMENT

Uruguay bucks 2024 global warming trend

10-01-2025 09:25 The world experienced its hottest year in 2024 since records began, but in Uruguay, global warming was counteracted by bouts of "near-historic" cold.

MARKETS

Argentina ETF sees record inflows as traders buy Milei’s efforts

25-11-2024 20:53 An exchange-traded fund tracking Argentine stocks saw record inflows as Wall Street embraces President Javier Milei.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Argentina snubs G20 summit launch of Brazil's global anti-hunger alliance

18-11-2024 11:05 Argentina the only G20 country not to sign up to a global anti-hunger initiative set to be launched at the opening of leaders summit in Brazil.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Move over Javi, the Big Boss is back

09-11-2024 06:24 The return of Donald Trump, the undisputed 'top dog' of the new right, will consolidate a global movement that, up until now, appeared to be somewhat disjointed.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

WORLD

Trump return sows new uncertainty for stunned global leaders

06-11-2024 17:16 The world digested the return of Donald Trump to the White House with a sense of shock and trepidation. In Argentina, an ecstatic Milei sent congratulatory text messages to billionaire Elon Musk.

INTERVIEW

Bahamas AG leads Global South's push for UN tax cooperation deal

11-10-2024 09:00 Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder on global tax cooperation, pushing back against OECD policies and how Argentina can help the Global South.

by Mattis Nurit

HUMAN RIGHTS

Young activists call on states, tech firms to uphold digital rights

23-04-2024 18:01 Amnesty International’s Global Youth Summit convenes in Buenos Aires as rights campaigners discuss intricacies of life online.

by Girah Lundy-Joseph

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

IMF ups global growth forecast but signals medium-term pessimism

16-04-2024 13:25 International Monetary Fund slightly raises outlook for global growth this year to 3.2%; Multilateral lenders reiterates forecast that Argentina's GDP will fall by 2.8% and that inflation in 2024 will be 150%.

Milei and Judaism

Milei's rabbi reveals how Argentina's president fell in love with Judaism

06-03-2024 14:27 Milei's visit to the Western Wall was one of the first things he did when he arrived in the Holy Land, bringing the leader to tears, reveals

Environmental Policy

Trump's green-bashing and Europe's right put climate goals at risk

27-02-2024 11:58 Politicians are vowing to roll back green policies and downplaying climate change ahead of key elections on both sides of the Atlantic, casting doubt on whether countries can maintain momentum in the transition away from fossil fuels.

Extortion in Peru

Pay up, or else: Latin America cowed by lucrative extortion

26-02-2024 13:50 Extortion, a business more lucrative than drug trafficking thanks to its high profits, has become the bane of citizens' existence from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

STRATEGIC SHIFT

Mondino ratifies Malvinas sovereignty claim to UK's Cameron

21-02-2024 22:08 Argentina’s government had mostly stayed mum following British Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s trip to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, but that changed Wednesday.

Malvinas Sovereignty Dispute

Former British PM David Cameron visits Malvinas

19-02-2024 13:29 British Foreign Minister David Cameron landed at Mount Pleasant air base on Monday as part of a two-day visit to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.

Detained Plane Row

Maduro slams Milei after US seizes Venezuelan plane

16-02-2024 10:39 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro slams Javier Milei, branding him a "bandit" who allowed the United States to seize an Emtrasur plane.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Venezuela suspends UN rights office, expels staff

15-02-2024 16:27 Two days after the United Nations agency expressed "deep concern" over the detention of a prominent rights activist, Venezuela's Foreign Minister ordered staff at the rights office to leave within 72 hours.