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How Tango’s Mundial went global – without leaving Buenos Aires

28-08-2026 11:54 More than 800 couples from over 50 countries and thousands of enthusiasts are descending on Buenos Aires to compete and enjoy the Tango Mundial. As the city’s annual championship becomes an increasingly global cultural phenomenon, longtime competition and festival producer Martín Frosio faces a defining challenge: making the event bigger without losing its local identity and style.

by Michelle Edgar, Buenos Aires Times

AVIATION & AIR TRAVEL

Discount airline Flybondi ghosts Boeing, slashes 75% of flights

06-08-2026 14:21 Low-cost airline Flybondi is on the brink of collapse, eight months after an ally of President Milei promised to invest US$1.7 billion in an attempted turnaround of the decade-old carrier.

MARKETS & BONDS

Argentina bonds jump, 2035s hit record high on S&P upgrade

11-06-2026 11:47 S&P Global upgraded Argentina’s sovereign credit rating after markets closed Wednesday, citing positive fiscal results and other measures taken by Javier Milei’s administration.

GUEST COLUMN

India’s fight against terrorism

12-05-2026 10:11 India and Argentina, despite being separated by oceans and continents, are united by democratic values and by the shared conviction that terrorism is an assault on civilisation itself. In this common struggle, silence is not neutrality; it is acquiescence.

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Nations to kick off world-first fossil fuel exit talks

28-04-2026 11:42 Two-day conference in Santa Marta, Colombia, bypasses the United Nations climate talks and reflects a growing impatience with its failure to tackle fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming.

RACE FOR UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

Rafael Grossi pitches ‘enlightened pragmatism’ for fractured UN

21-04-2026 21:49 IAEA chief warns of growing distrust in the United Nations while outlining a more “pragmatic” approach to global crises; UN is not going in the right direction, he warns, offering “impartial” leadership and a front-footed approach to global crises.

by James Grainger

MARKETS & BONDS

Argentina looks to global debt markets to finance energy boom

07-04-2026 10:41 Corporate borrowers are turning to global debt markets to fund an energy-driven expansion.

ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta turns global oil shock into opportunity for Argentina

03-04-2026 06:38 Argentina’s shale boom is reshaping its economy. Rising global energy prices were once a historic vulnerability, now they’re into a growing source of external strength.

by Santiago del Carril

ENERGY & GAS

Mercuria-backed oil driller plots US$6-billion Argentina shale push

30-03-2026 14:31 Phoenix Global Resources is preparing a US$6-billion expansion in Argentina’s booming Vaca Muerta shale patch.

GLOBAL OIL MARKET

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

12-03-2026 10:56 Iran launches new wave of attacks; Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of global crude passes – effectively shut down; Oil prices soar, trading above US$100; International Energy Agency bemoans "largest supply disruption in history of global oil market.”

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

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 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.