News of intelligence

Summer waves and espionage

15-01-2026 16:25 To date, four lawsuits have been filed at different courtrooms seeking to declare Javier Milei’s decree empowering the domestic intelligence services and adding uncontrolled multi-million funds unconstitutional. For espionage, the presidential chainsaw has turned into a blunt knife.

by Javier Calvo

CEPA: Milei splashed cash on intelligence, slashed social budget in 2025

12-01-2026 18:50 Report by CEPA think tank reveals cutbacks in sensitive areas; Sharp real-terms cuts to health, science, social development and public works last year, while intelligence funding jumped 52%.

Macri in clear as Supreme Court closes ARA San Juan espionage case

29-10-2025 17:07 Argentina’s top court rejects legal push by victims’ relatives and rules to acquit former president Mauricio Macri and former intelligence officials of spying claims.

Investment or political marketing? Analysing OpenAI’s Argentina announcement

11-10-2025 09:36 Announcement by President Javier Mileil’s government of plans to create a mega AI data centre in Patagonia raises questions about its feasibility and geopolitical aims.

Ex-spy Stiuso retains influence at SIDE intelligence services

19-08-2025 15:41 Antonio ‘Jaime’ Stiuso, former director-general of operations at Argentina’s intelligence service, has well-oiled contacts with the libertarians leading SIDE.

by Rodis Recalt

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

16-06-2025 20:39 People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news.

Espionage plan claims remain in spotlight with further SIDE revelations

29-05-2025 15:05 Bicameral intelligence committee, chaired by Radical senator Martín Lousteau, has summoned Sergio Neiffert to explain the objectives of this plan, especially its more questionable aspects.

Milei government says SIDE intelligence services won’t target critics

27-05-2025 10:40 President Javier Milei’s government denies a report in La Nación newspaper claiming that SIDE intelligence services will collect information on individuals – potentially journalists, experts and opposition politicians – who could undermine confidence in government policies.

The quest for the new philosopher’s stone

01-02-2025 09:07 For good or ill, Artificial Intelligence is the philosopher’s stone of the age we are living in.

by James Neilson

UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debate

28-01-2025 12:39 Computers are teaching core curriculum subjects to students at David Game College in an artificial intelligence pilot as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain an "AI superpower."

‘Totalitarian potential’ – Yuval Noah Harari warns of the risks of Artificial Intelligence

04-10-2024 06:46 Renowned Israeli intellectual presents his latest book 'Nexus,' warning that the failure to regulate AI and the algorithms controlled by technological corporations could pave the way to dictatorship.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Selling your soul to the devil?

31-08-2024 05:40 Macri and Milei are still feeling each other out, much like heavyweight boxers who dance around each other throwing light jabs for fear of being hit with an uppercut. All of which begs the question, who will stab the other one in the back first?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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

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.

Milei adviser expects major tech investments within eight weeks

07-06-2024 16:44 Javier Milei's senior adviser Demian Reidel is confident Argentina will be able to announce significant investments from Silicon Valley in the coming weeks.

Intelligence shake-up: AFI chief Silvestre Sívori resigns after Posse's departure

28-05-2024 17:14 President Javier Milei accepts resignation of Silvestre Sívori, head of Federal Intelligence Agency, who steps down amid Nicolás Posse’s departure as Cabinet chief.