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Milei in dead heat with Peronism, one year out from election, polls show

24-10-2026 00:53 One year out from polling day, surveys point to a tight race, polarised electorate, significant group of undecided voters and appetite for a ‘third way’ candidate.

by James Grainger

Hotesur-Los Sauces: Kirchner family corruption cases to be heard in single trial

20-10-2026 20:32 Appeals court rules that Hotesur and Los Sauces graft cases, involving alleged money-laundering and kickbacks linked to the Kirchner family and businessman Lázaro Báez, will be heard in a single trial starting this Friday.

Argentina's richest lawmakers – what their asset declarations reveal

29-09-2026 07:04 Millionaires and indebted lawmakers sit side by side in the Chamber of Deputies. Máximo Kirchner, the son of ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and PRO veteran cum government ally Cristian Ritondo top the ranking of rich lawmakers, with fortunes above 10 billion pesos.

by Giselle Leclercq

A world of difference

26-09-2026 00:29 Argentina joined the United Nations as one of the 51 founding members on its very first day – October 24, 1945 – but neither Juan Domingo Perón nor his military replacements could be bothered to take time off for the annual regular session of its General Assembly....

by Michael Soltys

LLA-PRO conclave as Mauricio Macri, Karina Milei ‘resume contact’

13-08-2026 00:07 Representatives from La Libertad Avanza and PRO meet at Casa Rosada in bid to re-open lines of dialogue and coordinate congressional efforts; Light warming of relations comes months after ex-president and current leader spoke.

Quintela and the Peronists; Weird scarecrow strategy

08-08-2026 19:31 Most Argentines are telling pollsters that they would like something to change next year. But polls measuring voting intention still have Milei either in the lead or neck-and-neck with his main opponent.

by Marcelo J. García

As Milei’s aura fades, Argentina starts to look for a third way

13-07-2026 10:43 With President Milei’s popularity at its lowest level in more than two years, talk of the 2027 election has taken over investor trips and political circles. The question being asked is whether it might be the moment for a third way.

Corruption, our daily bread

26-06-2026 06:29 An unrelenting cascade of corruption scandals enjoys political and judicial protection, while the government negotiates key appointments to put the brakes on cases at Comodoro Py.

by Javier Calvo

Witness in 'Cuadernos' graft trial says Báez was Kirchner's 'trusted custodian'

09-06-2026 15:16 Financier turned whistleblower Leonardo Fariña tells court jailed businessman Lázaro Báez was close to Néstor Kirchner and benefited from an alleged public works corruption network.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gets her own pink palace

02-06-2026 17:00 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner may never return to Argentina’s pink presidential palace. But nearly a year after being barred for life from running for public office, her loyal fans brought the palace to her.

Does Milei want a second term?

16-05-2026 05:57 The good news is that the vote for his re-election is still 17 months away; the bad news is that, at this rate, he might not win.

by Marcelo J. García

Left-winger Bregman tops popularity poll as President plummets

30-04-2026 15:24 Polling by Atlas Intel consultancy firm shows FIT-U deputy Myriam Bregman as the political figure with the best positive image in the country.

Smelling a drop of blood in the water

17-04-2026 16:17 Losing control of the digital discourse for Milei is akin to losing the streets for a traditional Peronist politician of the 21st-century.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Russian psyops and the dance of the candidates

11-04-2026 07:34 The Milei administration is on the back foot, tired, hanging off the ropes, but is nowhere near knockout territory.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

YPF shares soar to 15-year high on Wall Street after court ruling

01-04-2026 10:47 State energy firm’s share price surpasses US$48, returning to pre-nationalisation levels, against a backdrop of a sharp rise in crude oil prices; Surge driven by a combination of global factors and positive local developments following New York court ruling that has reduced uncertainty surrounding the firm.

‘Sadism is not a political ideology nor a strategy of war, but a moral perversion’

28-03-2026 05:53 Populism, on the left and on the right, has wrecked havoc, helping to exacerbate the decline of traditional democratic values. It’s a shame that the defence of human rights has become fodder for culture wars and polarisation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei reactivates dams, consolidating strategic rapprochement with China

11-03-2026 09:36 Argentina’s government has confirmed that work on the hydroelectric complex on the Santa Cruz river – which has been paralysed since Javier Milei came to power – has resumed. The project, integrally financed by Chinese banks and implemented by the Gezhouba company, returns to the agenda amid an uptick in the relations between Buenos Aires and Beijing.

by Carlos Burgueño

Carolina Moisés: ‘We either return to being Peronist or Peronism will cease to exist’

03-03-2026 15:22 After breaking up the Unión por la Patria interbloc and laying claim to the Senate vice-presidency, Jujuy Senator Carolina Moisés criticises Kirchnerism and the La Cámpora militants, arguing for the need to rebuild a competitive inland Peronism.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Fernández de Kirchner’s lawyers seek annulment of 'Cuadernos' graft mega-trial

03-02-2026 23:35 Defence lawyers representing former president request the annulment of the so-called ‘Cuadernos’ corruption mega-trial.

The fall of the Bolivarian régime and its ruinous fallout for Argentina

13-01-2026 15:18 Argentina’s economic relationship with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela left a negative balance difficult to hide. From Hugo Chávez’s financial loans to Néstor Kirchner to failed trade agreements, expropriations and non-payments, the link translated into lost dollars, lost markets and troubled national companies. Bonds with usurious interest rates, unpaid exports, truncated energy projects and forced nationalisations marked almost three decades of a political alliance which, in economic terms, proved to be costly and ruinous for the country.

by Carlos Burgueño