News of mario

Trump Argentina beef plan risks rancher ire, little price relief

20-10-2025 17:29 Donald Trump vowed to boost beef imports from Argentina, but this may bring little relief to consumers – and risk angering US ranchers.

POLITICS

Secrets of Leonardo Scatturice, Milei’s lobbyist in Washington

29-07-2025 07:20 The murky past of the millionaire former spy behind the unchecked luggage flight. A key link between Javier Milei and Donald Trump, with ties to airline Flybondi and top presidential advisor Santiago Caputo.

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS

Move Group: the consultancy firm advising government and opposition

12-07-2025 07:15 From Mayra Mendoza to Rolando Figueroa and Alberto Weretilneck. During the Javier Milei Presidency, a wide range of leaders have contracted the services of the consultancy firm where Santiago Caputo previously worked.

by Giselle Leclercq

MULTILATERAL WITHDRAWAL

Argentina ratifies WHO withdrawal during RFK Jr visit

27-05-2025 09:36 Argentina says it will reform healthcare model and reiterates decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, as Trump's health secretary, vaccine-sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., visits Buenos Aires.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Prosecutor asks Supreme Court to double CFK prison term

15-05-2025 16:38 Attorney General Eduardo Casal urges Supreme Court to double jail term handed down to former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for corruption offences.

Local elections in Uruguay

Left retains control of Montevideo in Uruguay regional elections

12-05-2025 12:58 Uruguayan election cycle closes out with wins for Frente Amplio in Montevideo and Canelones, with opposition holding less populous territories nationwide.

OBITUARY

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

13-04-2025 23:25 As one of Latin America’s foremost writers and intellectuals, Mario Vargas Llosa defended individual liberty, democracy and the free market, which often put him at odds with his peers and political leaders in the region.

LITERARY LEGEND DIES

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.

public health crisis

Doctors resign from Health Ministry scheme over ‘dismantling’ of programmes

05-03-2025 16:59 Healthcare professionals working on Health Ministry programmes to tackle HIV, leprosy and tuberculosis resign en masse, stating: "We will not be part of a Ministry where essential programmes are unable to meet the basic obligations set by law."

EMBASSY ROW ESCALATES

Argentina denounces Maduro government at ICC over embassy ‘siege’

03-12-2024 22:14 Mario Oyarzábal, Argentina’s representative to the International Criminal Court (ICC), denounces Venezuelan government over inhumane “siege” of its Embassy in Caracas, where six opposition leaders are sheltering from authorities.

POLITICS

Lugones to head Health Ministry after Russo steps down

27-09-2024 13:40 After learning about the official’s exit, the government quickly appointed his successor.

Bloomberg

US Treasury Secretary Yellen praises Chile’s policies in visit to lithium-rich ally

01-03-2024 16:42 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday lavished praise on Chile during a visit focused on critical minerals.

POLITICS

Milei U-turns on Health Ministry and names Florencia Mizrahi to head AFIP

09-12-2023 19:35 Mario Russo appointed Health minister, reversing previous declarations that portfolio would be downgraded; Florencia Mizrahi to lead AFIP tax agency in Javier Milei's new government.