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Milei quiets ruling-party rifts, reclaims agenda via Malvinas

06-09-2026 09:17 President Javier Milei’s nationwide broadcast brings sense of calm to ruling party; Adviser Santiago Caputo was involved in drafting of speech, a bid to reclaim centre stage and set the conversation.

by Pablo Varela

Government targets 45 entities over Malvinas oil projects

05-09-2026 15:50 President Javier Milei's government launches sanction proceedings targeting hydrocarbon activities around the disputed archipelago, including shareholders and firms providing related services.

Milei's Malvinas measures: What the President announced

04-09-2026 11:52 From a new naval base in Tierra del Fuego to a National Security Council, President Javier Milei announced a six-point package in Thursday night's national broadcast.

UK asserts 'unshakeable commitment to Falklands' after Milei's speech

04-09-2026 10:42 "The Falklands are British because Falkland Islanders choose to be British," declares UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting.

President set to unveil Malvinas sanctions bill for firms

03-09-2026 01:00 President expected to announce government will send bill to Congress seeking sanctions for firms that assist or conduct activities in waters near the Malvinas Islands without Argentine authorisation. 

President: Not re-electing me would be 'social suicide'

03-09-2026 00:27 President closes out right-wing Vientos de Cambio forum in Buenos Aires by ruling out any softening of his austerity drive ahead of next year's vote; While defending his economic programme and sharp attacks on the opposition, he declares: "If we don't win, it's because as a society we're choosing to commit suicide.”

Milei to make nationwide broadcast after Trump's Malvinas remark

01-09-2026 14:14 President Javier Milei plans to deliver a ‘Cadena Nacional’ nationwide broadcast on Thursday; He will reportedly outline details of the “diplomatic progress” his government has made over Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.

Intellectuals call for Milei to be declared ‘persona non grata’ in Paris

01-09-2026 13:30 Call to block president's visit comes ahead of Milei's planned visit to Paris in late September and early October.

Thiel bought a house in Argentina – democracy left it empty

31-08-2026 16:40 The answer to Peter Thiel's scepticism about democracy is not to defend liberal democracy more loudly. It is to make it work well enough that citizens have compelling reasons to defend it.

Innocence and banks

29-08-2026 06:10 Which comes first, the internal or the external debt?

Two new probes opened into political adviser detained in Bolivia

27-08-2026 00:48 Bolivian President Paz distances himself from Fernando Cerimedo, his former adviser facing multiple accusations, including attempted femicide, money-laundering and drug-trafficking.

Plans for Pope Leo's visit to Argentina ramp up

27-08-2026 00:10 Vatican confirmed earlier this month that the Catholic leader would travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru for a tour lasting November 6 to 17.

The ‘uncanny valley’ theory meets Milei and Cerimedo

22-08-2026 06:28 The reality of the Milei administration’s near three years in office is even more bizarre than expected.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Óscar Martínez: ‘Bukele has neither principles nor ideology – he was after power, any which way’

22-08-2026 06:24 A look at the dictator’s playbook – investigative journalist Óscar Martínez on the rise of Nayib Bukele, the dismantling of democracy in El Salvador and the fight for truth from exile.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Milei hails progress on inflation, vows to grow economy

20-08-2026 16:01 President says he had already fulfilled electoral promises that brought him to office; Milei uses Council of the Americas speech to review his administration’s record, criticise economists and journalists and plead for re-election.

Impatient savers are hindering Milei’s lending push

20-08-2026 13:09 Certificate deposits in pesos from the private sector – including individuals and companies – are growing. Yet the maturity of those savings is shrinking.

Surging unemployment is Milei’s biggest political threat

19-08-2026 09:56 For a second straight year, the economy is growing yet employment is falling in the formal sector. Only one province, Neuquén, has added businesses during Milei’s tenure.

Amnesty International slams rise of Argentina’s 'surveillance state'

18-08-2026 22:24 Massive online surveillance is deterring the right to protest in Argentina, says Amnesty International NGO in latest report.

‘Liberty as a mandate’ – Milei links Presidency to San Martín’s ‘ideas and values’

18-08-2026 09:34 After several days without public activity, President Milei appears in public to deliver a speech urging defence of San Martín’s ideals against those who "attack our ideas and values, making us believe that sin and robbery are justified."

Wamani: Martín Varsavsky's Mendoza refuge for a hypothetical war

17-08-2026 16:33 Businessman Martín Varsavsky, a member of the Silicon Valley elite, caused a stir this week in the 'Financial Times' by declaring that "we're already in World War III." Working from that premise, the entrepreneur says that "it makes sense to have a refuge" and reveals details of Wamani, his retreat in the Mendoza foothills. But the site’s corporate paperwork conceals a geopolitical paradox.

by Nicolás Gonzalez