News of milei

Monthly inflation drops to 1.5% – lowest level in five years

Yesterday 16:05 Consumer prices rose just 1.5% in May, according to government data – the lowest monthly rate since May 2020; Inflation at 13.3% so far this year, 43.5% over the last 12 months.

IMF PROGRAMME

IMF applauds Argentina's measures to boost dollar reserves

Yesterday 15:15 Earlier this week, Argentina’s Central Bank rolled out new economic measures designed to boost foreign currency holdings.

FORMER PRESIDENT JAILED

Casa Rosada expects Fernández de Kirchner's arrest to be ‘respectful’

Yesterday 14:39 Although the details will be decided by the courts, government officials anticipate that the two-term former president will be treated with respect during the process.

GOVERNMENT REACTION

Unity or infighting? Milei government awaits Peronism’s next move

Yesterday 14:10 Casa Rosada sources says Peronism will either ‘circle the wagons or break up’ – whatever happens, officials promise to guarantee public order.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

POLITICS

New Peronist generation must now grow without Cristina

Yesterday 13:52 Leandro Santoro, Juan Grabois, Juan Monteverde and Axel Kicillof are the most visual leaders of a post-Kirchnerite generation which is trying to renew the party without supremos or fanaticism.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei: Argentina will move Israel Embassy to Jerusalem in 2026

11-06-2025 23:21 President becomes first Argentine head of state to address Israeli Parliament, tells lawmakers he will move his country's Embassy to Jerusalem next year.

CRISTINA CONDEMNED

Fernández de Kirchner seeks house arrest, denounces ‘persecution’ at ICC

11-06-2025 22:31 Supporters rally in Buenos Aires outside the former president’s home as her lawyers appeal to the International Criminal Court and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Dollar-obsessed Argentines have a newfound love for buying gold

11-06-2025 18:24 Argentina’s deep-rooted reliance on the greenback is now being challenged by a growing appetite for gold.

Analysis

Fernández de Kirchner’s ban from office marks new chapter

11-06-2025 17:03 Top court sidelines Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from future elections, likely ushering in a new political era.

MILEI's FOREIGN TOUR

Israel welcomes President Javier Milei for second official visit

10-06-2025 21:03 Benjamin Netanyahu greets President Javier Milei as a "true friend" of Israel.

politics & environment

Milei decree to amend Glaciers Law, extend areas for exploitation

10-06-2025 12:09 President Javier Milei’s government administration says that environmental controls will remain while giving provinces greater autonomy.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei lands in Israel, makes second emotional visit to Wailing Wall

10-06-2025 10:05 President Milei arrives in Israel and visits the Wailing Wall: “I will always support the people of Israel with all my heart," he tells Jewish faithful at holy site.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Anti-Corruption Office clears Milei of responsibility in ‘cryptogate’ scandal

10-06-2025 08:54 National government’s Anti-Corruption Office rules that President Javier Milei did not “violate” public ethics law when he promoted $LIBTA memecoin on February 14.

POLITICS & COURTS

Defiant CFK warns Milei era ‘will end in major crisis’

09-06-2025 22:08 Former president plays to Peronist base as rumours of an imminent Supreme Court ruling ramp up; “Being imprisoned is a certificate of dignity,” she tells supporters in speech.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

EU-Mercosur deal, nuclear talks top agenda as Milei meets Macron

09-06-2025 16:55 President Javier Milei attends United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, as a gesture of goodwill towards his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Milei’s crypto promoting not improper, Anti-Corruption Office says

09-06-2025 15:58 President Javier Milei didn’t act improperly when he promoted the '$LIBRA' crypto token in February, rules Anti-Corruption Office.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei: Cruelty as the method

09-06-2025 15:24 The cruelty that spills daily from President Milei’s mouth and from his no less uncouth officials is not rhetorical excess or a communications blunder. It is method. It is doctrine.

by Daniel Capalbo

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei renews attacks on Spanish PM Sánchez during Madrid visit

08-06-2025 20:47 President Javier Milei renews expletive-laden criticism of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as bilateral ties plummet.

Editorial

The gloomy science as gloom for science

07-06-2025 09:38 If starvation wages are expected to bridge the vacuum between the research structures of the 20th and 21st centuries, there will not be any scientists left for a brave new world.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting

07-06-2025 09:22 Pope León XIV welcomes Argentina’s President Javier Milei at Vatican, where he expresses concern over inequality, poverty and conflict.

PRESIDENT & PONTIFF

Pope Leo XIV confirms Argentina visit during meeting with Milei

07-06-2025 09:12 Catholic leader tells Argentina’s president during one-to-one meeting that he plans to travel to the country. Vatican statement highlights discussions on poverty and social cohesion.

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s (unnecessary) enemies are piling up

07-06-2025 06:46 Argentina's President is not only failing to make friends, he is accumulating too many enemies.

by Marcelo J. García

Campaign comments

On a mission in omission

07-06-2025 06:34 Voting for provincial deputies in Misiones is more likely to be a landslide for the local ruling party than any electoral earthquake.

by Michael Soltys

Politics – Analysis

Damocles’ sword and a Mexican stand-off in the Province

07-06-2025 06:26 Argentina’s Supreme Court has driven itself into a corner. It’s sitting on one of the most consequential rulings in the nation’s political history.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ECONOMY & FOREIGN POLICY

With Milei in Rome, YPF signs LNG export deal with Italy’s ENI

06-06-2025 22:05 Agreement signed in Rome while Milei visits Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on first leg of his 10-day foreign tour.

MATTRESS DOLLARS

Milei bill promises protection for dirty ‘mattress dollars’

05-06-2025 20:44 Government unveils “Fiscal Innocence” bill for Argentines holding undeclared dollars, promises “no more persecution.”

POLITICS & CULTURE

Milei’s changes at state children’s channel sparks controversy

05-06-2025 18:08 Controversy erupts in Argentina as libertarian animated series lands on state channel Paka Paka; Critics accuse Milei administration of seeking to impose ideology on the nation's kids.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

05-06-2025 15:34 Javier Milei departs for the longest international tour of his Presidency; La Libertad Avanza leader will meet Pope Leo, Macron and Meloni, but the main event will be his time in Israel.

DEBT & BONDS

Buenos Aires Province debt climbs as Milei confronts local election test

05-06-2025 12:35 Dollar notes issued by Buenos Aires Province are the best-performing government credits across emerging-markets since La Libertad Avanza won in a city hall race in mid-May.

Human rights

Milei removes ESMA museum director, sparking backlash

05-06-2025 10:39 Human rights groups condemn what they call a fresh attack on the state policy of memory, truth and justice.

ENERGY & GAS

YPF to sign LNG export deal with Italy's ENI

05-06-2025 09:49 Agreement to be formalised during President Milei's visit to Rome, says YPF President Horacio Marín.

Anti-austerity demo

Unity march boosts pensioners' protest against Milei's cuts

05-06-2025 00:24 Scientists, doctors, disabled, LGBT groups and more join weekly pensioners' march in Buenos Aires to condemn austerity, defend rights and services.

ART & DIPLOMACY

Brush with censorship: Milei-critical artist has work taken down at Beijing Embassy

04-06-2025 13:00 Dozens of artworks were due to be presented at Argentina’s Embassy in China. Among them was a painting by Verónica Gómez, who in the past incorporated Jaiver Milei and Karina Milei into her art. For that reason, it was ordered to be taken down.

by Juan Luis González

STAN POLOVETS INTERVIEW

‘Eyes of world are on Milei,’ says Stan Polovets, chair of Genesis Prize

04-06-2025 12:18 Businessman and philanthropist Stan Polovets will be among those honouring President Javier Milei with the Genesis Prize for his support of Israel and the shift in Argentina’s foreign policy. “He is clearly on the side of the Jewish community,” he declares, praising Milei’s economic reforms and his connection to Judaism.

by Nicolas Gonzalez

HEALTHCARE & ECONOMY

Hospital staff march to Obelisk in pay dispute protest

03-06-2025 15:15 Doctors at Argentina’s top children’s hospital march in protest, calling for fair pay, proper staffing and urgent improvements in care as Milei administration goes on attack.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

CFK's return risks dividing opposition in boon for Milei

03-06-2025 14:22 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's decision to run in September’s legislative elections in Buenos Aires Province will set the stage for the national midterm vote the following month.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Fernández de Kirchner to run for office in Buenos Aires Province

02-06-2025 22:44 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner brands President Javier Milei a “marginal figure” at the head of a “very cruel” government; Former head of state says she will run for office in this year’s legislative elections in Buenos Aires Province.

ECONOMIC POLICY

Milei’s FX gambit sparks sharpest demand for dollars since 2019

02-06-2025 17:31 Demand for dollars in Argentina at its highest since 2019 after President Javier Milei all but eliminated foreign-exchange restrictions.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Court suspends Milei’s decree limiting right to strike

02-06-2025 15:17 Labour court upholds injunction filed by CGT labour federation against presidential decree limiting the right to strike.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei to meet Meloni, Pope Leo, Netanyahu on 10-day international tour

31-05-2025 13:08 President’s 10-day tour will be the longest foreign trip so far of term in office; Stops in Rome, with Meloni and Pope meetings on the agenda; Trip to end in Israel, where Milei will address Knesset.

Politics – Analysis

From ‘Caputito’ to ‘Fat Dan’ – weird scenes of digital disinformation

31-05-2025 06:39 Milei and his digital pit-bulls appeal to freedom of expression while relying on manipulative and even false information to get their message across, while fostering censorship and hate of the traditional media. Freedom of speech for those who express the same kind of things as me, censorship for the rest.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ESPIONAGE & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

SIDE: from the sewers to the forces of heaven

31-05-2025 06:38 Until now, the path taken by Javier Milei’s “forces of heaven” is no different from their predecessors.

by Javier Calvo

Editorial

Enemies of the state

31-05-2025 06:36 Instructions against those who “erode … the political and institutional structure of the country” can be carried to the extreme of converting any criticism of the administration into a crime against the state – more to be expected from Communism than anarcho-capitalism.

As I see it

Censorship is making a comeback just about everywhere

31-05-2025 06:28 Milei has a habit of shouting “Freedom, damn it!” whenever the opportunity arises, but he is clearly an authoritarian at heart who does not take kindly to criticism.

by James Neilson

Analysing Argentina

Milei chooses to ignore emerging consensuses

31-05-2025 06:23 With less than five months to the midterm vote, nothing seems to be standing in the way of a good result for the government. But Milei 2025 should already start thinking about Milei 2027

by Marcelo J. García

Intelligence services

Milei denies targeting critics after intelligence plan leak

30-05-2025 14:45 Leaked national intelligence plan raises concerns over potential surveillance of journalists, experts, social leaders and opposition figures; Argentina’s government issued statement denying SIDE agents will persecute critics.

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Provocation’: Montenegro slams plan to hand over part of ESMA site

29-05-2025 17:14 Buenos Aires City lawmaker Victoria Montenegro denounces move to turn part of former ESMA detention centre — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site — into administrative offices for Judiciary, describing move as part of campaign against human rights.

by Nicolas Gonzalez

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

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.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

El Eternauta protest: Scientists rally against Milei’s 'toxic' funding cuts

29-05-2025 09:24 Scientists across Argentina protest Milei’s ‘toxic’ defunding of research dressed as characters from El Eternauta, drawing attention to slashed budgets, mass lay-offs and the loss of young scientists.

POLITICS

Milei gets Tuttle Twins to teach free markets to kids

29-05-2025 08:53 President Javier Milei is relaunching a state-run TV channel for kids set to feature a cartoon teaching free-market economics while stressing the evils of taxes and communism.

News of milei

Monthly inflation drops to 1.5% – lowest level in five years

IMF applauds Argentina's measures to boost dollar reserves

Casa Rosada expects Fernández de Kirchner's arrest to be ‘respectful’

Unity or infighting? Milei government awaits Peronism’s next move

New Peronist generation must now grow without Cristina

Milei: Argentina will move Israel Embassy to Jerusalem in 2026

Fernández de Kirchner seeks house arrest, denounces ‘persecution’ at ICC

Dollar-obsessed Argentines have a newfound love for buying gold

Fernández de Kirchner’s ban from office marks new chapter

Israel welcomes President Javier Milei for second official visit

Milei decree to amend Glaciers Law, extend areas for exploitation

Milei lands in Israel, makes second emotional visit to Wailing Wall

Anti-Corruption Office clears Milei of responsibility in ‘cryptogate’ scandal

Defiant CFK warns Milei era ‘will end in major crisis’

EU-Mercosur deal, nuclear talks top agenda as Milei meets Macron

Milei’s crypto promoting not improper, Anti-Corruption Office says

Milei: Cruelty as the method

Milei renews attacks on Spanish PM Sánchez during Madrid visit

The gloomy science as gloom for science

Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting

Pope Leo XIV confirms Argentina visit during meeting with Milei

Milei’s (unnecessary) enemies are piling up

On a mission in omission

Damocles’ sword and a Mexican stand-off in the Province

With Milei in Rome, YPF signs LNG export deal with Italy’s ENI

Milei bill promises protection for dirty ‘mattress dollars’

Milei’s changes at state children’s channel sparks controversy

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

Buenos Aires Province debt climbs as Milei confronts local election test

Milei removes ESMA museum director, sparking backlash

YPF to sign LNG export deal with Italy's ENI

Unity march boosts pensioners' protest against Milei's cuts

Brush with censorship: Milei-critical artist has work taken down at Beijing Embassy

‘Eyes of world are on Milei,’ says Stan Polovets, chair of Genesis Prize

Hospital staff march to Obelisk in pay dispute protest

CFK's return risks dividing opposition in boon for Milei

Fernández de Kirchner to run for office in Buenos Aires Province

Milei’s FX gambit sparks sharpest demand for dollars since 2019

Court suspends Milei’s decree limiting right to strike

Milei to meet Meloni, Pope Leo, Netanyahu on 10-day international tour

From ‘Caputito’ to ‘Fat Dan’ – weird scenes of digital disinformation

SIDE: from the sewers to the forces of heaven

Enemies of the state

Censorship is making a comeback just about everywhere

Milei chooses to ignore emerging consensuses

Milei denies targeting critics after intelligence plan leak

‘Provocation’: Montenegro slams plan to hand over part of ESMA site

Espionage plan claims remain in spotlight with further SIDE revelations

El Eternauta protest: Scientists rally against Milei’s 'toxic' funding cuts

Milei gets Tuttle Twins to teach free markets to kids

CFK conviction prompts political shockwaves, protests

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to present herself before courts on Wednesday

Argentina's monthly inflation rate drops to 1.5% – lowest level in five years

Casa Rosada expects Fernández de Kirchner's arrest to be ‘respectful’

Explainer: Keys to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction

Marcha a tribunales por Cristina Kirchner: débil convocatoria y sin disturbios

Uno de los grandes hoteles de Mar del Plata recibe fuertes críticas de los turistas

Presentan un recurso de amparo para que Cristina Kirchner pueda ser candidata

Alerta mundial: Israel lanzó un ataque contra objetivos militares y nucleares de Irán, que prometió una "fuerte" ofensiva

El Jefe de la Guardia Revolucionaria y otros altos mandos iraníes murieron en los ataques de Israel