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ELECTIONS 2025

Euphoric Milei predicts ‘another shock’ in Buenos Aires Province

19-05-2025 14:44 Fresh off the back of City election win for his La Libertad Avanza party, President Javier Milei predicts a win in neighbouring Buenos Aires Province in September.

BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE

Authorites: One dead, three missing in floods

19-05-2025 01:54 Rescuers searching for three people missing in floods that killed one man and forced almost 3,000 to flee their homes, authorities said.

FLOODING & TORRENTIAL RAIN

More than 7,500 flee from flooding in Buenos Aires Province

18-05-2025 09:06 More than 7,500 people have now been evacuated in Buenos Aires Province due to flooding caused by heavy rains; Kicillof blames "climate change."

FLOODING & TORRENTIAL RAIN

Heavy rainfall slams BA Province, forces thousands to evacuate

17-05-2025 17:08 Twenty-four hours of heavy rainfall and flooding forced the evacuation of more than 2,200 people across Buenos Aires Province, authorities said Saturday, with storms set to continue.

ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Four dead and 16 injured as coach and lorry collide

13-05-2025 13:49 Head-on crash on Route 3 near San Miguel del Monte, Buenos Aires Province, leaves at least four dead and 16 injured.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

'Ficha Limpia' fallout: Recriminations fly, Milei points at Macri

12-05-2025 22:57 Misiones minister deepens confusion around ‘Ficha Limpia’ vote; Milei denounces "agreement" between PRO and Peronism; Macri slams “serious hallucination” with video of Silvia Lospennato defending bill.

ELECTIONS 2025

San Luis: Poggi’s ruling coalition defeats Rodríguez Saá’s Peronists

12-05-2025 18:35 Ahora San Luis front, led by Governor Claudio Poggi, defeats Peronist coalition of former provincial governor Alberto Rodríguez Saá. With 80% of votes counted, the ruling coalition has 46.8%, comfortably ahead of Frente Justicialista.

ELECTIONS 2025

Chaco elections: LLA–UCR pact delivers over divided Peronists

12-05-2025 12:03 President Milei’s party joined forces with the UCR to defeat Jorge Capitanich and divided Peronists; Lowest turnout in northern province since 1983.

ELECTIONS 2025

Sáenz tightens grip on Salta, Milei’s party pulls off upset in capital

11-05-2025 22:38 Governor’s ruling alliance sweeps vote for legislature, winning 31 of 42 seats; President Javier Milei hails win in provincial capital as La Libertad Avanza advances in north.

MINING & INDUSTRY

McEwen weighs Argentina share listing as part of copper unit IPO

30-04-2025 11:53 McEwen Copper is planning an IPO in New York or Toronto to help fund construction of its Los Azules project in San Juan Province.

ELECTIONS 2025

PASO primaries suspended by Buenos Aires Province Legislature

28-04-2025 20:37 Buenos Aires Province Legislature votes to suspend the PASO primaries for this year’s midterm elections in the district.

Campaign comments

First day of the rest of the year

19-04-2025 06:00 Economists have hailed the exit from the cepo as a milestone but this columnist hesitates to consider it an electoral game-changer – there is both too much and too little time for that.

by Michael Soltys

Crime & Security

La Matanza tops homicide stats in Buenos Aires Province

16-04-2025 14:23 More than 150 murders were recorded in La Matanza last year — 11 more than in 2023.

ENERGY & GAS

PAE confirms shale gas reserves in Chubut Province

15-04-2025 16:51 Pan American Energy to invest US$250 million in project to exploit shale gas findings in Cerro Dragon field, says Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres.

ELECTIONS 2025

CFK airs gripes, but accepts Kicillof’s electoral advance

15-04-2025 16:07 Former president and PJ chair Cristina Fernández de Kirchner argues that it would be "best for Buenos Aires Province to vote once" in October, but she calls for support for Governor Axel Kicillof’s bill – while describing it as “a political error.”

ELECTIONS 2025

Milei’s party third as election year kicks off in Santa Fe

14-04-2025 13:01 Pullaro celebrates victory in Santa Fe constituent assembly vote; Milei’s La Libertad Avanza finishes in third, narrowly trailing Peronist candidate.

Politics: Elections 2025

First regional ballot test for Milei in Santa Fe Province

13-04-2025 09:09 Sunday's election in third-most-populous province of 2.8 million voters will pick delegates to a convention set to reform the regional constitutional assembly.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Axel advances elections, disobeying CFK – has a new Peronist leader been born?

09-04-2025 14:42 As in any risky play, the decision has an effect of uncertainty and could expose the governor to undesired consequences.

ELECTIONS 2025

Kicillof defies Fernández de Kirchner, decouples provincial election

09-04-2025 14:31 Partido Justicialista chair Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wanted Buenos Aires Province governor to schedule region’s elections for the same date as the national vote, but Axel Kicillof decides to break.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘I have the weapons’ – Parents alert police to teens’ school shooting plan

04-04-2025 14:39 Group of teens discussed carrying out an armed attack on their school in Ingeniero Maschwitz; Parents alerted police after discovering WhatsApp messages detailing the plan.

COURTS

Trial of Misiones provincial ex-deputy on child porn charges begins

03-04-2025 13:49 Former provincial deputy Germán Kiczka and his brother Sebastián Kiczka stand trial; Duo accused of possession, facilitation and distribution of material featuring child sexual abuse.

POLITICS

Chaco and Milei’s electoral strategy for October

15-03-2025 07:36 Chaco shows that Milei is willing to seal alliances with the local political establishment — a.k.a. “the caste” — as it best suits them. And the Casa Rosada has leverage in this negotiation with the governors: cash.

by Marcelo J. García

Death of diego maradona

Court dismisses two defence lawyers from trial into Maradona's death

13-03-2025 23:32 San Isidro court trying seven health professionals for the death of Diego Maradona removes two lawyers of one of the defendants from the case over potential conflict of interest.

Tragedy in Bahía Blanca

The politics of distance

11-03-2025 13:07 Not even a symbolic gesture of accompaniment at a time when the population feels abandoned.

by Eduardo Reina

FLOODING IN BAHÍA BLANCA

Rescuers searches for two young girls lost in Bahía Blanca floods

10-03-2025 17:44 Locals have been shaken by the uncertain fate of two little girls – aged one and five – who appear to have been swept away in flash flooding.

CRIME & SECURITY

Milei tells Kicillof to resign over Buenos Aires Province ‘bloodbath’

28-02-2025 15:46 Opposition expresses outrage as President Javier Milei calls on Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign in response to shocking killing of seven-year-old.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Devastated’: Family lays seven-year-old to rest after brutal death

27-02-2025 21:21 Government plans to ramp up efforts to lower age of criminal responsibility after two teenagers kill innocent seven-year-old in car theft gone wrong.

BOND SALE

Neuquén Province ponders bond sale after investor meets

24-02-2025 16:42 The Patagonian province known for its prolific shale oil industry considers an international bond sale after private deliberations with funds including Blackrock and Neuberger Berman in New York and London.

Analysing Argentina

Can Kicillof break the spell?

08-02-2025 06:11 If the current political trajectory stands, Kicillof would face an uphill battle … but Argentina has shown in recent years that "impossible" is not in the local political dictionary.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS

Karina Milei fancies midterms clash against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

15-01-2025 15:29 Rumour mill cranks into overdrive as talk of midterms showdown between president’s sister and former head of state in Buenos Aires Province ramps up; La Libertad Avanza Senator Sebastián Pareja and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem among those pushing for a Karina candidacy.

Córdoba newborn deaths

Nurse denies killings as trial into death of five newborns begins

10-01-2025 09:50 Prime suspect is 30-year-old nurse Brenda Agüero, accused of infanticide; Ex-provincial health minister, former hospital directors and healthcare professionals also facing trial.

COURTS

Unprecedented infanticide trial into newborn deaths begins

07-01-2025 11:10 Unprecedented trial sees 11 defendants facing trial by jury for the deaths of five infants at Córdoba neonatal hospital in 2022; Unlike similar cases of attacks on newborn babies reported in the United States, England and Mexico where only nurses are on trial, the case extends to 10 officials.

by María Ester Romero

COURTS

Lawyer for nurse accused of killing newborns predicts she will be cleared

07-01-2025 10:21 Slamming prosecutors, lawyer for nurse accused of killing five newborn babies predicts his client will be acquitted of all charges by the end of the trial.

POLITICS & COURTS

Supreme Ct declares Insfrán’s indefinite re-election in Formosa unconstitutional

19-12-2024 19:02 The top tribunal unanimously ruled against unlimited re-election, blocking plans by Peronist governor to extend his term in power past 30-year mark.

AVIATION ACCIDENT

Two killed as private jet overshoots runway in San Fernando

18-12-2024 15:22 Tragic accident in Buenos Aires Province; Private jet misses runaway and crashes into houses near small airport of San Fernando. Two pilots aboard the aircraft perished in tragedy.

POLITICS

Entre Ríos senator detained in Paraguay with US$200,000 in cash

04-12-2024 16:23 Senator for Entre Ríos Province Edgardo Kueider arrested on Paraguayan border carrying US$200,000 and 600,000 pesos in cash; Arrest of Peronist lawmaker, who has distanced himself from Kirchnerism and backed Javier Milei’s government in key votes, confirmed by Paraguayan authorities.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Narco-terrorists’ make death threats against security minister, governor

02-12-2024 16:18 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich vows to clamp down on “narco-terrorists” after threats against her and Santa Fe Province Governor Maximilaino Pullaro in video.

Tragedy in Villa Gesell

One dead, several missing as hotel collapses in Villa Gesell

29-10-2024 18:11 Elderly man killed after a 10-storey building housing a hotel in the seaside resort of Villa Gesell collapses; Rescue workers still scrambling to find between seven and nine people who remain missing.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Wildfires continue to ravage Córdoba as Milei spreads fake news

26-09-2024 15:57 Firefighters are seeking to contain wildfires that have set ablaze at least 70,000 hectares. President Milei, fresh from his trip to New York, travels to the region to survey damage – and then spreads fake news about the event on social media.

DEBT WOES

La Rioja creditors win US$40 million in NY court over bond spat

12-09-2024 16:29 US judge orders La Rioja Province to pay creditors nearly US$40 million in damages.

FEATURE

‘Los chachos’: La Rioja launches currency to offset Milei’s shock therapy

03-09-2024 15:48 The remote province of La Rioja has created its own currency, the chacho, as an alternative to the peso to try to revive its moribund economy.

SOCIETY

Incarcerated reap benefits of in-prison university education scheme

31-08-2024 06:08 University education programmes in prisons deliver inmates a brighter future and help reduce recidivism. Journalist Jesús Cabral is just one who has reaped the rewards of the innovative CUSAM in-prison education project. “I’ve had many moments of crisis since I got out, but I haven’t reofferend,” he explains.

by Josefina Salomon

OIL & GAS

YPF chooses Río Negro, not Buenos Aires Province, for new LNG plant

31-07-2024 17:46 Bahía Blanca was one of the areas being considered to house the ambitious project which will require between US$30 billion and US$50 billion; Decision is a major blow for nation's most populous region.

CRYPTOCURRENCY PROJECT

Buenos Aires Province imposes sanction on Worldcoin

26-07-2024 17:42 Buenos Aires Province authorities have fined the company founded by Sam Altman, co-creator of ChatGPT. They aim at the lack of protection of sensitive biometric data.

LITHIUM IN LATIN AMERICA

New lithium plant inaugurated in Salta Province

03-07-2024 22:41 French mining group Eramet and its Chinese partner Tsingshan inaugurate new lithium exploitation plant, an investment worth US$870 million.

COURTS

Ex-Tucumán governor handed 16 years for rape, sexual assault

18-06-2024 22:40 Former provincial governor and senator sentenced to 16 years and lifetime ban from holding political office; Found guilty of rape and sexual abuse of his ex-aide, a distant relative who worked for him as an advisor between 2017 and 2018.

MINING

Mendoza makes a play for copper in Argentina mining revival

31-05-2024 11:50 Mendoza Province is moving to spur exploration of its copper deposits long shunned by prospectors due to restrictions and red tape.

Bloomberg

Bondholders in Buenos Aires Province question Milei’s resolve

28-05-2024 14:46 Bondholders in Buenos Aires Province are speculating that even Javier Milei isn’t ruthless enough to let the nation’s richest region go bankrupt.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Copper frenzy draws mining giants to Argentina after Milei’s reforms

23-05-2024 00:01 Milei government tries to lure global mining heavyweights; President must convince companies that their projects are safe and lay down rules for doing business.