News of retirement

Daniel Barenboim reveals he has Parkinson's disease

07-02-2025 10:23 Argentine-born Daniel Barenboim announced Thursday that he is suffering from Parkinson's disease, but remains committed to his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra that seeks to connect young Israeli and Arab musicians.

CAPTURING HISTORY

Presidential photographer hangs up camera after 47 years

06-02-2025 23:55 Víctor Bugge, presidential photographer who captured Videla, Menem and the Rolling Stones, retires after 47 years.

Rugby Retirement

Argentina's record points scorer Sánchez retires from rugby

23-01-2025 14:25 Nicolás Sánchez leaves behind record-breaking legacy of 902 points scored across 104 tests for the Pumas.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei strikes down pension bill forcing government to boost payments

02-09-2024 13:16 President Javier Milei signs decree striking down pension reform bill passed by both houses of Congress; Government begins bid to persuade lawmakers not to overturn veto.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Silvestre Sívori tasked with overhauling intelligence services

13-12-2023 23:10 Javier Milei’s austerity has already reached the AFI intelligence services – the president is launching a voluntary retirement offer for spies. In an emergency decree criticising the agency’s handling by predecessor Alberto Fernández, the libertarian slammed its "notorious institutional decay."

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Lionel Messi mulls international retirement, but not quite yet

12-07-2023 15:13 Argentina's World Cup winning captain says he doesn't know when he'll call time on his international career and that it will "happen when it happens."