News of social

The digital choices shaping our children’s health

02-07-2026 10:55 Around the world, childhood is being reprogrammed by digital technologies that shape how young people learn, play and connect.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Deep into the era of the algorithm

23-05-2026 05:51 Artificial Intelligence has turbo-charged an era of exponential change and cycles of innovation are now occurring in spans of months, even weeks. There’s a new generation of tech oligarchs that came with it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

SOCIAL INDICATORS

Human Capital Ministry counts 9,421 people living on streets across 19 provinces

17-04-2026 13:44 Study by Human Capital Ministry says homelessness mainly affects people in informal work, with partial incomes, fractured family ties and health or substance abuse problems.

DISINFORMATION & SOCIAL MEDIA

Patagonia’s wildfires become weapons of disinformation

14-01-2026 16:05 From Mapuche scapegoating to an alleged Israeli plot – how conspiracy theories, false narratives, AI images and political agendas distorted the truth behind the devastating blazes in southern Argentina.

by Giselle Leclercq

PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION

1 in 7 of Milei’s posts are insults, says press watchdog

12-01-2026 19:16 FOPEA press association concludes in report that one in every seven posts by President Javier Milei online are insulting.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Key reforms up for debate as Milei begins Congress push

18-12-2025 15:48 Lawmakers open debate on Milei’s 2026 Budget bill, a labour reform package and controversial changes to the National Glaciers Law.

Political crisis in Peru

Generation Z leads Peru’s protests for change

21-10-2025 14:48 After decades of instability and political turmoil, Peru’s youth demands change through organised protests.

GUEST COLUMN

Loneliness and isolation: the hidden threat to global health

11-08-2025 14:49 Humans are hardwired for connection. Disconnection, whether through loneliness, or social isolation, can have devastating impacts.

ECONOMIC WOES

'The stressed' – Argentina's ‘Non-poor’ who can’t reach the end of the month

04-07-2025 06:58 The INDEC national statistics bureau does not consider them poor, but millions of Argentina can’t make it to the end of the month; New study by UCA’s poverty watchdog shines light on those living under “economic stress”

by Agustina Bordigoni

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Things ain’t what they used to be – and nor were they then

23-05-2025 15:12 'Crisis social, pandemia y colonialismo inglés: una mirada de la Argentina a través del sainete y del seminario Don Quijote de Eduardo Sojo'; by Victoria Cox, Ediciones Diotima, 2024, 96 pages.

by Michael Soltys

POVERTY ASSESSMENT

‘Not much to celebrate’ despite fall in poverty, says expert

01-04-2025 13:13 Leading poverty expert Agustín Salvia, of UCA’s prestigious social debt observatory, digs into the figures after INDEC reports dramatic fall in numbers of poor.

TRUMP'S INAUGURATION

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

16-01-2025 19:23 Along with the president's usual travelling crew, one unexpected Argentine will also be in attendance: San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

What the heck is going on with Mark Zuckerberg?

11-01-2025 06:56 There are few doubts that the Silicon Valley elite would benefit from a US president who will ease the regulatory pressure at home while supporting them in their overseas endeavours, particularly one like Trump who has gone on the offensive against the EU.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Chau Evita? Milei officials eye demolition of iconic BA building

21-11-2024 19:29 Evita must be trembling in heaven – President Javier Milei’s government is evaluating the future of an iconic building on Avenida 9 de Julio. Will the site, once home to state ministries, face the libertarian chainsaw?

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Fernando Pocino: Spy on social media

09-11-2024 09:08 Have threats, hacking and health problems forced former Intelligence agent Fernando Pocino, Stiuso’s ex-rival, out of anonymity and onto social media?

by Rodis Recalt

POVERTY IN ARGENTINA

Private estimates: Three million new poor created so far this year

24-09-2024 16:19 Private estimates, published ahead of the INDEC national statistics bureau's latest update, suggest that some three million people have slipped below the poverty line since the turn of the year.

by Gonzalo Martínez

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

55% of Argentina’s population below poverty line, says UCA body

05-09-2024 08:53 Extreme poverty affected 17.5% of people in first half of 2024, reports private observatory from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Musk’s free speech mantra collides with crackdowns on hate speech and disinformation

19-08-2024 13:32 Elon Musk’s absolutist version of free speech has thrown the world’s richest man and his X social-media platform into the crosshairs of governments worldwide.

News of social

The digital choices shaping our children’s health

Deep into the era of the algorithm

Human Capital Ministry counts 9,421 people living on streets across 19 provinces

Patagonia’s wildfires become weapons of disinformation

1 in 7 of Milei’s posts are insults, says press watchdog

Key reforms up for debate as Milei begins Congress push

Generation Z leads Peru’s protests for change

Loneliness and isolation: the hidden threat to global health

'The stressed' – Argentina's ‘Non-poor’ who can’t reach the end of the month

Things ain’t what they used to be – and nor were they then

‘Not much to celebrate’ despite fall in poverty, says expert

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

What the heck is going on with Mark Zuckerberg?

Chau Evita? Milei officials eye demolition of iconic BA building

Fernando Pocino: Spy on social media

Private estimates: Three million new poor created so far this year

55% of Argentina’s population below poverty line, says UCA body

Musk’s free speech mantra collides with crackdowns on hate speech and disinformation

Luis Caputo boldly claims Argentina will ‘reach zero inflation’

Milei outlines Central Bank reform bill aimed at monetary discipline

IMF leader Georgieva to visit Milei in Argentina

Vista Energy joins Milei's RIGI investment incentive scheme

Brazil recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei attacks Lula, judge

La historia real de "Elize: Sombras de una mujer", la nueva película de Netflix sobre el caso de una esposa que descuartizó a su marido

Bullrich y Sturzenegger no resignan la reforma para eliminar el límite a la compra de tierras por extranjeros

Máximo Kirchner presentó un proyecto de ley para reformular la relación con el FMI el mismo día de la reunión entre Milei y Georgieva

El reproche de Diego Santilli al gobierno de Brasil tras los insultos de Milei: "Que no se rasguen las vestiduras"

Brasil analiza nuevas medidas tras los insultos de Milei a Lula y el llamado a consultas de su embajador