News of wealth

Milei looks to Santilli to move beyond Adorni chapter

Today 12:49 President hopes trusted former PRO operator can help La Libertad Avanza regain the initiative after Manuel Adorni's resignation and push the scandal off the agenda.

POLITICS & SCANDAL

Milei’s Cabinet chief resigns months after private jet scandal

Today 09:13 Resignation marks a sharp reversal for the government after President Milei himself repeatedly brushed off the revelations about Manuel Adorni, deriding them as attacks orchestrated by the opposition and local media.

POLITICS & SCANDAL

Adorni asset declaration shows wealth grew 45-fold in 2024

19-06-2026 11:07 Cabinet chief’s documentation attempts to explain an astronomical rise in his net worth. His legal strategy and mounting complications in Congress.

by Pablo Varela

Editorial

Artificial Intelligence and natural stupidity

13-06-2026 05:30 Capitulation to robots is always going to be a hard sell.

WEALTH & SOCIETY

Is taxing the super rich really viable in Latin America?

22-04-2026 12:05 New report proposing minimal levy on individuals with huge asset wealth in Latin America proposes a way to tax extreme wealth, but the idea also faces resistance.

POLITICS & SCANDAL

Pressure on Adorni builds as investigators probe assets, travel, bank details

09-04-2026 20:40 President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth and transactions involving third parties; Judge requests banking secrecy rules to be lifted to aid probe.

POLITICS

Questions mount for Manuel Adorni as probes examine assets, travel

06-04-2026 15:56 President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth and transactions involving third parties.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

'Forbes' magazine names Argentina's five-richest billionaires

03-12-2024 16:08 US magazine 'Forbes' has published its traditional survey looking at the 50 most wealthy Argentines –

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Poverty lies under the mattress

05-10-2024 06:06 Idle capital amounting to over half of Gross Domestic Product surely goes a long way towards explaining why over half the population is poor.

by Michael Soltys