News of argentina

Fernández de Kirchner’s present points to Milei’s future

Today 07:55 Like Milei today, Fernández de Kirchner and Macri once believed their power was unlimited and their future bright. The way they engaged with their adversaries only came back later to haunt them.

by Marcelo J. García

OPINION & ANALYSIS

New songs and Peronism

Today 07:50 Kirchnerism has no lyrics for its new songs – every intervention by CFK against Milei is always geared to the economic terrain, but from the perspective of his collapse and not improving on his achievements.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

As I see it

Milei looks like a one-trick pony

Today 07:45 Chainsaws are great but they can maim or even kill users who are too weak or too clumsy to handle them properly.

by James Neilson

EDITORIAL

Clean slates – for greenbacks only

Today 07:25 At least two of this week’s main news items may be considered further setbacks in the fight against corruption. Every suspicion of a meticulously manipulated Senate result instead of free votes of conscience, while those complying with the conditions of last year’s tax whitewash might ask themselves why they went to all that trouble – a black week for removing the stain of corruption with no guarantee against more to come.

POLITICS & COMMUNICATION

Milei: Hate, peace, Popes and social media

Today 07:21 The Milei administration built its strength on synthetic power and effectively navigated the first part of the presidency. With the campaign fully underway, La Libertad Avanza will once again rely on their not-so-secret weapon.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

The quartet voting tomorrow (Chaco, Jujuy, Salta and San Luis) totals just under four million inhabitants or nine percent of the country’s population.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Four-by-four voting

Today 07:20 Next weekend’s City race hogs the electoral limelight but there is voting even closer in time – like tomorrow when four provinces will be advancing their midterms.

by Michael Soltys

Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov (right) and her lawyer Vadim Mischanchuk (L) walk inside the court during a trial hearing on the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona's death in San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, on May 6, 2025.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

‘I did everything I could,’ says psychiatrist charged over Maradona’s death

Yesterday 19:05 Agustina Cosachov, one of eight medical professionals on trial, broke down in court as she defended her role in Diego Maradona’s home care before his death in 2020.

Left to right: Soledad Lago (Director of Biblioteca Central de la UCA), Phyllis Barrantes (Archives Committee UWC), Patricia Caviezel (Archives Com. Chair), Gwendolyn again, Verónica Parselis (UCA Curator, curated the exhibit), Daniel Riccardo (Coordinador Técnico, UCA).

Community

Pioneering women’s ed club celebrates 90th year

Yesterday 18:39 University Women’s Club of Buenos Aires enters tenth decade, celebrates with new exhibition marking its rich history at UCA library.

by Michael Soltys

President Javier Milei appears alongside Daniel Parisini – aka 'Gordo Dan' – on the 'Misa' streaming programme.

Stranger than fiction...

Milei plans charity courtroom play with ‘voluptuous blondes’

Yesterday 18:26 Javier Milei plans to put on a theatrical production featuring a mock trial of capitalism and “voluptuous blondes”; Play to raise money for state children’s hospital that his government has defunded could be performed at the Berlin Wall, says President.

Electric buses hit the streets of Buenos Aires City.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 2 to 9

Yesterday 17:51 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Albanesi controls Generación Mediterránea, which has an important network of power plants.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Argentine utility Albanesi approaches creditors after missed bond payment

Yesterday 16:41 Generación Mediterranea SA and Central Térmica Roca SA are approaching bondholders to resolve a dispute over US$19 million in due interest.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

JPMorgan to rent 20 floors in historic Buenos Aires office deal

Yesterday 15:50 JPMorgan Chase & Co signs lease to rent 20 floors on a two-building campus in Núñez set to open in 2026.

Books about Argentina's President Javier Milei are displayed for sale at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair at La Rural exhibition centre in Buenos Aires on May 7, 2025.

FERIA DEL LIBRO 2025

Milei phenomenon dominates 49th edition of Buenos Aires book fair

Yesterday 08:47 The 49th edition of Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires has been – as was the case last year – dominated by President Javier Milei and his impact.

Soybeans are loaded onto a ship on the Paraná River in Rosario, Argentina.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

Yesterday 08:31 China signed a letter of intent with exporters in Argentina to buy about US$900 million of soybeans, corn and vegetable oil.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Milei calls on Pope Leo XIV to defend ‘life’ and ‘private property’

08-05-2025 17:59 La Libertad Avanza leader calls on the new US pontiff to defend such "pillars" as life, liberty and prívate property.

FOOTBALL & MOTORSPORTS

Put aside the injustice and prepare for top flight play-off mayhem

08-05-2025 16:27 Enjoy the thrills and spills of this next month of winner-takes-all mayhem; Argentina sure to develop a fresh case of F1 Francomania.

by Dan Edwards

People react after white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals elected a new pope during their secret conclave, at Saint Peter's Square in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025.

REACTION TO NEW POPE

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

08-05-2025 14:44 US President Donald Trump hails election of Robert Prevost as new pope, says he looks forward to meeting him.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Senate votes down bill barring former leader Fernández de Kirchner

08-05-2025 08:11 Known locally as "ficha limpia," the bill would have effectively barred Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and others convicted of corruption charges from running for or being appointed to national office.

Argentina’s Senate has voted down the so-called ‘Ficha Limpia’ (“Clean Record”) bill.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

‘Ficha Limpia’ falls – Senate rejects anti-corruption bill by one vote

08-05-2025 00:58 Upper house rejects bill to bar candidates convicted of corruption from running for office; Measure, which would have blocked Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from running for office, fell short by just one vote.

FILM & CINEMA

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

07-05-2025 23:25 Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign-made movies leaves Latin America's burgeoning film industry baffled and fearful.

Candidates for the City midterms: Manuel Adorni, Ramiro Marra, Leandro Santoro, Silvia Lospennato, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.

ELECTIONS 2025: BUENOS AIRES CITY

City polls: Santoro in lead, Adorni and Lospennato battle for second

07-05-2025 15:11 New polling by Tendencias and Circuitos consultancy firms give Es Ahora Buenos Aires candidate an advantage of at least six points over La Libertad Avanza, PRO hopefuls.

A member of Argentine Special Forces stands guard next to a wall with signs reading 'Justice for God' near the San Isidro court prior to the start of a trial hearing for the death of late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, on April 3, 2025.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

07-05-2025 13:24 Pablo Dimitroff, director of the Clínica Olivos, says home care was not a "valid option" for late footballer.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Corporate defaults start piling up as Milei policies kick in

07-05-2025 12:28 As Javier Milei removes the distortions that once characterised Argentina’s economy, companies that bulked up on debt by exploiting exchange rate gaps are hurting.

Members of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service stand guard in front of the residence of Argentina's ambassador in Caracas in 2024.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Machado aides escape Venezuela after 15-month siege at Argentina's Embassy

07-05-2025 12:15 Five top aides of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado escape country after the US helped them foil a siege of Argentina's Embassy in Caracas.

Franco Colapinto will drive for Alpine for the next five Formula One races.

FORMULA 1

It's official: Franco Colapinto will drive for Alpine at Imola GP

07-05-2025 11:54 Franco-British side finally confirms open secret: Franco Colapinto is BWT Alpine F1 Team’s new first-team driver and he'll race at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix next weekend.

by Cristina Zarlenga

FORMULA 1

Colapinto to drive for Alpine as Doohan dumped after six races

07-05-2025 11:26 Jack Doohan's seat had been at risk from Franco Colapinto ever since Alpine signed the Argentine from Williams over the winter.

EDUCATION

Literacy crisis: Less than half of kids under nine meet reading standards

07-05-2025 11:00 Argentina’s Education Secretariat publishes first results from Aprender assessment under Milei administration. Provinces of Formosa and Córdoba achieved strongest results, Chaco at bottom of ranking.

Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

Argentina's Embassy in Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition figures 'rescued' from Argentina's Embassy, says US

06-05-2025 22:34 Argentina's government confirms United States has successfully rescued of five Venezuelan opposition figures who had been sheltered in its Embassy at Caracas since March 2024.

Ricardo Darín as Juan Salvo in new Netflix series 'El Eternauta.'

STREAMING HIT

‘El Eternauta’ tops Netflix global chart for non-English series

06-05-2025 22:17 El Eternauta is the most-watched non-English-language series on Netflix worldwide, the streaming platform said on Tuesday.

Patricia Bullrich formally joins La Libertad Avanza at an event in Recoleta, Buenos Aires City. Among those watching on is Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei, President Javier Milei's sister/

POLITICS

Pato changes her spots (again) – Bullrich quits PRO, joins Milei's party

06-05-2025 22:05 Former party colleagues accuse national security minister of “turning her back on those who voted for her” and damaging her “reputation,” as political chameleon shifts sides once again.

by James Grainger

Ambassador to Argentina between 2003 and 2006, Lino Gutiérrez.

OBITUARY

Former US ambassador to Argentina Lino Gutiérrez dies aged 74

06-05-2025 17:20 Ambassador to Argentina between 2003 and 2006, Lino Gutiérrez had a long and distinguished career in the US Foreign Service.

by Michael Soltys

David Cairns, the next UK ambassador to Argentina.

DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT

David Cairns named UK ambassador to Argentina, succeeding Kirsty Hayes

06-05-2025 14:44 David Cairns, former UK ambassador to Sweden, to replace departing Kirsty Hayes in September; Currently vice-president at Norwegian energy firm Equinor, he will now serve as the British government's top envoy in Buenos Aires.

by James Grainger

This illustration picture shows a 100 US dollar banknote on top of Argentinian pesos, in Buenos Aires on October 10, 2023.

'Blanqueo permanente'?

Experts say Argentina’s dollar thirst could open door for illegal funds

06-05-2025 12:26 Experts raise concerns about legal and tax consequences of using undeclared money after Economy Minister Luis Caputo urged Argentines to take their dollars out and "remonetise" the economy – without having to answer questions.

by Eugenia Muzio

Greater numbers of older adults are continuing to work into their later years, or looking for work, out of necessity.

TWO SIDES OF SAME COIN

Postcards of a crisis: youth unemployment and working into old age

06-05-2025 12:20 According to data from Argentina's Human Capital Ministry, 19.4% of young people aged 18 to 24 are unemployed. Meanwhile, greater numbers of older adults are continuing to work into their later years, or looking for work, out of necessity.

by Agustina Bordigoni

Chief Executive Officer for DLocal Ltd, Pedro Arnt.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

DLocal CEO sees e-commerce firms rushing into Milei’s Argentina

06-05-2025 10:29 Head of payment services provider DLocal says firm is seeing seeing renewed activity in crisis-prone Argentina.

Argentina's national football team before its World Cup first round match against France on June 6, 1978, in Buenos Aires. (Standing, from left to right : Daniel Passarella, René Houseman, Luis Galvan, Alberto Tarantini, Mario Kempes, Ubaldo Matildo Fillol; Front row, from left to right: Américo Gallego, Osvaldo Ardiles, Leopoldo Luque, Daniel Valencia, Jorge Olguín). Defender Luis Galván, a starter in the Albiceleste national team, died on May 5, 2025, at the age of 77, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced via social media.

OBITUARY

Luis Galván, World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, dies at 77

05-05-2025 21:24 Defender Luis Galván, who played in every match in Argentina's 1978 World Cup winning campaign, died Monday aged 77.

FORMULA 1

Reports: Colapinto to replace Doohan as Alpine F1 driver

05-05-2025 18:24 Argentine superstar, currently with Alpine, set to be promoted from reserve to full-time driver; Colapinto could replace Australian Jack Doohan at the Imola grand prix.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Lundin Mining reveals largest copper find in 30 years in Argentina

05-05-2025 17:27 BHP Group’s joint-venture partner Lundin Mining Corp declares companies’ Filo del Sol project in South America to be the largest discovery of copper in three decades.

NEW ECONOMIC MEASURES

Caputo: Argentines should spend dollars without 'explanations'

05-05-2025 15:31 Argentina’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo calls for “cultural shift” in which citizens should be able to spend dollars without “having to provide explanations” over what they buy or origin of funds; Government to introduce measures to facilitate circulation of greenbacks.

Javier Milei during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 22.

TRADE TALKS

US official quietly visits capital as Argentina pushes for tariff exemptions

05-05-2025 15:06 Senior US trade envoy quietly visits Buenos Aires as Argentina’s pushes for exemptions to Donald Trump’s import tariffs.

Bruno Stagnaro with Ricardo Darín during the filming of 'El Eternauta'.

BRUNO STAGNARO INTERVIEW

‘El Eternauta’ director Bruno Stagnaro confirms season two in works

05-05-2025 13:06 The man behind ‘Okupas’ and ‘Un gallo para Esculapio’ became a fan at the age of 10 when he was gifted the comic. Four decades later, he has turned it into a hit series for Netflix. Already the most-watched title in Argentina on the streaming platform, a second season is in the works, reveals Bruno Stagnaro.

by Ernesto Ise

President Javier Milei appears on a streaming programme alongside Daniel 'Gordo Dan' Parisini.

POLITICS & MEDIA

Milei administration intensifies offensive against press

03-05-2025 10:23 President Javier Milei’s government is presenting the media and journalists to voters as the “new caste” and has decided to ramp up its attacks on reporters; New attack attempts to associate them with “lies” and “defamation,” with one online ally even calling for one journalist to be jailed.

by Pablo Varela

Editorial

Will April showers bring May flowers?

03-05-2025 07:45 Critics of the exit from the ‘cepo’ currency and capital controls argue that it opens the door to speculative peso-dollar shuffles. Whether or not they are right will go much further towards defining the outcome of the October midterms than any cultural battles.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei’s Macri mirror

03-05-2025 07:14 Javier Milei and Luis Caputo want the economy to be booming when the country goes to vote in October. The question is how much it will cost them – and the country.

by Marcelo J. García

As I see it

When the machines stop working

03-05-2025 07:00 A growing proportion of decisions that affect people will be made by artefacts that can be hacked either by individuals working for hostile regimes, religious zealots who disapprove of Western ways or mere mischief-makers who get a kick out of provoking turmoil.

by James Neilson

Members of the Orquesta de los Barrios youth orchesta: Micaela Sandoval, Ruth Geréz, Lucas Flores.

COMMUNITY

Youth orchestra cultivates more than just music

03-05-2025 05:15 Director Néstor Tedesco’s Orquesta de los Barrios youth orchestra provides a network of support for young musicians from the city’s low-income neighbourhoods.

by Zella Milfred

Un fuerte terremoto de 7,4 grados se registró al sur de Ushuaia y hay alerta de tsunami en Chile

TSUNAMI WARNING

Major offshore quake causes tsunami scare in Chile, Argentina

02-05-2025 13:18 Residents of the remote southern village of Puerto Almanza were ordered to evacuate the area over threat of a tsunami caused by an earthquake off southern coast of South America.

President Javier Milei gestures as he speaks during the inauguration of the 143rd ordinary session of Congress at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2025.

MEDIA & JOURNALISM

Milei severely damaging press freedom in Argentina, says watchdog

02-05-2025 11:16 Report by Reporters Without Borders NGO puts Argentina in 87th place – since Milei’s arrival in office, nation has dropped 47 places on annual global press freedom ranking.

Anti-IMF and anti-Milei protesters during a CGT rally in Buenos Aires on April 30, 2025.

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: April 25 to May 1

01-05-2025 17:00 Our (almost a weekly) round-up of what you need to know about Argentina.

POLITICS

Transport secretary for chop as Milei government churn continues

01-05-2025 15:18 Franco Mogetta, linked to Córdoba Province Governor Juan Schiaretti, set to be latest official removed from President Milei’s administration.

City elections 2025: candidates for the legislature.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

The great debate

01-05-2025 09:39 The absurd multiplicity of 17 list-heading candidates for 30 City Legislature seats can be boiled down into a triangle of the PRO, libertarian and Peronist blocs, although this does not necessarily translate into only three candidates since others stand to make inroads.

by Michael Soltys

President Javier Milei and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping.

ARGENTINA-CHINA RELATIONS

Chinese business interests await gesture from Milei towards Xi

01-05-2025 09:18 Over-enthusiasm for the United States has damaged links with China, hampering political moves towards investment and trade agreements. A presidential trip to the Asian power is the key to smoothing the acrimony.

by Eugenia Muzio

GUEST COLUMN

Batakis: IMF betting on Milei because his failure would also be theirs

01-05-2025 07:42 This is a “political loan,” if not to say a campaign contribution, as in 2018.

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during the EFI 2025 Economic Forum in Buenos Aires, on April 30, 2025.

NEW MEASURES

Argentina eliminates export duties for thousands of manufactured goods

30-04-2025 21:34 President Javier Milei's government eliminates export duties for thousands of industrial products; Economy Minister Luis Caputo says tax levy was "affecting competitiveness" in announcement hailing the move.

Ricardo Darín stars in the new Netflix series 'El Eternauta,' based on the graphic novel written by Héctor Oesterheld and illustrated by Francisco Solano López.

STREAMING & SERIES

Netflix’s 'El Eternauta' echoes fight against tyranny, says Darín

30-04-2025 21:20 Ricardo Darín defends Buenos Aires from an alien attack in new Netflix series 'El Eternauta,' based on the legendary graphic novel written by Héctor Oesterheld and illustrated by Francisco Solano López.

A banner from the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) umbrella union grouping is displayed by workers during a rally against the government of President Javier Milei and to commemorate May Day (Labour Day) in Buenos Aires on April 30, 2025. Argentina's labor unions mobilized on Wednesday on the eve of Workers' Day with slogans against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Milei sets end of inflation timeline amid union unrest

30-04-2025 21:13 CGT stages pre-May Day march to reject austerity policies; President Milei declares his government “best in history,” vows end to inflation by mid-2026.

Gago pays the price for Superclásico defeat.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Restoring Xeneize to glory will take more than firing and hiring

30-04-2025 17:21 Until Juan Román Riquelme takes a long, honest look in the mirror and faces up to the real problems the club he presides over faces, the challenge of restoring the glory days appears to be beyond even the most accomplished of coaches in world football.

by Dan Edwards

An Aerolíneas Argentinas aircraft departs Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires City.

STATE CARRIER

Aerolíneas Argentinas won’t be subsidised for first time since 2008

30-04-2025 16:48 Flagship airline Aerolíneas Argentinas won’t need state subsidies for the first time since the government nationalised the company almost two decades ago.

Candidates for 2025 elections for the Buenos Aires City Legislature – the debate.

ELECTIONS 2025: BUENOS AIRES CITY

Fragmented field means little debate in City debate

30-04-2025 15:54 Seventeen candidates standing in Buenos Aires City Legislature elections on May 18; Debate delivers insults and crossed words, but little in the way of policy.

A worker uses a counting machine for US$100 US banknotes at a currency exchange house in Buenos Aires.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Savers buying up dollars after Milei lifts currency controls

30-04-2025 12:08 Savers are going back to the bank to buy dollars after President Javier Milei granted them complete freedom to do so.

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.

death of diego maradona

Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

30-04-2025 00:20 Fernando Villarejo, head of Clínica Olivos' intensive care unit, says he expressed his opposition to home care.

Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos appears before the lower house Chamber of Deputies to answer questions.

'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL

Francos faces Congress grilling over Milei’s links to '$LIBRA' scam

29-04-2025 23:50 Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos says President Milei “does not and did not maintain any link with the” '$LIBRA' crypto scam in lengthy session before lawmakers.

Alvin Holsey, head of United States Southern Command, meets President Milei.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

US, Argentina deepen ‘strategic’ ties as top military officer visits

29-04-2025 15:12 Alvin Holsey, head of United States Southern Command, meets President Milei as three-day trip to Buenos Aires begins; Admiral will also visit base in Ushuaia.

Despite being denounced in 1975, former Gestapo officer Walter Kutschmann evaded justice for a decade before his 1985 arrest in Argentina, records show.

DECLASSIFICATION DRIVE

Declassified files show Nazi fugitive evaded capture for decade

29-04-2025 13:06 Despite being denounced in 1975, former Gestapo officer Walter Kutschmann evaded justice for a decade before his 1985 arrest in Argentina, records show.

Geopolitcs & trade

Xi is trying to turn world against US as Trump cuts trade deals

29-04-2025 11:03 Beijing officials are racing to turn foreign governments against the United States inside a 90-day window Trump has granted all nations — except China — to strike trade deals during a tariff reprieve.

Fernando Gago has been sacked by Boca Juniors.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Boca Juniors coach Fernando Gago sacked after Superclásico defeat

29-04-2025 10:57 Boca Juniors sack Fernando Gago, two days after the Xeneize slumped to a 2-1 defeat in the Superclásico to River Plate.

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.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Kicillof demands IMF probe into Georgieva's pro-Milei comments

28-04-2025 15:08 Buenos Aires Province governor and socialist lawmakers call for investigation after IMF chief’s controversial remarks that seemed to back Milei administration ahead of Argentina’s midterms.

Ronnie Scott's funeral at the British Cemetery in Chacarita, Buenos Aires.

COMMUNITY

Ronnie Scott laid to rest at British Cemetery

28-04-2025 15:07 Ronald David Scott remembered with “honour, respect and affection” at service at the British Cemetery in Chacarita.

by Michael Soltys