Multiple leads, conflicting accounts – Loan Danilo Peña, missing three months
Milei’s cash for spy services blocked as both chambers of Congress block presidential decree for first time since 1994; Senate approves law providing salary increases and boosting budget for universities facing funding “emergency.”
by Franco Lindner President Javier Milei took office vowing not to distribute state advertising to media companies, but the La Libertad Avanza leader has broken his promise. Some 130 billion pesos have been dished out, via state bodies and firms, to friendly outlets.
Court postpones until March 2025 the start of the trial of seven health professionals over alleged negligence in the death of Diego Armando Maradona.
Pope Francis says he has not yet decided if he will travel to Argentina next year.
Labour unrest
A strike by pilots and crew demanding salary increases affected more than 30,000 passengers on Friday, according to Aerolineas Argentínas and unions.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
IMF's top negotiator with Argentina delegates talks to colleagues after drawing the ire of President Javier Milei.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Prices have increased 94.8% in Argentina since the turn of the year, according to official data; Consumer price hikes at monthly 4.2% – slight rise on the preceding month and above government forecast of 4%.
President Javier Milei will present his administration's preliminary budget bill for 2025 at Congress personally on Sunday in a primetime speech.
Farm hands, manual labourers and local guides in the north of Argentina are being coopted by criminal organisations for the overland transfer of drugs across the frontier with Bolivia, crossing mountains and valleys without caring about the weather or the visibility.
El Salvador leader will visit his Argentine counterpart in Buenos Aires later this month.
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez meets Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia in Madrid as Caracas threatens to cut ties; Argentina warns human rights situation “deteriorating at alarming rate” at United Nations forum.
"Diego, can I ask you something? Scare Milei by pulling him by his legs in his sleep,” jokes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during "anti-fascist" Congress in Caracas.
US judge orders La Rioja Province to pay creditors nearly US$40 million in damages.
President’s charming of lawmakers pays off as move to overturn his veto of pension bill fails; At least 12 people injured and four arrested in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
President Javier Milei has closed the third quarter of his administration with Argentina’s economic activity in poor health. He has notched up some achievements – exchange rate stability and a slowdown in inflation, for example – but the loss of purchasing power and increased unemployment are worrying.
Lithium production in Argentina rose 56 percent in July year-on-year; Officials confident of investment despite drop in prices of metal, eye production of 80,000 tonnes by late 2024.
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CONGRESS & POLITICS
President Javier Milei’s veto of legislation that would have increased social security spending prevailed Wednesday after government lobbying efforts chipped away at the measure’s support.
MUSIC
‘La Lógica del Escorpión,’ released this Wednesday, is the 72-year-old’s first record since 2017’s ‘Random.’
MUSIC
Rock nacional icon Charly García releases new 13-track album, 'La lógica del escorpión'; Fourteenth long-player, featuring guest appearances from David Lebón, Pedro Aznar and Fito Páez, is available online from 9pm tonight, with special limited edition vinyl available at selected record stores.
Lawmakers in the lower house open debate on whether to overturn President Javier Milei's veto of a bill to increase pensions, amid heavy security due to a planned protest.
Former US president and Republican candidate Donald Trump takes on his rival, veep and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, in first debate of campaign.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met Tuesday for their first – and possibly only – televised debate, a potential game-changer in a presidential race that has already cast the United States into upheaval.
Former Newell's Old Boys star named new head coach of the United States national team and will lead host nation into 2026 World Cup.
World champions Argentina suffer second defeat of CONMEBOL qualifiers for 2026 World Cup with a James Rodríguez penalty condemning them to a 2-1 loss to Colombia.
Shares of Bioceres Crop Solutions SA on track for their biggest daily drop in two years as its ground-breaking genetically modified wheat seeds face setbacks.
Franco Colapinto, the rookie making his way in Formula 1 with Williams Racing, is supported by some of Argentina’s largest companies, including Globant, YPF, Quilmes, Flybondi, Bigbox and Celulosa Argentina.
Edmundo González Urrutia is a soft-spoken grandfather who spurns the spotlight. But Venezuela's political crisis has thrust him into the crosshairs of Nicolás Maduro's iron-fisted regime.
Is Brazil court's shutdown of the X social network a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or just pure censorship?
Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to remain in Venezuela after her colleague and ex-presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia took up asylum in Spain.
United States government “actively considering” whether to file statement of interest with courts concerning Burford Capital’s efforts to collect a US$16-billion judgment against Argentina over nationalisation of state oil firm in 2012.
Luis Iribarren Longevin – “El carnicero de Giles” or “Butcher of San Andrés de Giles” – arrested in Santiago del Estero Province after 11 days on the run; Serial killer, who was serving life for murder of his parents, two siblings and aunt, escaped in August while on educational outing.
Lieutenant colonel Carlos Luis Malatto, accused of the murder of eight people during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, seeks a military trial in Italy.
Lawyer Andrés Gil Domínguez says that Javier Milei’s administration is “anti-democratic” and that, after this modification, “trials for damages against journalists will begin.”
Dollar deposits have surged 40 percent to US$19.8 billion since he took office December 10, marking the highest levels since late 2019, according to Central Bank data.
