Adrián Ravier named Milei’s new presidential spokesperson
Former ally Ramiro Marra becomes latest voice to call for official’s resignation; Mounting problems for top official, who admitted he failed to declare cash savings and is struggling to explain his expenditure.
MSCI Inc will decide next week whether to set Argentina on the road back to membership in global stock indexes.
Church bodies warn that Milei's government's 'Inviolability of Private Property' bill threatens national sovereignty over land, water and natural resources and call on lawmakers to vote it down.
A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
OPINION & ANALYSIS
Argentina's national team opened their World Cup campaign with a comfortable 3–0 win over Algeria, thanks to a hat trick from the extraterrestrial born in Rosario. Six World Cups, 16 World Cup goals for Messi – and counting...
WORLD CUP 2026 PREVIEW
Albiceleste will face Algeria, Austria and Jordan at the group stage of the 2026 World Cup; Defending champions are the clear favourites to progress in top spot.
World Cup sticker craze
As Lionel Messi competes in what could be his final World Cup, stickers featuring the fan favourite are in high demand, with adults and children caught in the craze. The popularity of Panini’s stickers have helped fuel shortages and driven up prices.
Cabinet chief’s documentation attempts to explain an astronomical rise in his net worth. His legal strategy and mounting complications in Congress.
Government confirms consortium of Belgian company Jan De Nul and local firm Servimagnus will be granted a 25-year concession to dredge and maintain Paraguay-Paraná waterway.
Unlike the US president and his business cronies, the Israelis have no illusions about the fanatical Iranian regime.
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sign a memorandum of understanding, ending regional war that erupted on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes.
Court warns former president over supporters' rallies outside her home and says she must comply with conditions of house arrest or face seeing restrictions tightened.
Former Boca defender returns to the club to begin a second spell as head coach, signing a contract until December 2027.
San Juan Province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers.
Lundin Mining-BHP copper mining project in San Juan Province is moving ahead with unprecedented infrastructure work, but the construction of a modular complex in the Andes for thousands of workers has put national industries on alert.
Japan and Mercosur are set to negotiate a free-trade agreement, Brasília and Tokyo announces.
columnists
Vaca Muerta overtakes agriculture – and it will finance Argentina’s future
by Carlos Burgueño
Vaca Muerta will ensure next president against currency crises
by Carlos Burgueño
From refuge to destination: How ‘Barrio Chino’ found its place in Buenos Aires
by Patricia Daniele
How Netflix is rewriting Argentina’s screen industry
by Mariano Casas Di Nardo
Magic Messi bags hat-trick, breaks World Cup record as Argentina rout Algeria
by Jorge Fontevecchia Veteran Peronist and national deputy analyses the social impact of austerity and anticipates strong polarisation between President Javier Milei’s administration and a Peronism united under a model of "productive capitalism" in next year’s election.
Between echoes returning from the past and a language that breathes the brush and the river, Selva Almada’s new novel 'Una casa sola' (Random House) creates a universe in which memory, violence and poetry intertwine in a richly layered narrative. In this interview, the author traces the novel’s fragmentary origins, its connection to poetry and the gauchesca tradition, so-called ‘provincial’ literature and why writing is a living organism rather than just technique.
editorials
Brazil election 2026
Brazilian president says it's fine for Donald Trump to support the right-wing Bolsonaro family, but that he "should not meddle" in the nation's October presidential election.
POLITICS & THE COURTS
A year on from the court ruling that confirmed her sentence, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner remains under house arrest and barred from holding public office. A look at status of the other court cases facing the former president and the ongoing dispute over the conduct of judges and prosecutors.
MULTILATERAL FUNDING
World Bank board approves guarantees for a commercial loan of as much as US$2 billion that Argentina intends to use to help pay down upcoming debt maturities.
For the first time in 16 years, Ángel Di María will not lace up his boots at a World Cup, having appeared in four editions of the tournament.
Reopening of vital oil route would mark a major step toward ending months of deadly conflict and economic turmoil triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
Argentina take on Algeria in Kansas City, while France face Senegal in New Jersey.
Lawmakers set to debate investment incentives, deregulation measures and political reforms while public attention remains focused on Messi and Co in North America.
Coach Lionel Scaloni has other injury concerns over goalkeeper Emi 'Dibu' Martinez and forward Julián Álvarez but both are expected to start in Kansas City against Algeria.
Argentina begin their World Cup defence in Kansas City, the self-styled global barbecue capital, but their fans insist they're already king of the grill.
Argentines on Monday bid farewell to Taty Almeida, president of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora organisation and a symbol of the tireless search for the disappeared.
Algeria will be Argentina's first hurdle in Group J, while Austria and Jordan await in Dallas on June 22 and June 27.
Teacher, iconic human rights activist, president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora and campaigner for the disappeared and downtrodden. Taty Almeida, who has died at the age of 95, would not be silenced in her tireless search for memory, truth and justice and the knowledge over what happened to her missing son Alejandro.
Simply by stepping onto the pitch on Tuesday against Algeria, the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star will become the first player ever to appear at six World Cups.
Defender Marcos Senesi joins the squad in Kansas City as Lionel Scaloni finally has his full group for Argentina's World Cup title defence in the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Fate of five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña remains one of Argentina's most haunting mysteries of recent years; Long-awaited trial due to begin, days after the second anniversary of child’s disappearance.
Lawmakers from opposition Coalición Cívica party file criminal complaint against Adorni for alleged "false statements," while sectors allied to the government called on Milei to withdraw his support for the official.
A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
Creative midfielder Thiago Almada has struggled for regular minutes at his club side Atlético Madrid, but now he's eyeing a starting slot for Argentina in their World Cup opener.
