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AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino testifies in alleged tax evasion case

Pablo Toviggino appears before federal judge but declines to answer questions; AFA president Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia due to testify on Thursday.

Pressure grows on Trump as Iran warns of long war that would 'destroy' world economy

Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows to target "economic centres and banks" that it deems linked to US and Israeli interests; US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon," as Tehran effectively closes off Strait of Hormuz.

Milei reactivates Santa Cruz dams, consolidating strategic rapprochement with China

Argentina’s government has confirmed that work on the hydroelectric complex on the Santa Cruz river – which has been paralysed since Javier Milei came to power – has resumed. The project, integrally financed by Chinese banks and implemented by the Gezhouba company, returns to the agenda amid an uptick in the relations between Buenos Aires and Beijing.

Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast to signal swift alignment with Trump

Kast’s new administration plans to sign broad agreements with the United States to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.

José Antonio Kast, Chile's most right-wing president since Pinochet, takes office

José Antonio Kast's rise comes amid a conservative wave sweeping Latin America and after Trump's re-election in the United States.

Argentina missed early window to sell bonds, investors say

Investors say Milei government may have missed a window to return to debt markets in January after deeming it too expensive.

Forensic team identifies 12 new dictatorship victims at Córdoba’s ‘La Perla’ site

Court in Córdoba confirms skeletal remains found at La Perla detention centre last year have been identified and pertain to 12 missing dictatorship victims; Former detention centre operated in the La Calera area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

Argentina urged to march with photos of disappeared on 50th anniversary of coup

Human rights groups expect a large mobilisation to Plaza de Mayo on March 24 as Argentina marks 50 years since the 1976 coup d'état that brought the military junta to power; Participants are being asked to wear A4 photographs of victims at rally.

Trial into Diego Maradona’s death given start date: April 14

Trial for late footballer’s 2020 death rescheduled for mid-April after collapse of first trial.

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Flooding wreaks havoc in Tucumán Province

Severe storm alert issued in Tucumán as flooding spreads; La Madrid region worst hit; Hundreds of families forced from homes as torrential rains overwhelm rivers and roads.

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Silent deputies – the lawmakers who said nothing (or nearly nothing) in Congress last year

Survey of Congress speeches from 2025 shows there were 17 deputies who never spoke a word in the chamber last year, while dozens more only uttered a few in all the year.

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Is Argentina at war?

At a Jewish university in New York, President Milei once again described Iran as an “enemy” and declared that “we are going to win” the war in the Middle East. The lessons of the past and the risks of reckless ideological displays.

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Milei slams business critics as he opens Argentina roadshow in NYC

Milei dismisses Techint CEO Paolo Rocca and Javier Madanes Quintanilla, the owner of the recently shuttered Fate tyre manufacturer, as businessmen seeking favours from governments.

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Chevron sees ‘more to be done’ by Milei to boost Argentina’s shale boom

Milei is expanding a programme to attract foreign investments, now including new shale oil projects, but a top executive at Chevron says more needs to be done.

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Argentina’s bond rally limited by junk label, war fallout

As President Milei meets investors in New York in a bid to attract interest in Argentina, the momentum behind the country’s bonds has largely stalled.

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Archbishop Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

Gustavo Oscar Carrara, the Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata, warns about the defunding of urbanisation works in low-income neighbourhoods and the potential elimination of government department dedicated to socio-urban integration.

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Argentina to see ‘trade improvement’ from Middle East war, Milei says

War in the Middle East could generate “an improvement” in Argentina’s oil and agricultural exports, says Milei.

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Milei backs Trump as he launches Argentina roadshow in New York

President voices strong support for Donald Trump, forecasts global political shifts driven by war and geopolitics.

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YPF says fuel prices will not change despite oil price surge

Horacio Marín, CEO of state-controlled energy firm, says its "micropricing" strategy will smooth volatility amid Middle East conflict.

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City inflation data shows consumer prices rose 2.6% in February

Residents in the capital have seen prices rise 5.7 percent so far this year and by 32.4 percent over the last 12 months.

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CGT challenges part of Milei labour reform in court

CGT files lawsuit asking for implementation of Milei's labour reform to be suspended.

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Is free-to-view football coming back to Argentina?

Longtime football executive from Córdoba, Emeterio Farías, says that AFA will announce the return of “cost-free” television for supporters imminently – potentially including the top flight, though not for some time.

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Milei reaffirms alliance with Trump at ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit

Milei in attendance at international meeting in Florida; Trump offers Latin America’s leaders US missile strikes to hit drug cartels, calls for tougher action on organised crime, hints at Cuba action.

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Milei government slams 'scam' gender policies in International Women’s Day message

Milei’s government hails December 2023 decision to abolish the Women, Gender & Diversity Ministry on the grounds that it promoted “absurd ideological agendas.”

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Trump urges Latin America to use military against cartels

Trump tells a group of Latin American leaders at security summit in Miami that Washington "will not tolerate the lawlessness in our hemisphere any longer."

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Father of Frenchwoman killed in Salta in 2011 to speak with prosecutors

Father of one of two French women murdered in northwest Argentina in 2011 to appear before the local courts as part of a reopened investigation into killings of Cassandre Bouvier and Houria Moumni.

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Argentina: the safest country in the world

With the world in chaos, Milei returned to the basics and relied on the same kind of things that got him elected in the first place.

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Milei’s regime change drive

Regime change is easier said than done.

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A future which works

Milei’s determination to open up one of the world’s most closed economies is moving at vastly superior speed to the painstaking parliamentary passage of the structural reforms local companies need to compete.

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Trump the liberator goes to war

Though few would disagree that a “diplomatic solution” to the Iranian problem would be far better than one reached at gunpoint, efforts to persuade the leaders of the regime that it would be in their interest to call a genuine halt to their nuclear programme were always bound to fail.

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Trump convenes Latin American leaders to curb crime, immigration

Summit at Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida, marks the latest instance of the president moving ahead with his so-called "Donroe Doctrine" of asserting expanded US authority in the Western Hemisphere.

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Wheels within wheels

Milei’s insults only served to lend importance to the fading force of Kirchnerism, perhaps a deliberate strategy to preserve an electoral opponent virtually guaranteeing him victory.

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Milei signs labour reform introducing new rules on contracts, strikes and severance

New legislation reshapes employment contracts, severance rules, strike regulations and collective bargaining while creating a new employer-funded labour assistance system.

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Tapia places ace card as Argentina’s clubs cancel matches and strike

Footballers are hanging up their boots in solidarity with the paymasters and rulemakers. The industrial action prepared in the coming days is almost unprecedented and a clear statement in these sensitive political times.

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Trump-LatAm conservative summit to discuss democracy

Donald Trump will host a dozen transcontinental allies this weeekend, many of whom he has backed or helped put into office.

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Trump’s war

This is Trump’s war, Trump’s choice, Trump’s adventure.

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Trump’s Latin American allies face a dilemma over China, Iran war

Donald Trump is gathering his top allies from Latin America at a moment when a new US military conflict is putting even his best friends in the region under newfound pressure.

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Milei departs for Trump-hosted security summit in Miami

Several Latin American leaders aligned with Washington’s agenda invited; Milei to travel to Miami, before travelling on to New York for Argentina Week.

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Survey: 69% of young adults in Argentina have little or no interest in politics

Research among voting-age students finds most teenagers disengaged from politics; Democracy still widely valued despite scepticism about the country’s direction.

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Prosecutor in Argentina pushes AMIA bombing case toward trial in absentia

Thirty years on, prosecutor seeks trial in AMIA bombing; Ten suspects and newly identified Iranian official targeted in renewed push for justice.

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Stories that caught our eye: February 28 to March 6

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

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River Plate withdraws from AFA executive committee meetings

Club cites lack of clear decision-making procedures and renews call for a 20-team top flight; Decision comes amid disputes over governance, league format and recent rulings.

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Trump honours Messi's Inter Miami at White House after MLS Cup win

Lionel Messi put aside his aversion to politics Thursday and walked alongside Donald Trump at the White House to commemorate his club championship with Inter Miami, handing the US president a rare photo-op.

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‘We’re still waiting’: Families of ARA San Juan disaster victims seek justice

Relatives of the 44 sailors who died in the 2017 ARA San Juan submarine disaster hope the long-awaited proceedings in Río Gallegos will finally deliver justice.