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The risks of the Milei government’s economic plan

17-07-2025 10:03 Macroeconomic order and disinflation alone do not guarantee long-term sustainability.

by Luis Secco

Milei celebrates as June inflation data hints at stabilistation

14-07-2025 20:02 Inflation last month only slightly up at 1.6%, barely up on last month; Consumer prices rose 15.1% in the first half of the year, up almost 40% over the last 12 months, INDEC reveals.

Corruption claims and political miscalculations

12-07-2025 06:16 The Milei government must defend its hard-fought macroeconomic stability at all costs, at least until the election. That’s why Caputo and Milei went on the offensive, making the rounds with their typical, friendly interviewers to accuse provincial governors and the opposition at large of seeking to destabilise the government.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

The businessman, the employee, the private jet and 10 suitcases

10-07-2025 23:46 Court probe puts mystery of private jet suitcases back on agenda; Government denials of uninspected luggage from Miami queried, with CPAC-linked businessman Leonardo Scatturice and his employee Laura Belén Arrieta in spotlight.

Milei bill promises protection for dirty ‘mattress dollars’

05-06-2025 20:44 Government unveils “Fiscal Innocence” bill for Argentines holding undeclared dollars, promises “no more persecution.”

Espionage plan claims remain in spotlight with further SIDE revelations

29-05-2025 15:05 Bicameral intelligence committee, chaired by Radical senator Martín Lousteau, has summoned Sergio Neiffert to explain the objectives of this plan, especially its more questionable aspects.

Milei government says SIDE intelligence services won’t target critics

27-05-2025 10:40 President Javier Milei’s government denies a report in La Nación newspaper claiming that SIDE intelligence services will collect information on individuals – potentially journalists, experts and opposition politicians – who could undermine confidence in government policies.

Caputo confirms first peso-denominated debt sale in nearly a decade

27-05-2025 09:52 Argentina unveils first sale of peso-denominated debt in nearly a decade – a high-stakes test of international investor confidence.

Investments, remonetisation, reforms – doubts of US business leaders

22-05-2025 09:31 Milei’s RIGI incentives do not convince, the 'quasi-whitewash' needs "rationality" and reform bills into 2026. Electoral atmosphere at this year’s AmCham Summit and business optimism.

by Eugenia Muzio

‘Invest because Argentina is very cheap,’ Milei tells business leaders

20-05-2025 19:55 President Javier Milei tells business leaders today that “those who bet on Argentina will come out winning,” as he headlines the AmCham Summit 2025 in Buenos Aires.

They also serve who only stand and wait

17-05-2025 06:31 Electoral tides notoriously shift in the final week and even the last minute.

by Michael Soltys

Paid militants, tensions, anger at Macri – inside Adorni’s campaign finale

15-05-2025 13:12 Manuel Adorni, heading La Libertad Avanza’s list for the City Legislature elections, accompanied by Javier and Karina Milei, Cabinet ministers and others at his closing campaign rally in Recoleta – but tensions are brewing behind the scenes.

by Giselle Leclercq

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

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.

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

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.

Milei and the bicycle temptation

19-04-2025 06:00 The Milei government is confident it can make it to the midterm elections in October without major volatility. But this relative calm — won by force of debt — should not obscure the storm that was brewing before the cash injection.

by Marcelo J. García

US Treasury secretary offers 'full support' to Milei at Casa Rosada

14-04-2025 17:29 US Treasury Scott Bessent visits Buenos Aires for talks with Javier Milei, his economic team and private-sector representatives; Official tells President he wants Washington to be Argentina's "partner of choice".

Caputo announces new IMF deal, end to exchange controls

11-04-2025 18:45 President Javier Milei's government announces elimination of foreign exchange controls ahead of confirmation of new US$20-billion IMF programme.

'Chau cepo?': Argentina overhauls exchange rate access

11-04-2025 18:27 President Javier Milei’s government to lift capital and currency controls as of Monday, with exchange rate of between 1,000 and 1,4,00 per greenback; ‘Phase Three’ of economic programme will see monthly cap lifted for individuals and firms.