THE WEEK IN REVIEW Stories that caught our eye: June 6 to 13 Yesterday 18:03 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
ECONOMY – ANALYSIS Inflation hits lowest since Covid in win for Milei 12-06-2025 16:36 Argentina’s monthly inflation slows to the lowest level since the height of the pandemic.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Monthly inflation drops to 1.5% – lowest level in five years 12-06-2025 16:05 Consumer prices rose just 1.5% in May, according to government data – the lowest monthly rate since May 2020; Inflation at 13.3% so far this year, 43.5% over the last 12 months.
IMF PROGRAMME IMF applauds Argentina's measures to boost dollar reserves 12-06-2025 15:15 Earlier this week, Argentina’s Central Bank rolled out new economic measures designed to boost foreign currency holdings.
AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Bunge close to getting China ruling on Viterra deal 12-06-2025 12:50 China’s approval – conditional or otherwise – is the last major hurdle in Bunge’s bid to create an agricultural commodities giant capable of competing with Cargill.
DEBT & BONDS Bank of China, JPMorgan among banks in US$2-billion repo 11-06-2025 21:49 Milei administration reaches agreement with seven private banks on a repurchase agreement of US$2 billion.
ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY Dollar-obsessed Argentines have a newfound love for buying gold 11-06-2025 18:24 Argentina’s deep-rooted reliance on the greenback is now being challenged by a growing appetite for gold.
MULTILATERALISM UN atomic boss achieves gender parity – just don’t call it DEI 11-06-2025 17:52 Argentine diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi, a top candidate to become the next United Nations secretary general, has achieved gender parity at the International Atomic Energy Agency in record time.
Analysis Fernández de Kirchner’s ban from office marks new chapter 11-06-2025 17:03 Top court sidelines Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from future elections, likely ushering in a new political era.
MILEI's FOREIGN TOUR Israel welcomes President Javier Milei for second official visit 10-06-2025 21:03 Benjamin Netanyahu greets President Javier Milei as a "true friend" of Israel.
CENTRAL BANK MANOUEVRES Argentina bonds rise on new measures to lure dollars 10-06-2025 20:46 Central Bank unveils a slew of measures aimed at helping the nation amass more hard-currency reserves.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK World Bank lifts Argentina 2025 growth forecast to 5.5% 10-06-2025 13:38 Growth in Latin America cut to 2.3 percent as trade tensions bite; Argentina defies regional slowdown.
politics & environment Milei decree to amend Glaciers Law, extend areas for exploitation 10-06-2025 12:09 President Javier Milei’s government administration says that environmental controls will remain while giving provinces greater autonomy.
'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL Anti-Corruption Office clears Milei of responsibility in ‘cryptogate’ scandal 10-06-2025 08:54 National government’s Anti-Corruption Office rules that President Javier Milei did not “violate” public ethics law when he promoted $LIBTA memecoin on February 14.
CENTRAL BANK MANOUEVRES Argentina eases bond auction rules in aim to lure more dollars 09-06-2025 22:10 Central Bank unveils slew of measures aimed at helping the nation amass more hard-currency reserves.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY EU-Mercosur deal, nuclear talks top agenda as Milei meets Macron 09-06-2025 16:55 President Javier Milei attends United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, as a gesture of goodwill towards his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL Milei’s crypto promoting not improper, Anti-Corruption Office says 09-06-2025 15:58 President Javier Milei didn’t act improperly when he promoted the '$LIBRA' crypto token in February, rules Anti-Corruption Office.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Inflation in Buenos Aires City slows to monthly 1.6% 09-06-2025 13:01 Sharp drop in prices last month, according to City Hall, down from 2.3% in April to 1.6% in May; Inflation 12.9% so far this year in nation's capital, compared to 48.3% over same period in 2024.
Foreign relations & diplomacy Milei renews attacks on Spanish PM Sánchez during Madrid visit 08-06-2025 20:47 President Javier Milei renews expletive-laden criticism of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as bilateral ties plummet.
Editorial The gloomy science as gloom for science 07-06-2025 09:38 If starvation wages are expected to bridge the vacuum between the research structures of the 20th and 21st centuries, there will not be any scientists left for a brave new world.
Foreign relations & diplomacy Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting 07-06-2025 09:22 Pope León XIV welcomes Argentina’s President Javier Milei at Vatican, where he expresses concern over inequality, poverty and conflict.
Politics – Analysis Damocles’ sword and a Mexican stand-off in the Province 07-06-2025 06:26 Argentina’s Supreme Court has driven itself into a corner. It’s sitting on one of the most consequential rulings in the nation’s political history. by Agustino Fontevecchia
ECONOMY & FOREIGN POLICY With Milei in Rome, YPF signs LNG export deal with Italy’s ENI 06-06-2025 22:05 Agreement signed in Rome while Milei visits Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on first leg of his 10-day foreign tour.
THE WEEK IN REIVEW Stories that caught our eye: June 1 to 7 06-06-2025 18:39 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
MATTRESS DOLLARS 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.”
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel 05-06-2025 15:34 Javier Milei departs for the longest international tour of his Presidency; La Libertad Avanza leader will meet Pope Leo, Macron and Meloni, but the main event will be his time in Israel.
DEBT & BONDS Buenos Aires Province debt climbs as Milei confronts local election test 05-06-2025 12:35 Dollar notes issued by Buenos Aires Province are the best-performing government credits across emerging-markets since La Libertad Avanza won in a city hall race in mid-May.
EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL Brazil's Lula urges Macron to seal EU-Mercosur trade deal 05-06-2025 12:14 Brazil's president urges French counterpart to "finalise" EU trade deal with Mercosur during visit to Paris.
HEALTH & ECONOMY Threat of dismissals ends strike at Garrahan Children's Hospital 05-06-2025 10:22 Doctors say they were warned of dismissal if they didn’t return to work; Government calls hospital strike “political extortion."
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Chile, Google sign deal for first-ever South America-Asia fibre optic cable 05-06-2025 10:03 Dubbed the "Humboldt Project," the 14,800-kilometere cable will run from Valparaíso on Chile's Pacific coast to Sydney, Australia, via French Polynesia. According to Google, this will be the first such cable to directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific.
ENERGY & GAS YPF to sign LNG export deal with Italy's ENI 05-06-2025 09:49 Agreement to be formalised during President Milei's visit to Rome, says YPF President Horacio Marín.
Anti-austerity demo Unity march boosts pensioners' protest against Milei's cuts 05-06-2025 00:24 Scientists, doctors, disabled, LGBT groups and more join weekly pensioners' march in Buenos Aires to condemn austerity, defend rights and services.
WORLD ECONOMY Trump's trade war: US doubles steel, aluminium tariffs 04-06-2025 10:41 US president doubles tariffs on aluminium and steel from 25 percent to 50 percent, raising temperatures with various partners.
ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY Milei’s cuts are making credit harder to collect in Argentina 04-06-2025 10:30 Just over a year and a half since Javier Milei took office, businesses and households are under strain from stagnant wages and lingering inflation.
POVERTY IN ARGENTINA Quarter of rough sleepers in City have been on streets for less than year 04-06-2025 06:25 NGOs surveyed Commune 1 of Buenos Aires City and found over 1,400 adults sleeping rough. More than three-quarters were men, with many only resorting to homelessness in the last year. by Agustina Bordigoni
ENERGY & GAS Paraguay pitches Argentina, Brazil on natural gas pipeline plan 03-06-2025 20:22 Paraguay is lobbying Argentina and Brazil to sign agreements signalling their political support for a proposed natural gas pipeline linking the three countries
HEALTHCARE & ECONOMY Hospital staff march to Obelisk in pay dispute protest 03-06-2025 15:15 Doctors at Argentina’s top children’s hospital march in protest, calling for fair pay, proper staffing and urgent improvements in care as Milei administration goes on attack.
POLITICS – ANALYSIS CFK's return risks dividing opposition in boon for Milei 03-06-2025 14:22 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's decision to run in September’s legislative elections in Buenos Aires Province will set the stage for the national midterm vote the following month.
LABOUR RIGHTS Workers' rights in 'free fall' globally, says trade union report 02-06-2025 19:01 International Trade Union Confederation highlights "profound deterioration" in workers' rights in its annual rights index.
ECONOMIC POLICY Milei’s FX gambit sparks sharpest demand for dollars since 2019 02-06-2025 17:31 Demand for dollars in Argentina at its highest since 2019 after President Javier Milei all but eliminated foreign-exchange restrictions.
POLITICS & LABOUR Court suspends Milei’s decree limiting right to strike 02-06-2025 15:17 Labour court upholds injunction filed by CGT labour federation against presidential decree limiting the right to strike.
Foreign relations & diplomacy Milei to meet Meloni, Pope Leo, Netanyahu on 10-day international tour 31-05-2025 13:08 President’s 10-day tour will be the longest foreign trip so far of term in office; Stops in Rome, with Meloni and Pope meetings on the agenda; Trip to end in Israel, where Milei will address Knesset.
TRADE WARS Trump says he will double steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% 31-05-2025 10:35 US President Donald Trump says will double steel and aluminium import tariffs to 50% from next week.
Editorial Enemies of the state 31-05-2025 06:36 Instructions against those who “erode … the political and institutional structure of the country” can be carried to the extreme of converting any criticism of the administration into a crime against the state – more to be expected from Communism than anarcho-capitalism.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS Where angels fear to tread 31-05-2025 06:33 The demolition job suffered by PRO in the City has most provinces now thinking twice about advancing their elections and exposing local hegemonies to the forces of heaven. by Michael Soltys
Analysing Argentina Milei chooses to ignore emerging consensuses 31-05-2025 06:23 With less than five months to the midterm vote, nothing seems to be standing in the way of a good result for the government. But Milei 2025 should already start thinking about Milei 2027 by Marcelo J. García
THE WEEK IN REIVEW Stories that caught our eye: May 24 to 31 30-05-2025 16:22 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY El Eternauta protest: Scientists rally against Milei’s 'toxic' funding cuts 29-05-2025 09:24 Scientists across Argentina protest Milei’s ‘toxic’ defunding of research dressed as characters from El Eternauta, drawing attention to slashed budgets, mass lay-offs and the loss of young scientists.
POLITICS Milei gets Tuttle Twins to teach free markets to kids 29-05-2025 08:53 President Javier Milei is relaunching a state-run TV channel for kids set to feature a cartoon teaching free-market economics while stressing the evils of taxes and communism.
BACK TO MARKETS Argentina sells peso bonds abroad for first time since Macri era 28-05-2025 23:49 Milei government says it has raised US$1 billion in first peso-denominated bond issuance in nine years.
MARKETS Argentina raises US$1 billion in peso-denominated bond issuance 28-05-2025 23:41 Milei government says it raised US$1 billion in a peso-denominated bond issuance, signalling confidence from international investors.
BUSINESS & FINANCE Mercado Pago will apply for Argentina banking licence 28-05-2025 23:27 Mercado Pago, the digital wallet and financial services arm of MercadoLibre, will request a banking licence from Argentina’s Central Bank.
NEW RULES Limit on tax agency referral for shopping raised to 10 million pesos 28-05-2025 11:55 ARCA has raised the floor for consumer identification control; Shops in Argentina only now need to identify customers and report customers to the tax authorities if they spend over 10 million pesos.
ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY Milei intervenes in currency market despite letting peso float 28-05-2025 11:36 Argentina’s government has intervened in the currency markets to influence the peso’s value and is likely to miss reserve accumulation targets.
FOREIGN POLICY Milei burnishes his Trump ties by hosting health chief RFK Jr 28-05-2025 11:26 Health & Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes second US Cabinet official to visit Argentina in recent weeks.
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT Milei has cut 48,000 public-sector jobs since taking office 28-05-2025 10:18 President’s chainsaw slashes public-sector employment; Staff numbers have fallen 9.6% over the last 17 months, says Argentina’s government.
BACK TO MARKETS 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.
MULTILATERAL WITHDRAWAL Argentina ratifies WHO withdrawal during RFK Jr visit 27-05-2025 09:36 Argentina says it will reform healthcare model and reiterates decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, as Trump's health secretary, vaccine-sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., visits Buenos Aires.
MARKETS & BONDS Argentina claims return to global markets with peso bond sale 26-05-2025 20:51 Argentina’s government will issue a five-year bond denominated in pesos that’s aimed at international investors who are allowed to purchase it in US dollars.
PRICE COMPLAINTS Milei officials beef with Darín over price of a dozen empanadas 26-05-2025 20:43 Actor Ricardo Darín draws Milei administration’s ire by complaining about the price of a dozen empanadas.
Price of speaking up? Empanada attack: Milei’s defenders slam actor Ricardo Darín 26-05-2025 16:53 Defenders of President Javier Milei’s government – including Economy Minister Luis Caputo – slam actor Ricardo Darín after he expresses concern over high prices in Argentina.
MILEI’S AUSTERITY MEASURES Six provinces demand over US$9 billion from national government 26-05-2025 14:58 Provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, La Rioja, Formosa, Santiago del Estero and Santa Fe – mostly all opposition controlled – are demanding US$9.376 billion in outstanding debt from President Javier Milei’s government. by Gonzalo Martínez
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Battle royale 24-05-2025 06:27 Politically, Milei is the son of fragmentation. Now, he’s consolidating his forces thanks to the weakness of dispersed opponents. by Agustino Fontevecchia
Analysing Argentina A whirlwind of votes, a black hole of dollars 24-05-2025 06:06 Argentines know their history, and they have enjoyed spending sprees in the past at the cost of the Central Bank, which invariably ended in economic catastrophe: in the late 1970s, in the 1990s, in the mid- and late 2000s. Milei will have to work hard to convince them that things will not be as they were. by Marcelo J. García
MILEI'S MEASURES Distrusting Argentines loath to bank their 'mattress dollars' 23-05-2025 18:08 Argentina's government estimates there are about US$200 billion so-called "mattress dollars" out there – five times the reserves of the Central Bank.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW Stories that caught our eye: May 17 to 24 23-05-2025 14:46 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
BUSINESS & INVESTMENT Argentina signals to investors IMF cash to come despite reserves 23-05-2025 10:14 Argentina expects to receive a US$2-billion disbursement from the IMF next month, regardless of whether nation hits target for rebuilding foreign reserves.
‘YOUR DOLLARS, YOUR DECISION’ Milei unveils plan to draw dollars out from under mattresses 22-05-2025 23:41 Government announces measures to encourage the use of undeclared savings; Decree on way and a bill to “protect savers.”
POLITICS & LABOUR Anger from unions as Milei expands limits on right to strike 22-05-2025 23:34 Civil society groups and trade unions in Argentina slam President Javier Milei's "unconstitutional" decree limiting the right to strike.
NEW MEASURES Milei’s revamp lets Argentines send US$43,700 – no questions asked 22-05-2025 19:33 ARCA tax agency will stop collecting large swathes of information from citizens and businesses, ranging from used car and home sales to everyday supermarket purchases, starting Friday.
