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Lautaro Martínez of Argentina celebrates scoring his team's first goal from the penalty spot during the international friendly match between Argentina and Honduras at Kyle Field on June 06, 2026 in College Station, Texas.

Argentina stroll to pre-World Cup win over Honduras

Yesterday 11:19 Argentina cruise to 2-0 friendly victory over Honduras in Texas; Marseille central defender Leonardo Balerdi has been ruled out of the World Cup with a calf injury.

Grains are loaded onto a ship along the Paraná River in Rosario, Argentina.

GEOPOLITICS & THE AMERICAS

US-China rivalry is laid bare by a contract to deepen an Argentine river

Yesterday 10:26 A government tender in Argentina underscored tensions between Washington and Beijing in Latin America as President Javier Milei’s administration awarded a 25-year contract to upgrade a key trade artery to a venture with a history of ties to China.

ANALYSIS – POLITICS & TECHNOLOGY

A robot oasis and billionaire’s playground in Argentina?

06-06-2026 07:02 Milei’s self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist libertarianism seems totally aligned with the idea of generating a robot oasis and a billionaire’s playground in Argentina.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

Injustice in justice

06-06-2026 06:28 On the crying injustice of denying María Verónica Michelli a bench for which the government had nominated her on the grounds that her brother-in-law is a journalist probing cases of corruption affecting President Javier Milei’s administration.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

It’s a small World (Cup)

06-06-2026 06:06 FIFA has 211 member football associations, of whom only 80 have ever participated in a World Cup tournament in almost a century while for the highest level of winners, you would have to knock the zero off that figure – just eight countries, all of whom are past or present members of the European Union or Mercosur.

by Michael Soltys

Last May 30 and June 7 mark the 50th anniversary of two crucial journalistic pieces which denounced the workings of state terrorism in Argentina – barely two months after the March 24, 1976 coup.

GUEST COLUMN

First warnings and the myth of ignorance

06-06-2026 06:00 Fifty years ago, two landmark articles were published that exposed the crimes and workings of Argentina’s military dictatorship and its emerging machinery of repression. They remain essential reading today.

by Gustavo Llarull

This handout picture released by Argentina's Health Ministry shows a scientist from the Malbrán Institute holding a container used to diagnose the Andes hantavirus, which contains RNA from the Andes virus as part of the detection process, in Buenos Aires on May 6, 2026. Argentina has seen an increase in hantavirus cases but not an outbreak, an expert told AFP on May 6, as infections aboard a cruise ship have provoked a global health scare. The MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia in southern Argentina on April 1 and is currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde after three passengers died, possibly of hantavirus.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Argentina to expand hantavirus search to Mendoza Province

05-06-2026 19:49 Specialists from Argentina, joined by experts from the United States, will extend rodent analysis to Mendoza.

The 11th Ni Una Menos anti-gender violence march in Buenos Aires.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 29 to June 5

05-06-2026 19:15 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.v

Economy & Agriculture

Argentina pre-awards concession for strategic Paraná-Paraguay waterway

05-06-2026 10:34 Government awards concession for dredging and buoy maintenance on the Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay waterway to consortium comprising Belgian company Jan De Nul and local firm Servimagnus.

A ship on the Parana River near Rosario, Argentina, on September 23, 2025.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Jan de Nul wins contract to dig Argentina’s US$10-billion waterway

05-06-2026 10:25 Belgian dredger Jan de Nul NV and local partner Servimagnus SA win 25-year contract to upgrade Argentina's chief trade route in a concession overshadowed by accusations of Chinese influence.

Argentina players participate during a training session at Sporting KC Training Centre on June 03, 2026 in Kansas City, Kansas.

WORLD CUP 2026 – PREVIEW

Injury-hit Argentina hope to reach full fitness at World Cup

05-06-2026 07:00 The composition of Lionel Scaloni’s squad clearly shows that he is ready to put his faith once more in the boys that took Argentina to glory in Qatar.

by Dan Edwards

US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei pose for a photo at the beginning of the 'Shield of the Americas' Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Reports: Milei plans to travels to US for Independence Day

04-06-2026 16:15 Argentina’s President Javier MIlei intends to make his 18th visit to the United States to attend celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, according to reports.

New Zealand footballer Tim Payne meets online influencer Valen 'El Scarso' Scarsini.

VIRAL SENSATION

Thanks millions! New Zealand footballer meets Argentine influencer behind viral fame

04-06-2026 15:39 New Zealand footballer Tim Payne meets online influencer Valen 'El Scarso' Scarsini.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Milei promises tech firms new laws and ‘unregulated’ AI in Argentina

04-06-2026 13:18 President makes bold pitch in 'Financial Times' op-ed, promising to keep AI free from regulation in Argentina; Op-ed is latest in series of moves promoting Argentina as nation friendly to Artificial Intelligence.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

OECD warns of slower global growth, Argentina forecast holds

03-06-2026 23:53 Argentina's economy is still expected to expand by 2.8% next year, but OECD warns the Middle East conflict will weigh on global growth and drive up inflation.

Lionel Messi, Riyad Mahrez, David Alaba, Musa Al-Taamari.

WORLD CUP 2026 PREVIEW

Algeria, Austria and Jordan – a look at Argentina’s Group J opponents

03-06-2026 16:06 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.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Druckenmiller leads Wall Street’s return to Argentine stocks

03-06-2026 12:41 Foreign investors and major Wall Street banks exited their positions ahead of the 2025 election cycle – now they’re returning amid rumours of reclassification and market optimism.

WORLD CUP 2026

Nineteen players from Argentina's top flight heading to World Cup 2026

02-06-2026 09:32 FIFA will pay Liga Profesional clubs US$11,000 a day for each player called up for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico; River Plate will receive the most of the domestic clubs, supplying seven of the 19 footballers from Argentina's top flight for tournament.

Plenty of Argentines will be splashing the cash on trips to the 2026 World Cup this year.

“Efecto Messi”?

Milei government dismisses impact of World Cup on reserves

01-06-2026 15:41 The American dream versus local wallets – the most expensive sporting event in history arrives at a time of falling real wages and a cheap exchange rate in Argentina.

by Eugenia Muzio

LABOUR RIGHTS

Argentina added to list of world’s worst countries for workers’ rights

01-06-2026 12:19 Repression of workers' rights has deepened around the globe, even in "stable" countries, says world's largest trade union organisation; Argentina added to ITUC’s list of 10 worst countries for workers' rights, alongside nations like Belarus, Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.

HEALTH

Foreign pharmaceutical firms to invest US$8bn, says government

31-05-2026 09:31 Ggovernment announces foreign-owned pharmaceutical companies plan to invest US$8 billion in clinical research in Argentina over the next six years; Little detail about companies or size of funding.

WORLD CUP 2026

Aerolíneas Argentinas cuts special World Cup flights on fuel costs and low demand

30-05-2026 17:30 Aerolíneas Argentinas will no longer operate special flights from the cities of Córdoba, Rosario and Tucumán in June and July to aid travel to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Breaking the bank

30-05-2026 05:56 Today the widespread acceptance of the inevitability of central banks is based on the belief that every nation has one. Almost inevitable, then, but desirable?

by Michael Soltys

Analysis – Media & power

Clarín, Argentine media's ‘Vampire squid’, lives on

30-05-2026 05:43 Control of the media is one of the ultimate levers of power. Just ask Grupo Clarín, Argentina’s largest and most important media conglomerate.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Choose your own Argentina

30-05-2026 05:27 Depending on which data you look at, you get a different Argentina. The main political question for the next year is whether the two Argentinas will begin to converge or drift further apart.

by Marcelo J. García

Editorial

Peculiar institutions

30-05-2026 05:15 President Javier Milei said that installing morality as a state policy would be a central pillar of his administration but his philosophy in real life seems much closer to the “might makes right” now being made fashionable by his idol Donald Trump

AS I SEE IT

Donald Trump and his doppelgänger

30-05-2026 05:12 Did Trump make a historic blunder when he chose to join Israel in what began as an attempt to overthrow the Iranian dictatorship?

by James Neilson

Secondary school students at the Colegio Nacional and Carlos Pellegrini, both attached to the University of Buenos Aires, occupied their colleges as from Tuesday evening to protest the government’s failure to respect the University Financing Law.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: May 22 to 29

29-05-2026 17:49 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Chile's Foreign Minister Francisco Perez (2nd L) holds up the final document next to Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno (L), Chile's Security Minister Martin Arrau (2nd R) and Bolivia's Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo.

CRIME & SECURITY

Argentina joins regional alliance in bid to curb spread of organised crime

29-05-2026 11:46 New group comprises five South American countries, who will work together on intelligence, immigration control, crime-fighting ; Working group will meet in six months’ time.

Argentina's 1978 World Cup champion Daniel Bertoni holds the FIFA World Cup trophy in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on October 25, 2022.

WORLD CUP 2026 – PREVIEW

Loyalty could be fatal to Argentina's World Cup title defence, says 1978 champion

29-05-2026 10:39 Argentina are contenders but their chances will be undermined if Lionel Scaloni relies too much on the players who triumphed four years ago, says 1978 World Cup winner Daniel Bertoni.

WORLD CUP 2026 – PREVIEW

Argentina eye World Cup double ahead of Group J opener

29-05-2026 09:50 The Albiceleste arrive at the World Cup aiming to become the first team in more than half a century to successfully defend their title. But since winning the title in Qatar four years ago, they have not played a single European side.

WORLD CUP 2026 PREVIEW

Can Messi deliver again for Argentina at his final World Cup?

29-05-2026 00:37 It will be a record sixth World Cup for Lionel Messi, and the decision to delay his retirement is a relief for an entire nation.

Argentina's defender Nicolás Otamendi celebrates with teammate forward Lionel Messi after scoring his team's third goal during a friendly football match between Argentina and Zambia at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on March 31, 2026.

World Cup 2026

Messi in, Mastantuono out – Argentina confirms 26-man squad for World Cup 2026

28-05-2026 20:10 Few surprises as Lionel Scaloni publishes his squad list for tournament in US, Canada and Mexico; River wonderkid Mastantuono out and no place for Buendía or Dybala; Youngers Nico Paz and Valentín Barco make the cut, along with Palmeiras striker ‘Flaco’ López.

INVESTMENT DROUGHT?

OECD data shows Argentina ranks last in regional FDI rankings

28-05-2026 16:42 Report reveals that Argentina was Latin American economy that received the least foreign direct investment in 2025.

TRACKING INVESTMENT

Chau GPT? No trace of mega-billion-dollar AI project announced before elections

28-05-2026 15:59 In October 2025, a fortnight before Argentina's midterm elections, US tech company OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, signed a letter of intent to build a massive artificial intelligence data centre in Argentina’s Patagonia region. More than six months on, the project has not even been presented to the government.

by Agustina Bordigoni

DEBT & MARKETS

Argentine provinces tap global markets that sovereign avoids

28-05-2026 13:40 Provincial governments are tapping global bond markets at the fastest pace in nearly a decade

Debate in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei government sends lobbying transparency bill to Congress

28-05-2026 10:43 Argentina’s government sends four bills to lower house for debate, including its much-heralded ‘Super RIGI’ investment incentive scheme and the ‘Ley de Lobby,’ which would regulate management of private interests before public officials and force lobbyists to register.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Milei allies to promote rare earth mining in Congress

27-05-2026 23:54 Government lawmaker to host Congress event promoting rare earth exploitation and their role in mining industry; Milei sees opportunity in Washington’s drive to secure critical minerals and reduce China’s dominance of sector.

Argentina's President Javier Milei waves from the Cabildo of Buenos Aires after a Te Deum marking the 216th anniversary of the May Revolution that led to Argentina's independence from Spain, in Buenos Aires on May 25, 2026.

Catholic Church

Milei: 'Highly likely' Pope Leo will visit Argentina in November

26-05-2026 13:26 Argentina's President Javier Milei says it's "highly likely" that Pope Leo XIV will visit in November; Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno is in talks over details of visit, says La Libertad Avanza leader.

GUEST COLUMN

Chamberlain or Churchill, Mr President?

26-05-2026 11:21 The clear question is Chamberlain or Churchill, Mr. President?

by Martín A. Morgenstern

Argentine director Federico Luis poses with the trophy during a photocall after winning the Short Film Palme d'Or for the film 'Para los contrincantes' ('For the Opponents') during the closing ceremony of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2026.

FILM & CINEMA

Director Federico Luis wins Cannes Palme d’Or for short film

25-05-2026 08:35 ‘Para los contrincantes,’ short film about a young boxer chasing his dream, earns top honours at Cannes Film Festival.

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi leaves the field during the Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season football match between Inter Miami CF and Philadelphia Union at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on May 24, 2026.

WORLD CUP 2026

'Tired' Messi exits MLS game in injury scare ahead of World Cup

25-05-2026 08:30 Lionel Messi at the centre of an injury scare just weeks before the start of the World Cup.

AMIA BOMBING TRIAL

AMIA bombing case: Judges give green light for trial in absentia

24-05-2026 09:10 With votes from Judges Mariano Llorens and Martín Irurzun, the Federal Appeals Court overturned a decision by judge Daniel Rafecas, who had stated that the application of trial in absentia was pending a ruling from the Criminal Cassation Court.

This view shows snow-covered peaks of the Andes mountain range with a road built for mineral exploration in Calingasta, San Juan province, Argentina, on April 22, 2026.

MINING & ENVIRONMENT

High in the Andes, Milei pushes Argentina’s copper revolution

23-05-2026 15:21 Argentina is accelerating copper extraction under President Javier Milei as investors pour in and fears grow over glaciers and water supplies.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech at the opening of the 79th World Health Organization (WHO) assembly in Geneva, on May 18, 2026. WHO member states gather for their annual meeting in Geneva amid concern over deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks and uncertainty over announced US and Argentina withdrawals.

HEALTH & DIPLOMACY

World Health Organization members note Argentina's withdrawal letter

23-05-2026 09:49 World Health Organization’s member states acknowledge Argentina’s notification of withdrawal from UN agency, say will welcome continued cooperation from Buenos Aires.

AS I SEE IT

Human capital getting sidelined

23-05-2026 05:53 As has happened time and time again, the discrepancy between what seemed to be quite reasonable hopes and a dispiriting reality has bred discontent among the “overeducated and underemployed.”

by James Neilson

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Deep into the era of the algorithm

23-05-2026 05:51 Artificial Intelligence has turbo-charged an era of exponential change and cycles of innovation are now occurring in spans of months, even weeks. There’s a new generation of tech oligarchs that came with it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 15 to 22

22-05-2026 18:57 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

CHAINSAW HITS DEFENCE

Lack of funds, low-paid soldiers leaves Armed Forces at a crossroads

22-05-2026 15:25 Latest round of public spending hits Defence Ministry; Argentina’s Army, Navy and Air Force are all stretched to the limit in operational terms; Underfunded and debt-ridden healthcare schemes, with those in uniform paid below the poverty line.

Lionel Messi alongside Jorge Mas at an away fixture.

FOOTBALL'S RICH LIST

Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo in billionaire football ranks after US deals

22-05-2026 14:24 Lionel Messi's net worth has surpassed the US$1 billion-mark, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The Central Bank of Argentina in Buenos Aires.

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

Argentina in talks to extend repo maturities beyond election

22-05-2026 13:52 President Javier Milei’s government is in talks with banks to collapse the three repos it negotiated since 2025 into a single one worth at least US$5 billion due in 2028 or later.

Eyal Sela, Israel's Ambassador to Argentina.

Interview

Ambassador hails ‘best moment’ in Israeli-Argentine bilateral relations

22-05-2026 05:00 Israel’s Ambassador to Argentina praises Milei government’s decision to declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group and expel Tehran’s top diplomat in Argentina. Eyal Sela tackles the criticisms of the war in the Middle East head-on and addresses the controversy surrounding the involvement of Israeli oil company Navitas in oil exploration near the Malvinas.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

US Secretary Marco Rubio and Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno pose for photographers shaking hands prior to their meeting at the US State Department on November 13, 2025 in Washington DC.

Dredging bid row

Milei’s US$10-bn waterway tender in Washington spotlight

21-05-2026 18:41 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressured by lawmaker over pivotal waterway tender in Argentina.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on May 20, 2026.

Trump eyeing Havana?

US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as pressure builds

20-05-2026 17:45 US Justice Department charges influential former president Raúl Castro over deadly 1996 downing of two civilian planes; Move reignites speculation that Trump will move for regime change in Cuba.

defence & military

Argentina’s Navy signs agreement with US to boost South Atlantic vigilance

20-05-2026 17:07 Letter of intent signed this month aims at developing local capacities to patrol and control maritime spaces with a focus on illegal fishing.

Dr Raquel Chan was recognised for her discoveries of genes that improve plants’ tolerance to environmental changes.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE

Scientist wins global award for her work on ‘drought-resistant’ crops

20-05-2026 13:51 Researcher Raquel Chan, a member of the CONICET scientific research council and Director of the Agrobiotechnology Institute at the National University of the Litoral, awarded L’Oréal-UNESCO International Prize; Her work on plant genes has opened up a new era for global food security.

by Enrique Garabetyan

A ship on the Paraná River near the Port of Greater Rosario in Rosario, Argentina, in September 2025.

Dredging bid row

KKR consortium warns White House of ‘bias’ in US$10bn Argentina auction

19-05-2026 21:30 A consortium of dredging companies backed by KKR & Co complains to Trump administration, alleging in unfair conditions in bidding process for pivotal contract in Argentina.

Scientists from the ANLIS-Malbrán institute, members of the Health Ministry of the province of Tierra del Fuego government and members of the National Park Administration, are surrounded by press staff as they arrive for the collection of mice from traps near Ushuaia, Argentina on May 18, 2026.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Researchers collect rodents near Ushuaia for hantavirus tests

19-05-2026 16:14 Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Ushuaia begin laying first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta will ensure next president against currency crises

19-05-2026 10:28 Between the export boom of Vaca Muerta and annual agricultural contributions, an unprecedented amount of hard currency could be entering Argentina as from 2027. The next government would have, for the first time in many years, sufficient support to avoid runs on the currency and hyperinflation.

by Carlos Burgueño

Leonardo Sbaraglia poses during a photocall of the film "Karma" at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France on May 16, 2026.

FILM & CINEMA

Leonardo Sbaraglia becomes Pedro Almodóvar’s on-screen alter ego

18-05-2026 14:00 Argentine actor Leonardo Sbaraglia says Pedro Almodóvar wanted an “unflattering portrait” of himself in ‘Amarga Navidad,’ the Spanish director’s latest introspective drama competing at Cannes.

This aerial view shows Ushuaia city, Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur, Argentina, on May 17, 2026.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

In Tierra del Fuego, a hunt for the rodent carrier of hantavirus

18-05-2026 12:58 Scientific search for rodents that may be hantavirus carriers starts.

José Luis Espert and President Javier Milei.

POLITICS

Milei attacks press, defends Espert after Machado plea deal

18-05-2026 10:42 President Javier Milei launches another assault on the press, denouncing a “media operation” by “trash” journalists against former lawmaker José Luis Espert; Attack comes after ‘Fred’ Machado pleads guilty to money-laundering and fraud in bid to avoid drug-trafficking charges

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Jonathan Taplin: AI revolution could lead to massive unrest or depression-style crash

16-05-2026 11:00 An intellectual with a past in the arts, the media industry and banking, writer and thinker Jonathan Taplin is worried about the future of society in the context of the so-called ‘AI revolution.’ He believes Silicon Valley elites are precipitating the worst outcomes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Diego argued that the United Kingdom should show the world it has resolved the dispute in a 'mature way.'

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

Malvinas veteran proposes US-backed joint sovereignty of islands

16-05-2026 06:10 Malvinas veteran Alejandro Diego proposes making the islands a self-governing body with the White House as a mediator; “All-or-nothing” approach means we have obtained nothing for 193 years, argues former Navy officer.

The end of inflation in Argentina – or of Javier Milei?

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Inflation as a false friend

16-05-2026 05:59 Inflation is rightly seen as the most malign tumour which can hit an economy but another way of expressing that might be to say that it grows on you like cancer.

by Michael Soltys

AS I SEE IT

The UK founders in choppy waters

16-05-2026 05:47 Less than two years ago, the Conservatives, then led by Rishi Sunak, were booted out of office. Now it is the turn of Labour, which has just suffered what Barack Obama would describe as an almighty “shellacking” in a host of municipal elections.

by James Neilson

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 8 to 15

15-05-2026 20:13 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Independent CONICET researcher and National University of Cordoba associate professor Raul Gonzalez Ittig holds a preserved specimen of a Graomys chacoensis rodent inside the Population Genetics and Evolution Laboratory of the Institute of Diversity and Animal Ecology (IDEA-CONICET-UNC) at the Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (FCEFyN) in Cordoba, Argentina, on May 13, 2026. The deaths of three cruise ship passengers during a rare hantavirus outbreak have sparked international alarm, and flashbacks to when the world tipped into the COVID pandemic six years ago.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Scientists race to understand Andes hantavirus strain

15-05-2026 10:46 Experts say the rare person-to-person transmission seen in Patagonia outbreaks remains poorly understood, even after decades of research into the deadly virus.

INVESTMENT

Milei approves RIGI incentives for lithium mine expansion with China ties

14-05-2026 17:22 Milei’s government clears joint venture led by China’s Ganfeng Lithium Group to invest US$1.24 billion in an expansion of its mine in the province of Jujuy along with partners Lithium Argentina AG, which has US-listed shares, and state-owned JEMSE.

The Mission to Seafarers' Argentine chapter is being relaunched.

COMMUNITY

Reviving the maritime welfare mission in Argentina

14-05-2026 15:55 The Mission to Seafarers has 120 centres and a presence in over 200 ports in 50 countries, attending merchant sailors in 74,000 cargo ships and tankers worldwide – now its Argentine chapter is being relaunched.

by Michael Soltys