News of corruption argentina

Police carry out raids as Milei sister graft probe continues

29-08-2025 22:37 Police on Friday raided the offices of the ANDIS national disability agency and Suizo Argentino pharma firm as corruption probe continues.

Milei’s poll numbers take a hit amid bribery scandal claims

29-08-2025 07:33 One week out from key elections in Buenos Aires Province, the popularity of Argentina’s President has hit a slump – but will scandalous graft claims be enough to damage his chances at the ballot-box?

by James Grainger

Diego Spagnolo: Milei’s ex-lawyer caught up in bribery audio leaks

25-08-2025 17:51 The man at the centre of the latest scandal facing President Javier Milei’s government is a friend of the head of state with a relationship going back years.

Probe into alleged corruption at disability agency implicates Milei’s sister

22-08-2025 17:41 Raids carried out to gather evidence in an investigation into an alleged corruption case at the ANDIS national disability agency that implicates, among others, President Javier Milei's sister.

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 political temptations of leatherwork

10-07-2025 23:52 Suitcases. Bags. Satchels. Like a loop, a new scandal exposes the irresistible seduction which leather goods seem to have on Argentine politics.

by Javier Calvo

Supreme Court revives Correo Argentino court case linked to Macri family

24-06-2025 11:18 Supreme Court reactivates Correo Argentino case, rejects Grupo Macri appeal; Judges accused of “manifest enmity” towards former president to remain on the case.

Fernández de Kirchner claims police are attempting to provoke supporters

20-06-2025 22:47 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, confined to house arrest as she serves a six-year jail term, urges supporters not to gather as police deploy near her apartment.

Tens of thousands rally in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

18-06-2025 16:02 Peronist, Kirchnerite groups rally for 'Argentina with Cristina' march; Mass protest outside Government House follows Supreme Court ruling confirming corruption sentence.

Fernández de Kirchner’s supporters march in Buenos Aires

18-06-2025 13:31 Protesters denounce conviction ordering former president to serve six-year jail term and enforcing lifetime ban on public office; Former president granted house arrest by courts.

Chronicle of a guilty sentence foretold

14-06-2025 06:34 There is an unwritten rule that the Supreme Court does not intervene in electoral processes. But something different happened here, forcing the tribunal to rule and accept it would be questioned for blocking one of Argentina’s most popular politicians from running. Internal rumblings of the highest political order as the triumvirate attempts to mask its fractures.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Argentines split on CFK verdict amid distrust in Judiciary

13-06-2025 14:53 New polls show the majority of the public believes Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is guilty of corruption but deep scepticism towards the justice system and its motivations.

Casa Rosada expects Fernández de Kirchner's arrest to be ‘respectful’

12-06-2025 14:39 Although the details will be decided by the courts, government officials anticipate that the two-term former president will be treated with respect during the process.

Fernández de Kirchner seeks house arrest, denounces ‘persecution’ at ICC

11-06-2025 22:31 Supporters rally in Buenos Aires outside the former president’s home as her lawyers appeal to the International Criminal Court and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Top court bans CFK from public office for life

10-06-2025 17:56 Argentina’s Supreme Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s fraud conviction.

Supreme Court confirms Fernández de Kirchner corruption conviction

10-06-2025 16:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's conviction in so-called 'Vialidad' corruption trial confirmed by Argentina's Supreme Court; Former president's intention to run for seat in Buenos Aires Province Legislature blocked by ruling upholding prison sentence and lifetime ban on holding public office.

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

‘Ficha Limpia’ falls – Senate rejects anti-corruption bill by one vote

08-05-2025 00:58 Upper house rejects bill to bar candidates convicted of corruption from running for office; Measure, which would have blocked Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from running for office, fell short by just one vote.

US sanctions Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido for ‘corruption’

22-03-2025 17:33 United States government bans former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and ex-federal planning minister Julio de Vido from entering its territory, sanctioning them for “significant corruption.”

US bans CFK, De Vido from entry over 'involvement in significant corruption'

22-03-2025 14:06 US State Department, under orders of Marco Rubio, issues statement confirming entry ban for former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former federal planning minister Julio de Vido and their immediate family members.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti