News of argentina government

Mahiques to replace Cúneo Libarona as justice minister

Today 19:02 President Javier Milei confirms departure of justice minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona and installs Buenos Aires City attorney-general; Incoming official Juan Bautista Mahiques vows “independent” and “modern” justice system.

ENERGY & GAS

Milei’s expanded incentive plan set to draw shale oil investors

Yesterday 13:46 YPF, Vista Energy and Pampa Energía eyeing RIGI programme after Milei administration broadened it to include shale oil wells.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Unions challenge Milei's flagship labour reform in court

02-03-2026 23:36 CGT launches constitutional challenge to President Javier Milei's flagship labour reform, three days after it was adopted.

STATE OF THE NATION...

Milei promises monthly reform package in insult-laden speech

01-03-2026 23:24 Insults, applause and promises of reform as Milei opens sessions; President touts reforms, economic gains and promises "monthly package of reforms."

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to reveal second-half agenda in key Congress speech

01-03-2026 13:49 La Libertad Avanza leader will map the next phase of reforms for his libertarian project at around 9pm local time in a speech opening this year's normal sessions of Congress.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

28-02-2026 09:24 Key aspects of the reform promoted by Milei and his La Libertad Avanza party.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Ironies of FATE

28-02-2026 06:05 Tensions between the liberal right and the nationalistic right could start to make themselves felt here.

by Michael Soltys

Editorial

The lion roars tomorrow

28-02-2026 06:01 Let us hope that President Milei takes a newly favourable Congress seriously and presents a solid agenda for the parliamentary year ahead.

MINING & GLACIERS

US$40-billion copper boom hinges on revamped glacier law

27-02-2026 20:25 Argentina’s Senate voted on Thursday on Javier Milei's bill that would allow governors – many pro-mining – to overrule federal protections on glaciers and their surrounds, known as periglacial areas.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Congress votes to lower age of criminal responsibility to 14

27-02-2026 19:29 Milei and La Libertad Avanza notch up another legislative win in special Congress sessions; New juvenile penal regime will lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14, down from the present age of 16.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Senate approves Milei’s weakening of glacier protection law

27-02-2026 14:06 Argentina’s upper house approves Milei-backed overhaul of landmark 2010 law, bill now heads to lower house; Greenpeace activists detained during protest outside Congress.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei to outline reform push in Congress speech

26-02-2026 21:37 Riding high off approval of EU-Mercosur deal and progress on amendments to Glacier Protection Law, President will address Legislative Assembly – and the nation – in a primetime speech Sunday night.

ENVIRONMENT

Activists arrested at protest over Milei's attempt to water down glacier protection law

26-02-2026 15:46 Twelve activists from environmental NGO Greenpeace arrested during a protest at Congress against potential reform of Glacier Protection Law.

MARKETS

Argentine stocks are left behind as earnings growth eludes Milei

26-02-2026 13:42 Investors have lauded Milei for slashing fiscal spending and slowing Argentina’s rampant inflation, but those successes are yet to translate into a durable surge in profits.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights office could be moved from ex-ESMA on eve of 50th coup anniversary

25-02-2026 16:11 President Javier Milei’s government analysing moving Argentina’s Human Rights Department from ex-ESMA clandestine detention centre to offices of now defunct Women, Gender and Diversity Ministry; Move would take place in the same month as the 50th anniversary of the 1976 coup, according to reports.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Dealing with taxes, eliminating the PASO primaries – Milei’s agenda for coming months

25-02-2026 13:01 La Libertad Avanza believes that there is more than enough margin to continue implementing changes which they describe as “structural.”

Road safety

Motorcyclists account for almost half of Argentina’s road deaths

24-02-2026 15:43 Data shows around 46% of those killed in road traffic accidents are motorcyclists. High accident rates among youth and a lack of oversight from shuttered key road safety bodies set alarm bells ringing.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei government eyes criminal and labour reform in key week

23-02-2026 18:07 Reform of Juvenile Penal Code, Milei’s administration’s labour modernisation bill and the ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement are the priorities at the close of extraordinary Congress sessions.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Dismissals, trial periods and litigation – key changes in Javier Milei’s labour reform bill

23-02-2026 15:53 Argentina’s government wants to reduce labour litigation, but lawyers warn that the changes in dismissals, trial periods and litigation could have the opposite effects to those sought by the government.

by Gabriel Zorrilla

EDITORIAL

Labour's love lost

21-02-2026 00:24 Analysis of the Labour Modernisation bill’s 200-plus articles was largely reduced to the “error” of halving sick leave pay – entirely typical of a modern compulsion to simplify complex issues for mass consumption.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Lower House passes Milei’s flagship labour reform

20-02-2026 10:30 Despite last-minute changes, Javier Milei's labour reform still stands to be one of the biggest overhauls to Argentina’s economy in decades.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei's labour reform bill clears lower house, advances to Senate

20-02-2026 00:56 Lower house approves labour reform after stormy session; Bill heads to Senate following nationwide protests and CGT general strike.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Strike pauses nation but fails to stop Milei's labour reform in lower house

19-02-2026 23:57 Lawmakers in lower house vote in favour of President Milei's flagship labour reform bill; National strike and protests fail to stop reform push.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Government removes controversial Article 44 to secure labour reform passage

19-02-2026 19:52 Bullrich admits labour reform “error” in not differentiating between serious and minor illnesses.

FEATURE

Milei’s labour reform runs up against reality of struggling steel towns

19-02-2026 18:13 President Javier Milei promises his flagship labour reform is the next step in his effort to remake the economy. Few places need that more than Villa Constitución, making it a barometer of the change ahead.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Striking workers slow down Buenos Aires with labour reform protest

19-02-2026 16:52 Thursday's general strike against Milei administration’s labour reform promoted by Argentine had "significant" support and around 90% compliance, say union leaders; Debate on the bill continues in Congress.

POLITICS & LABOUR

General strike begins: Protest against Milei's labour reforms underway

19-02-2026 01:38 CGT-led general strike against Milei's labour reform; Union leaders aiming to "paralyse" the country; No buses, trains, flights or underground trains in response to lower house debate.

POLITICS & THE PRESS

Milei government warns journalists about ‘risk’ of covering protests

18-02-2026 23:05 Security Ministry issues warning that “with the aim of reducing situations of risk, [the press] is recommended to avoid positioning themselves between possible hotspots of violence and the security forces."

freedom of the press?

Government limits press coverage at labour reform protest

18-02-2026 17:58 Argentina’s Security Ministry, led by Alejandra Monteoliva, intends to confine reporters to a designated area ahead of a massive strike by the CGT union grouping; Milei administration warns covering incidents could amount to “self-endangerment”; Press watchdogs SIPREBA and ACERA reject move.

by Giselle Leclercq

PRESIDENT ON TOUR

Milei travels to US for Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ meeting

18-02-2026 17:47 President will attend the first edition of new Trump-led council that aims to resolve conflict in the Middle East.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei government targets end of month for labour reform approval

17-02-2026 16:35 After accepting that it will have to tweak controversial article on sick pay, President Javier MIlei’s government wants its labour reform bill to be signed off in the Senate on February 27 – in time for his state-of-the-nation speech.

POLITICS

Opposition challenges English training contract linked to top official's wife

17-02-2026 15:32 Criticism over Foreign Ministry's English-language training contract; Government insists integrity controls were activated and denies any irregularity; Complaint alleges failure to publish conflict-of-interest declaration.

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Textile sector reels as import surge hits job

17-02-2026 12:50 Argentina’s textile sector is in crisis – falling sales, rising domestic production costs, and concerns about competition from imports have left the industry on its knees. Since 2023, the sector has laid off more than 18,000 people and is currently operating at one-third of its installed capacity, according to new data.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Key week in Congress as Milei’s labour reform reaches lower house

16-02-2026 18:25 Milei government seeking committee approval for labour modernisation bill on Wednesday, with debate set for Thursday – the same day the CGT plans a general strike.

MILEI ON TOUR

Milei schedules packed US agenda with Chile stopover

16-02-2026 13:30 President to attend Trump-backed ‘Board of Peace’ summit in Washington before returning for Latin America summit and ‘Argentina Week' in New York; Chile inauguration and domestic ‘Tour de la Gratitud’ also on schedule.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Stupid cupid – an $LIBRA of love

14-02-2026 06:41 Exactly one year ago today the first black swan came along after probably the longest presidential honeymoon in Argentine history.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Molotov cocktails and circumstantial majorities

14-02-2026 06:12 The arts of politics the President despises once again gives his government political momentum, as it did during its first year. Once again, they have a chance to keep the ball rolling, but the secret is to keep the president’s mouth (relatively) shut in order not to pick a fight with its allies.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

Behind the times

14-02-2026 06:01 This labour reform bill is a starting-point towards less labour litigation and a more flexible job market but it is also running behind times which are moving much faster.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Be my market valentine, Milei

14-02-2026 02:09 Milei risks being carried away by ideology, opening the economy too much and too fast, over-appreciating the peso (again) and leaving too many sectors hurt at home.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Peronism split as lower house backs EU-Mercosur deal

13-02-2026 16:28 Ruling party secures lower house backing for sweeping trade deal between Mercosur and European Union; La Libertad Avanza wins approval with support from allied blocs and dissident Peronist deputies.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Senators pass Milei’s labour reform in key first step

12-02-2026 11:51 Reform aims to lower employers’ costs, encourage hiring, ease severance obligations and redefine collective bargaining agreements. It also reduces domestic taxes on cars, mobile phones and rental properties.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Government secures clear labour reform victory in Senate

12-02-2026 11:06 La Libertad Avanza, supported by UCR, PRO and provincial caucuses, pushes through labour reform after 15 hours of debate; Decisive 42 to 30 victory, Casa Rosada wants approval before March 1; Debate moves to the Chamber of Deputies, which can still review text.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Milei’s labour reform clears first hurdle despite demonstrations

12-02-2026 10:58 Labour reform wins Senate approval in early morning vote after day of violent clashes near Congress; With 42 votes in favour and 30 against, controversial package will be debated by national deputies in the coming days; Lawmakers can still revise text.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Tear gas, firebombs mar protests over government's labour reform

11-02-2026 17:44 Protests during Senate debate over Milei government's labour reforms; Police and security forces fire tear gas and use water cannon to disperse demonstrators outside Congress.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei’s ‘mattress dollars’ quest continues with Fiscal Innocence Law

11-02-2026 15:00 New tax scheme aims to facilitate incorporation of undeclared savings into formal circuits, among them the so-called “mattress dollars,” without subjecting taxpayers to controls on the evolution of their assets.

Economic indicators

Inflation hit 2.9% in January, extending upward trend

10-02-2026 18:01 INDEC reports January inflation rate of 2.9%; Figure was released after resignation of Marco Lavagna as head of the statistics agency; Prices up 32.9% in last 12 months.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Milei advisor Reidel resigns as head of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina

10-02-2026 08:43 Top advisor Demian Reidel steps down as head of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA in order to dedicate himself to advising President Javier Milei, briefs government; Physicist and economist’s tenure at state firm overseeing nuclear plants had fallen under suspicion following denunciations of alleged overpricing and the steering of tenders.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei to attend inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington

09-02-2026 14:42 President Javier Milei to attend the first meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace on February 19 in Washington DC.

BEEF EXPORTS

Trump boosts Argentina beef imports to US in affordability push

07-02-2026 09:36 Trump directive finalises the terms of a deal the US and Argentina signed Thursday scrapping hundreds of tariffs and trade barriers on each other’s goods

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Lies, damned lies and statistics

07-02-2026 00:04 The blow to confidence from this institutionally messy political interference in the formation of statistics (even if child’s play compared to the Kirchnerite fudging of the figures) remains to be seen.

by Michael Soltys

News of argentina government

Mahiques to replace Cúneo Libarona as justice minister

Milei’s expanded incentive plan set to draw shale oil investors

Unions challenge Milei's flagship labour reform in court

Milei promises monthly reform package in insult-laden speech

Milei to reveal second-half agenda in key Congress speech

Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

Ironies of FATE

The lion roars tomorrow

US$40-billion copper boom hinges on revamped glacier law

Congress votes to lower age of criminal responsibility to 14

Senate approves Milei’s weakening of glacier protection law

Milei to outline reform push in Congress speech

Activists arrested at protest over Milei's attempt to water down glacier protection law

Argentine stocks are left behind as earnings growth eludes Milei

Human rights office could be moved from ex-ESMA on eve of 50th coup anniversary

Dealing with taxes, eliminating the PASO primaries – Milei’s agenda for coming months

Motorcyclists account for almost half of Argentina’s road deaths

Milei government eyes criminal and labour reform in key week

Dismissals, trial periods and litigation – key changes in Javier Milei’s labour reform bill

Labour's love lost

Lower House passes Milei’s flagship labour reform

Milei's labour reform bill clears lower house, advances to Senate

Strike pauses nation but fails to stop Milei's labour reform in lower house

Government removes controversial Article 44 to secure labour reform passage

Milei’s labour reform runs up against reality of struggling steel towns

Striking workers slow down Buenos Aires with labour reform protest

General strike begins: Protest against Milei's labour reforms underway

Milei government warns journalists about ‘risk’ of covering protests

Government limits press coverage at labour reform protest

Milei travels to US for Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ meeting

Milei government targets end of month for labour reform approval

Opposition challenges English training contract linked to top official's wife

Textile sector reels as import surge hits job

Key week in Congress as Milei’s labour reform reaches lower house

Milei schedules packed US agenda with Chile stopover

Stupid cupid – an $LIBRA of love

Molotov cocktails and circumstantial majorities

Behind the times

Be my market valentine, Milei

Peronism split as lower house backs EU-Mercosur deal

Senators pass Milei’s labour reform in key first step

Government secures clear labour reform victory in Senate

Milei’s labour reform clears first hurdle despite demonstrations

Tear gas, firebombs mar protests over government's labour reform

Milei’s ‘mattress dollars’ quest continues with Fiscal Innocence Law

Inflation hit 2.9% in January, extending upward trend

Milei advisor Reidel resigns as head of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina

Milei to attend inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington

Trump boosts Argentina beef imports to US in affordability push

Lies, damned lies and statistics

Argentina raises security for ‘sensitive sites’ as US, Israel attacks Iran

Social drama: Argentina's homeless crisis

Explainer: Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

Argentina’s Congress approves labour reform in win for Milei

Milei: Dominant in decay

Bregman le contestó a Milei tras sus dichos sobre "la chilindrina troska": "Fue un chiste más que no deja de ser machista"

Descuento del 55% en colectivos, trenes y subtes: quiénes pueden acceder y cómo tramitarlo en marzo 2026

Guerra en Medio Oriente hoy, EN VIVO: medios locales afirman que el hijo de Ali Khamenei fue elegido nuevo líder supremo iraní

Fondos millonarios y una causa con años de demora: comienza el juicio por "Sueños Compartidos"

Guerra en Medio Oriente hoy, EN VIVO: Irán acusó a la Unión Europea de ser hipócrita y tener una “doble vara”