News of disabled

Milei’s party sees Senate as best chance of success for controversial bills

23-04-2026 13:55 Milei government is giving priority to the Senate thanks to La Libertad Avanza caucus chief Patricia Bullrich well-assembled majority; Controversial reforms include changes to disability benefits and mental health rules, private property, evictions and the scrapping of limits on foreign ownership of land in Argentina.

ANDIS SCANDAL

Milei shuts down ANDIS disability agency tainted by corruption claims

31-12-2025 10:54 National disability agency will be folded into the Health Ministry, government announces; ANDIS at heart of graft scandal as prosecutors probe alleged kickbacks tied to supply of drugs and medicine.

Society

Crisis facing Argentina’s disabled – the testimonies of families left adrift

25-09-2025 00:18 Denunciations pile up at the ANDIS national disability agency after corruption case and cutbacks. The parents of kids who have lost vital care to red tape speak out.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Budget 2026: Government sends balanced bill eyeing 5% growth

16-09-2025 09:29 Government projects increases for pensions, education, health and disability programmes; Inflation in 2026 will be an annual 10.1%, according to text of bill.

COURTS

Fired ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo could turn whistleblower in graft case

09-09-2025 00:23 The former head of the ANDIS national disability agency is pursuing a different strategy to the Kovalivkers, the owners of the Suizo Argentina, who have asked for the case implicated top Milei government officials to be closed.

by Giselle Leclercq

ANDIS SCANDAL

ANDIS scandal: Experts struggle to extract data from Spagnuolo’s phone

04-09-2025 16:28 Deleted messages from the phone of the former head of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), Diego Spagnuolo , cannot be recovered, according to experts working on data extraction

ANDIS SCANDAL

How the Milei government manipulated disability benefits data

03-09-2025 18:53 Amid controversy over Diego Spagnuolo’s voice recordings and reports of ANDIS kickbacks, Casa Rosada justifies cutbacks at the national disability agency by pointing to “unjustified” increases in spending. Organisations warn that it is an adjustment manoeuvre infringing on constitutional and international commitments made by Argentina.

by Martín Ulacia

POLITICS

Milei government panics after fresh leak of Karina audio

30-08-2025 19:11 Emergency summit at Casa Rosada after fresh leak of audio recording; Top advisers and Cabinet officials discuss leak of Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei appealing for unity.

Politics & corruption

Milei’s libertarian dream and the risks of Karina’s greed

30-08-2025 06:22 It seems as if the Milei administration has been participating in the “caste-like” behaviour it was mandated by its voters to eradicate.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

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

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Alarm bell ring for investors amid graft scandal claims

28-08-2025 11:55 Members of so-called ‘círculo rojo’ business establishment concerned by possible consequences of recent scandal, which could slow desired influx of investment. What the top businessmen who defend the economic plan think about the future.

by Ariel Maciel

HUMAN RIGHTS

How Milei took unaudited disabled people’s benefits away

27-08-2025 17:00 There has been a structural failure in the mass cutting of benefits for disabled people – Argentina's government they sent over 850,000 registered letters to audit beneficiaries, but nearly half of them never made it. Getting them reinstated is a near impossible task.

by Agustina Bordigoni

PROFILE: Diego Spagnuolo

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.

EDITORIAL

Veto swings and roundabouts

23-08-2025 07:04 The best way for Milei to defend his cherished fiscal surplus would not be knee-jerk vetoes but to present a budget – something which will require thinking outside the box and not just the chainsaw.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Greedy and corrupt libertarians?

23-08-2025 06:15 Smear campaign tactics are a defining characteristic of the Argentine political ecosystem during the electoral season. Corruption has risen as a preoccupation for everyday citizens, but it is still the economy that will determine whether or not Milei is successful.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

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.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

Disabled agency chief sacked after audio corruption claims

22-08-2025 12:08 Milei government announces it has placed ANDIS state agency for disabled under trusteeship and it will face audit; Chief Diego Spagnuolo sacked after leaked recordings allegedly featuring his voice claim shady deals with drug-suppliers involve Menem family and Karina Milei.

POLITICS

‘Idiot, imbecile or mentally deficient’? Milei government’s take on disabled

28-02-2025 16:54 Government describes handicapped as "idiots" and "imbeciles" in a resolution that is heavily criticised by campaigners; Eventually backtracks on “obsolete terminology,” fires official.

WELFARE CLAMPDOWN

Milei government summons disability recipients to ‘audit’ hearing

14-02-2025 10:22 Hundreds of thousands of Argentines who receive disability pensions are to be summoned to a hearing in cost-cutting push to establish and verify if they are eligible and if the welfare payment “reaches those who need it.”