News of elections argentina 2025

ELECTIONS 2025: ANALYSIS

Milei, the two Caputos and the two anchors

Today 06:08 Milei and the two Caputos have the path laid out for them. The “two anchors” that will give them a future are tied to applying the necessary adaptations to the economic policy plan and creating the conditions for circumstantial legislative majorities. This situation appears possible under any electoral scenario, even a potent Peronist victory.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

151 shades of grey

Today 05:58 Voters are being asked to select not the next president but 127 deputies and 24 senators for which 217 lists are contending in the 23 provinces and this City with a total 1,648 candidates. The multiplicity of combinations arising from these numbers points to an infinity of results, each one of which would make the parliamentary negotiations lying ahead slightly different with no chance of any overall majority – 151 shades of grey.

by Michael Soltys

Editorial

Tomorrow never knows

Today 05:55 While the markets vote every day, the ordinary citizen should make the most of their one moment when they are sovereigns with everybody awaiting their decision.

MARKETS

Wall Street is wary of being burned by the ‘Milei trade’ again

Yesterday 15:22 Global investors engaged in the "Milei trade" are bracing for another potential hit in the wake of this Sunday's legislative elections.

ELECTION 2025

Electoral authorities say midterm results must be released by district

22-10-2025 13:37 Milei’s government bid to have results combined in a national count shot down; National Electoral Appeals Court has rules that provisional count should be province by province.

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

Challenges ahead as Provincias Unidas battles against polarisation

22-10-2025 11:32 Centrist alliance faces difficult challenge in midterms but is building towards 2027 presidential vote; Governors front could end up with caucus of between 16 and 20 national deputies – a crucial number that could block or unblock legislation.

by Ezequiel Spillman

BUSINESS

CEOs strive to surf Milei volatility at annual retreat

19-10-2025 09:35 Upcoming national election and volatility in financial markets dominates conversation at annual gathering in Mar del Plata.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Yankees come home

18-10-2025 06:26 Exactly 20 years ago next month, Washington silently retreated from the region. Now it’s coming back, in full swing.

by Marcelo J. García

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Trump card or joker in the pack?

18-10-2025 06:15 Milei’s government is confident of success in only seven of Argentina's 24 districts but this fails to point out that fears of defeat are also only limited to seven provinces, with the other 10 up in the air.

by Michael Soltys

ELECTIONS 2025

Electoral court rules Santilli will head LLA list in Buenos Aires Province

11-10-2025 17:57 Argentina’s National Electoral Chamber overturns federal judge’s previous decision and rules PRO deputy Diego Santilli should top La Libertad Avanza’s list in Buenos Aires Province following José Luis Espert’s resignation amid scandal.

Editorial

The jaws of defeat

11-10-2025 06:00 The biggest unknown in these midterms is surely how many citizens are going to turn out to vote in the first place.

POLITICS

Reichardt to top LLA-PBA list as judge rejects imposition of Santilli

08-10-2025 10:44 Judge Alejo Ramos Padilla accepts José Luis Espert’s resignation as a candidate but not the swapping of names on the ruling party’s slate; Model and actor Karen Reichardt will top the La Libertad Avanza list in Buenos Aires Province.

ELECTIONS 2025

Milei chooses ‘corrupt TikTok candidate’ to replace Espert

06-10-2025 22:48 José Luis Espert’s resignation promotes ex-PRO deputy Diego Santilli to the top La Libertad Avanza candidate in Buenos Aires Province – but President Javier Milei hasn’t always been a fan…

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

How many more rabbits can Milei pull out?

27-09-2025 06:38 Markets don’t vote, at least not on election day. The fate of the Milei programme will be determined by what the government does from now on.

by Marcelo J. García

POLLING & SURVEYS

Milei’s disapproval rating hits new high as midterm lead shrinks

17-09-2025 14:24 More than half of Argentines disapprove of Milei while 42% support the head of state, according to LatAm Pulse survey

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

Hammer blow for Milei and fears of ‘Black Monday’ panic

07-09-2025 23:36 A resounding defeat for the Milei government that could trouble Argentina’s economy. The ‘black swan’ of Coimagate and how savage infighting took its toll. Will there be Cabinet changes and fall guys?

by Franco Lindner

Election 2025

Blow for Milei as Peronism wins Buenos Aires Province vote

07-09-2025 21:17 Governor Axel Kicillof the big winner as Peronism dominates vote in Buenos Aires Province; Fuerza Patria (Peronism) set to win election by double-digit margin, with President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza trailing a distant second.

ELECTIONS 2025

What’s at stake in Sunday’s election

05-09-2025 10:57 There is a lot riding on the legislative elections in Buenos Aires Province. In addition to being watched by the rest of the country, the results on September 7 will have an impact on the markets and all political actors.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES

Reform means Formosa Governor Insfrán can run for re-election

04-09-2025 19:12 Formosa eliminates indefinite re-election – but negotiations and definition of rules means veteran Peronist governor Gildo Insfrán could stay on until 2031.

ELECTIONS 2025

Milei's closing campaign rally in Moreno ends in clashes

04-09-2025 01:37 Stones and bottles thrown as opponents disrupt closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires Province.

POLLING & SURVEYS

Poll: Milei’s party, Peronists neck-and-neck in Buenos Aires Province

02-09-2025 10:38 Tight race expected in Buenos Aires Province elections; Fuerza Patria slightly ahead of La Libertad Avanza-PRO, according to new poll, but within margin of error.

EDITORIAL

Audios rather more than hearsay

30-08-2025 06:37 No room for innocence where squeezing kickbacks out of the medicine for around a million disabled people is concerned – arguably the most vulnerable sector of society.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Swimming against the current

30-08-2025 06:04 The undecided in Corrientes could just top up Juan Pablo Valdés over the 40 percent needed to ensure first-round victory, although the current Zeitgeist of voter apathy would make it likelier for them to sit this one out.

by Michael Soltys

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

MONETARY POLICY

Argentina rolls over debt in relief for battered currency

27-08-2025 21:48 Government successfully rolls over large batch of local debt in auction; Milei administration has tightened monetary policy in past few weeks to defend peso.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Milei pelted with stones by opponents on campaign trail

27-08-2025 21:42 President attacked with stones while campaigning in Lomas de Zamora, but escapes unharmed; Developing scandal piles pressure on government.

MONETARY POLICY

Milei digs in to defend peso before midterm elections

27-08-2025 11:16 President Javier Milei is ratcheting up his defence of Argentina’s currency ahead of another massive local debt auction.

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.

Analysing Argentina

How can the new centrists kill polarisation?

23-08-2025 07:01 The centre might be the only viable solution for a country like Argentina, but who would vote for a dull, rationality-driven politician when you have the angry mob?

by Marcelo J. García

ELECTIONS 2025: ANALYSIS

Analysts give take on electoral slates for October election

23-08-2025 06:46 La Libertad Avanza’s hegemonic project, a Peronist survival bid and an accepted secondary role for PRO. Milei versus Kirchnerism polarisation promises to be the dominant theme of the campaign heading into October.

by Giselle Leclercq

Campaign comments

Ins and outs of Congress

23-08-2025 06:42 Almost all those deputies taking their leave would doubtless be rubbished by President Milei as “caste” but most carry a political weight far from evident in their prospective replacements.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei comes out swinging as setbacks pile up before key vote

21-08-2025 18:09 President Javier Milei suffers rapid-fire political, economic and financial setbacks as his most daunting electoral test yet draws near.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy extends downturn in June before midterms

20-08-2025 23:12 Economic activity fell 0.7% from May, below economists’ estimates for a 0.2% dip.

ELECTION 2025: POLLING

Poll: Milei alliance with PRO could pay off in October midterms

20-08-2025 09:53 Management & Fit survey shows LLA-PRO ticket polling 15 points ahead of Kirchnerism as midterms loom; No other force surpasses 10 points.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Between heaven and hell

16-08-2025 06:22 As Milei and his economic team struggle to contain financial stress, his popularity and therefore expected electoral victory is under threat.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Candidate debate: Decisive week for Argentina’s political forces

11-08-2025 12:08 Political parties are locked in last-minute negotiations to finalise their candidate lists before Sunday’s registration deadline; LLA-PRO alliance confirmed as PJ inks Fuerza Patria front in just over half of provinces.

Editorial

Thinking outside the box

09-08-2025 06:22 For both government and opposition, the question is more or less spending on pensions with few stopping to consider how more can come out of less.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

A big win in midterms would be bad news for Milei

20-07-2025 19:05 A huge victory might encourage Milei and his team to stick to the peso appreciation which is both keeping inflation down and pleasing the upper and high-middle classes of Argentina.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Caputo’s ‘buy ‘em up champ’ and Milei’s ‘Epstein moment’

20-07-2025 17:32 Leonardo Scaturicce is said to have been instrumental in staffing the DGI tax office which remains under operational control of Santiago Caputo, as does the SIDE spy agency.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Inflation ticked up slightly last month, less than expected

14-07-2025 18:54 Inflation ticked up slightly but less than expected in June, another win for President Javier Milei ahead of midterm elections.

elections 2025

Peronism closes ranks in Buenos Aires Province, launches ‘Fuerza Patria’

10-07-2025 17:05 Kicillof, Massa, and Máximo seal express alliance for the September 7 legislative election; Deputy Governor Verónica Magario rumoured to be leading key ticket in third electoral district.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

La Libertad Avanza, PRO ink alliance in Buenos Aires Province

09-07-2025 14:49 Parties led by Macri and Milei agree to join forces in key battleground region for September 7 election; Alliance, formalised by Ritondo and Pareja, offers a united front against Kirchnerism on Peronism’s home turf.

Campaign comments

The autumn of the patriarch

05-07-2025 07:19 Gildo Insfrán’s power stems from the provincial government being by far Formosa’s biggest employer with less than six percent of the workforce having formal jobs in the private sector, boosted by shameless patronage.

by Michael Soltys

Elections 2025: Santa Fe Province

Monteverde leads Peronism to first triumph in Rosario in half-decade

01-07-2025 19:14 Peronism emerges with victory in Rosario for first time in 52 years; Ruling party holds provincial capital.

ELECTIONS 2025: FORMOSA

Insfrán and PJ scores landslide win in Formosa

01-07-2025 13:11 Governor Gildo Insfrán’s ruling party scores major victory, with Partido Justicialista taking 67% of votes for provincial deputies; Result likely to pave way for controversial reform of provincial constitution, another run for office for eight-term Peronist veteran.

Campaign comments

Midterms in midyear

28-06-2025 07:24 Given the total inability of the protagonists in Buenos Aires Province to get their act together, the midterms still four months away are looking more like candidates for “It’s the economy, stupid” than ever.

by Michael Soltys

Campaign comments

Begin the begin

21-06-2025 06:28 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is paradoxically sidelined and occupying centre stage at the same time. With her exclusion from any electoral candidacy, the campaign effectively starts again.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

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

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Nation's highest tribunal upholds ex-president's prison sentence

10-06-2025 18:34 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will have to serve a six-year prison sentence – likely under house arrest – and will be permanently disqualified from holding political office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction.