News of federal government

The forgotten reform

24-01-2026 00:17 Central to the passage of Milei's labour reform is the assent of the provincial governors controlling the deputies and senators needed to take the ruling party to an overall parliamentary majority.

by Michael Soltys

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

'Cuadernos' of corruption: A look at the entrepreneurs in the dock

18-09-2025 07:42 A couple of months away from the start of Argentina’s biggest-ever corruption trial, the “Cuadernos de las Coimas” case currently involves 74 defendants and 626 witnesses.

MARCHA FEDERAL PROTEST

Protesters cheer Milei veto defeat at Marcha Federal for universities, paediatric care

17-09-2025 20:38 Thousands rally outside Congress as lawmakers in lower house vote to reject vetoes on bills to boost funding for public universities and Argentina’s leading children’s hospital, a major blow for President Javier Milei.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Defendants offer millions to avoid trial in ‘Cuadernos’ graft case

17-09-2025 16:44 Business leaders offer more than US$1 billion in cash, properties and other items to avoid standing trial but run into resistance from lead prosecutor; Mega-corruption trial probing alleged bribery and kickbacks at Federal Planning Ministry under Kirchner governments due to kick off November 6.

CRIME & SECURITY

Milei announces overhaul of Federal Police’s powers

17-06-2025 23:10 Government moves to grant Federal Police officers greater freedom to detain suspects and investigate crimes; Rights groups express concerns over new statutes.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Narco-terrorists’ make death threats against security minister, governor

02-12-2024 16:18 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich vows to clamp down on “narco-terrorists” after threats against her and Santa Fe Province Governor Maximilaino Pullaro in video.

Marcha Federal Universitaria

Milei vetoes law despite huge march in support of state universities

03-10-2024 01:09 President Javier Milei has made good on threats to veto proposed increases to university funding, with the measure made official early Thursday after a day of major student-led protests.

POLITICS, COURTS & ECONOMY

National, City government agrees federal revenue-sharing deal

19-09-2024 00:27 After lengthy court battle over ‘coparticipación’ federal revenue-sharing funds, President Javier Milei’s government and City Hall agrees deal to deliver 2.95 percent in daily and weekly payments.

POLITICS

City transport subsidies source of conflict between Milei and Jorge Macri

06-08-2024 16:41 While the revenue sharing distribution row is being solved, tensions look set to enter a new chapter with a dispute building over the removal of bus subsidies from 31 bus lines in the capital.

by Ezequiel Spillman

CRIME & SECURITY

Federal troops arrive in Rosario as drug violence, paralyses city

14-03-2024 21:53 After a week marked by a wave of violence, murder and drug-trafficking, 450 reinforcements arrive in troubled city, adding to the 2,000 members of the Coast Guard, Border Guard, Federal Police and Airport Security Force who are providing support.

News of federal government

The forgotten reform

'Cuadernos' of corruption: A look at the entrepreneurs in the dock

Protesters cheer Milei veto defeat at Marcha Federal for universities, paediatric care

Defendants offer millions to avoid trial in ‘Cuadernos’ graft case

Milei announces overhaul of Federal Police’s powers

‘Narco-terrorists’ make death threats against security minister, governor

Milei vetoes law despite huge march in support of state universities

National, City government agrees federal revenue-sharing deal

City transport subsidies source of conflict between Milei and Jorge Macri

Federal troops arrive in Rosario as drug violence, paralyses city

Boca Juniors planning bigger Bombonera – new stadium expansion plans leak

Insta-savvy churches are propelling Brazil’s Gen Z to the right

Another Argentine diplomat, Virginia Gamba, enters race to be UN chief

Stories that caught our eye: March 6 to 13

Milei’s investor push in New York overshadowed by travel scandal involving top official

Caso $LIBRA: un peritaje detectó llamadas entre Milei, Karina y Santiago Caputo con Mauricio Novelli

Un juez declaró inconstitucional un artículo clave de la reforma laboral

Calendario ANSES: cuánto cobrarán los jubilados con el nuevo ajuste por IPC en abril

Especialista en transparencia sobre Adorni: “Yo no creo francamente que se esté deslomando”

¿Vivo, amputado, en coma o muerto? El incierto destino del nuevo ayatolá iraní que habla, pero no aparece