News of intelligence

Sergio Neiffert: Secrets and business dealings of Milei's spy chief

20-08-2025 09:28 The house of spies has a leak – and it's not the first time. A look at the tenure of spy chief Sergio Neiffert and his business dealings as questions are asked about the activities of Argentina's intelligence services.

by Rodis Recalt

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Ex-spy Stiuso retains influence at SIDE intelligence services

19-08-2025 15:41 Antonio ‘Jaime’ Stiuso, former director-general of operations at Argentina’s intelligence service, has well-oiled contacts with the libertarians leading SIDE.

by Rodis Recalt

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

16-06-2025 20:39 People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news.

ESPIONAGE & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

SIDE: from the sewers to the forces of heaven

31-05-2025 06:38 Until now, the path taken by Javier Milei’s “forces of heaven” is no different from their predecessors.

by Javier Calvo

Editorial

Enemies of the state

31-05-2025 06:36 Instructions against those who “erode … the political and institutional structure of the country” can be carried to the extreme of converting any criticism of the administration into a crime against the state – more to be expected from Communism than anarcho-capitalism.

Intelligence services

Milei denies targeting critics after intelligence plan leak

30-05-2025 14:45 Leaked national intelligence plan raises concerns over potential surveillance of journalists, experts, social leaders and opposition figures; Argentina’s government issued statement denying SIDE agents will persecute critics.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Espionage plan claims remain in spotlight with further SIDE revelations

29-05-2025 15:05 Bicameral intelligence committee, chaired by Radical senator Martín Lousteau, has summoned Sergio Neiffert to explain the objectives of this plan, especially its more questionable aspects.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Milei government says SIDE intelligence services won’t target critics

27-05-2025 10:40 President Javier Milei’s government denies a report in La Nación newspaper claiming that SIDE intelligence services will collect information on individuals – potentially journalists, experts and opposition politicians – who could undermine confidence in government policies.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei boosts budget of SIDE intelligence services by 7.3 billion pesos

14-03-2025 09:14 More funds for discretionary “reserved spending” for intelligence services; Increase in intelligence funding comes just days after President promised funds for storm-hit Bahía Blanca.

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

12-03-2025 18:29 Two digital sexual violence survivors band together and leverage AI to create a new platform – OlimpIA – to support other women in similar situations.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

“LatAmGPT”: Latin America to have its own AI model in 2025

14-02-2025 17:00 Data recognising the multicultural diversity of Latin America is being incorporated into the region's new artificial intelligence model, with experts calling for technological independence.

As I see it

The quest for the new philosopher’s stone

01-02-2025 09:07 For good or ill, Artificial Intelligence is the philosopher’s stone of the age we are living in.

by James Neilson

Digital Learning

UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debate

28-01-2025 12:39 Computers are teaching core curriculum subjects to students at David Game College in an artificial intelligence pilot as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain an "AI superpower."

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants

28-01-2025 11:25 Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street, following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Fernando Pocino: Spy on social media

09-11-2024 09:08 Have threats, hacking and health problems forced former Intelligence agent Fernando Pocino, Stiuso’s ex-rival, out of anonymity and onto social media?

by Rodis Recalt

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

With Biden’s envoy in town, Argentina steps up efforts to tackle against synthetic drugs

16-10-2024 15:41 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino receives top US narcotics official Todd D. Robinson, as Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announces Argentina will set up a regional intelligence centre to combat synthetic drug trafficking.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

INTERVIEW

‘Totalitarian potential’ – Yuval Noah Harari warns of the risks of Artificial Intelligence

04-10-2024 06:46 Renowned Israeli intellectual presents his latest book 'Nexus,' warning that the failure to regulate AI and the algorithms controlled by technological corporations could pave the way to dictatorship.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Selling your soul to the devil?

31-08-2024 05:40 Macri and Milei are still feeling each other out, much like heavyweight boxers who dance around each other throwing light jabs for fear of being hit with an uppercut. All of which begs the question, who will stab the other one in the back first?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei the filling in a Macri-CFK sandwich

24-08-2024 05:57 Once again, when it seemed that the government had things under control, chaos erupts onto the scene.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

Tinkering and tailoring the judge and the spy

24-08-2024 05:55 While “Big Brother” espionage would seem to contradict the libertarian creed in general, the nomination of the controversial federal judge Ariel Lijo for the Supreme Court flies in the face of Milei’s electoral crusade against a corrupt “caste.”

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Worthy of their hire?

24-08-2024 05:31 Two other leading issues this past week – the senatorial pay hike and Congress rejection of the 12-digit SIDE intelligence booster. Nothing is black and white but try convincing most people otherwise.

by Michael Soltys

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Political sewers on the boil

24-08-2024 05:15 Intelligence sectors in conflict threaten to throw the book at each other, exposing shady deals and problematic situations in private lives.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Blow for Milei: Opposition teams up with PRO to block intelligence funds

21-08-2024 23:05 In a heavy blow for the Milei government, deputies in lower house repeal decree assigning over 100 billion pesos “to boost the national intelligence system” by 156-52 vote with six abstentions.

INTELLIGENCE

Government increases budget, allocating 100 billion pesos to spy agency

23-07-2024 16:22 President Javier Milei's government raises budget, justifying move with need to "settle actions" and "reorganise the National Intelligence System."

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Sergio Neiffert: Argentina's new 'Señor 5' spy chief

24-06-2024 15:37 Sergio Neiffert, the new trustee who will lead Argentina's Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) until an undefined date, is linked to presidential advisor Santiago Caputo.

G7 SUMMIT

G7 summit: Pope calls for ban on 'lethal autonomous weapons'

14-06-2024 10:47 Francis, the first head of the Catholic Church to ever attend a G7 summit, calls for ban on "lethal autonomous weapons" as he discusses challenges of artificial intelligence.

Tech giants

Milei adviser expects major tech investments within eight weeks

07-06-2024 16:44 Javier Milei's senior adviser Demian Reidel is confident Argentina will be able to announce significant investments from Silicon Valley in the coming weeks.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Intelligence shake-up: AFI chief Silvestre Sívori resigns after Posse's departure

28-05-2024 17:14 President Javier Milei accepts resignation of Silvestre Sívori, head of Federal Intelligence Agency, who steps down amid Nicolás Posse’s departure as Cabinet chief.

INTERVIEW WITH WORLDCOIN BOSS

Alex Blania: ‘In the next few years, thousands of humans will fall deeply in love with an AI’

10-05-2024 12:51 The CEO of Tools for Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, on technology and ethics, Artificial Intelligence and the use of private data.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

CIA chief William Burns travels to Argentina for meetings

21-03-2024 13:03 Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse meets with the head of the US intelligence services at the Casa Rosada; CIA head latest in a long list of officials from Washington to visit Buenos Aires since President Javier Milei took office.

MILEI’S NEW GOVERNMENT

Milei taps lawyer Silvestre Sívori to run intelligence services

12-12-2023 17:18 President Javier Milei has appointed 39-year-old lawyer Silvestre Sívori to head Argentina’s AFI intelligence services.

ELECTIONS 2023 – POLLS

Poll: Milei has narrow lead over Massa ahead of run-off

03-11-2023 17:27 Brazil-based AtlasIntel puts Milei’s support at 48.5% compared to 44.7% for Massa.

INTERVIEW

Santiago Siri: ‘As a programmer, I'm threatened by Artificial Intelligence’

07-10-2023 06:23 Santiago Siri suggests a holy trinity of “crypto, trap and La Scaloneta” will save Argentina. And he is paying attention to the progress of Artificial Intelligence.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Luis Ignacio Brusco: Understanding why we vote differently

30-09-2023 05:36 Psychiatrist, neurologist and researcher, dean of the UBA Medical Faculty and Argentine Neuropsychiatric Association, MD and PhD, discusses why we vote differently and the cerebral functions which enter into decision-making.

by Jorge Fontevecchia