News of lijo

Corruption, our daily bread

Today 06:29 An unrelenting cascade of corruption scandals enjoys political and judicial protection, while the government negotiates key appointments to put the brakes on cases at Comodoro Py.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS

Questions mount for Manuel Adorni as probes examine assets, travel

06-04-2026 15:56 President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth and transactions involving third parties.

Politics & scandal

Adorni under pressure as fresh complaint questions state contracts

20-03-2026 13:28 New complaint from lawmaker alleges irregularities in public tenders linked to Tecnópolis exhibition centre and venue, adding to scrutiny over the Cabinet chief’s conduct and potential conflicts of interest involving his wife.

ADORNI'S WIFE IN SPOTLIGHT

Cabinet chief faces conflict-of-interest complaint over wife’s business links

19-03-2026 17:32 Lawmaker Marcela Pagano alleges potential conflicts of interest involving Manuel Adorni, his wife Bettina Julieta Angeletti, her consultancy firm and state-linked companies; Questions over public tenders and major Tecnópolis concession.

COURTS

García-Mansilla resigns from Supreme Court after Senate rejection

07-04-2025 12:40 Four days after the upper house voted against his nomination by large majority, Manuel García-Mansilla, the Supreme Court justice imposed by President Milei by decree, resigns his bench on the nation's highest court.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Senate rejects Supreme Court justices imposed by President Milei

03-04-2025 21:40 Blow for Milei as upper house votes by clear margin to reject both nominations for nation’s highest court; Future of Manuel García-Mansilla and Ariel Lijo unclear.

POLITICS & COURTS

Supreme Court justices rule against nominee Ariel Lijo

07-03-2025 10:33 Supreme Court blocks Lijo’s request to take leave from his post as federal judge; García-Mansilla blocks request, Lorenzetti dissents.

EDITORIAL

Towards a supremo’s court

01-03-2025 06:27 Both the presidential Supreme Court nominees, Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla, present problems. These are rather simpler in the latter case.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

PRO says it won’t support Milei’s Supreme Court push

27-02-2025 19:50 Former president Mauricio Macri – who in 2015 attempted to impose Supreme Court justices by decree before backtracking – says his PRO party will not support appointment by decree.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

García-Mansilla sworn-in amid Supreme Court controversy

27-02-2025 16:38 President Milei imposes two new justices on nation’s highest tribunal by decree, defying Congress; Nominees for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of the next legislative period.”

JUDICIARY & COURTS

Milei appoints Lijo, García-Mansilla to Supreme Court by decree

25-02-2025 18:45 President Javier Milei bypasses Congress to appoint his nominations for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of next legislative period.”

POLITICS & COURTS

Government sets March target for Supreme Court appointments

13-02-2025 13:41 Casa Rosada is seeking consensus for nominees Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla and its bid to appoint them to the nation’s highest court. But should support be lacking, it may resort to using decrees.

by Juan Kavanagh

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights Watch warns of 'institutional deterioration' under Milei

24-01-2025 18:39 New report by Human Rights Watch criticises Argentina’s mistreatment of freedom of speech, gender equality and judicial integrity.

by Zella Milfred

HUMAN RIGHTS

Judge orders government to protect dictatorship torture sites

15-01-2025 19:52 President Milei’s nominee for Supreme Court, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, orders Human Rights Secretariat to safeguard sites and staff of 'Olimpo,' 'Club Atlético,' 'Automotores Orletti' and 'Virrey Cevallos' after request by City legislator Victoria Montenegro.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine judge orders arrest of Nicaragua's Ortega over rights violations

30-12-2024 19:57 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo orders arrest Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Vice-President Rosario Murillo and a dozen other collaborators for "systematic violation of human rights."

CONGRESS & POLITICS

Government calls extraordinary sessions – but no budget bill

05-12-2024 18:42 As confirmed by Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni, detailing that political and electoral reform and the anti-mafia law would be included, among other issues.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei talks relations with ‘docile’ IMF and ‘generous’ Trump in interview

29-11-2024 12:58 President Javier Milei grants lengthy interview to UK magazine 'The Economist' detailing how he cut state spending, his relationship with US president-elect Donald Trump, ties with China and is seeking new deal with the International Monetary Fund.

LANGUAGE

Judge orders Spanish Royal Academy to delete pejorative definition of 'Jewish'

27-09-2024 14:15 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo has ordered the publishers of a major Spanish dictionary to remove a pejorative definition of the word "Jewish" from its listing.

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.”

POLITICS, CONGRESS & COURTS

Ariel Lijo defends Supreme Court candidacy before Senate

22-08-2024 19:22 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, whose nomination for the nation’s highest tribunal has been questioned by politicians across the spectrum, pushes back against criticism in eight-hour hearing.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

War between Milei and Villarruel escalates

22-08-2024 14:33 Dispute between President Javier Milei and Vice-President Victoria Villarruel has been publicly exposed. The question is no longer why it is happening, but how it can end.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Ariel Lijo is a controversial candidate for the Supreme Court

22-08-2024 09:58 Nominated by President Javier Milei for a bench on Argentina’s highest tribunal, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo defends his controversial candidacy before the Senate.

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Key week for Ariel Lijo, Milei’s nomination for Supreme Court bench

19-08-2024 15:40 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo has presented a document to the Senate attempting to answer more than 400 questions sent by citizens; Supreme Court nominee will now defend his work as magistrate in a key Senate committee hearing.