POLITICS Can international campaign get Cristina back on the ballot? 13-09-2026 00:56 Kirchnerism is pursuing an international campaign to overturn Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's ban on running for office, while keeping rivals within Peronism at bay. by Nicolás Gonzalez
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Óscar Martínez: ‘Bukele has neither principles nor ideology – he was after power, any which way’ 22-08-2026 06:24 A look at the dictator’s playbook – investigative journalist Óscar Martínez on the rise of Nayib Bukele, the dismantling of democracy in El Salvador and the fight for truth from exile. by Jorge Fontevecchia
FILM & CINEMA Luis Puenzo, director of Argentina’s first Oscar-winning feature, dies at 80 21-04-2026 13:08 Luis Puenzo, director who won Argentina’s first Oscar, has died aged 80; 'La historia oficial,' which tackled kidnapping of infants during dictatorship era, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.
INTERVIEW Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’ 10-03-2026 06:05 Gustavo Oscar Carrara, the Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata, warns about the defunding of urbanisation works in low-income neighbourhoods and the potential elimination of government department dedicated to socio-urban integration. by Jorge Fontevecchia
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Court revisits driver’s bribery testimony in ‘Cuadernos’ corruption trial 21-11-2025 12:44 Testimony from a chauffeur at heart of probe and a former public works secretary intensifies pressure on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as bribery case accelerates.
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.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS ‘Cuadernos’ case: Forensic experts confirm graft log was written by driver 19-08-2025 20:57 Calligraphic analysis by Gendarmerie forensic experts shows that same person wrote notebooks allegedly detailing huge corruption scheme, but can not establish authorship of subsequent changes and deletions.
COURTS Court upholds life sentence for man convicted of Tehuel de la Torre’s murder 14-07-2025 14:23 Judges confirm hate-crime ruling in killing of young trans man who has been missing since 2021.
POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025 Who’s who: The candidates heading lists for Buenos Aires City midterms 30-03-2025 10:01 Main candidates are already defined for the Buenos Aires City midterms in May – Silvia Lospennato, Leandro Santoro, Manuel Adorni, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Ramiro Marra are the names that head the highest-polling options.
POLITICS & CONGRESS Scandal as La Libertad Avanza deputies come to blows in Congress 14-03-2025 00:01 Fistfight between ruling party deputies Oscar Zago and Lisandro Almirón after the latter accused the former of treason by granting quorum brought the session to an abrupt halt.
MENDOZA RAPE CASE Appeals court throws out rape case against French rugby players 18-02-2025 20:25 Appeals judges on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against French rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou.
RAPE ALLEGATIONS Accuser in French rugby player rape trial vows to appeal ruling 19-12-2024 21:23 The woman denouncing two French rugby players for rape is ready to take the case to the highest instances, her lawyer says in an interview.
RAPE ALLEGATIONS Court in Mendoza drops rape case against French rugby players 10-12-2024 12:29 Court in Mendoza dismisses charges against two French international rugby players, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou, who were accused of raping and assaulting a woman after making their international debuts against Argentina.
RAPE ALLEGATIONS Judge to decide on French rugby players' rape case next month 29-11-2024 21:23 Judge todecide on December 10 whether to dismiss the charges against two French international rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match in Argentina.
RAPE ALLEGATIONS Mendoza court hears bid to end rape case against French rugby players 25-11-2024 11:43 The Argentine justice began the examination of the request for dismissal for Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou, the two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape, nearly five months after the events that occurred on the sidelines of a tour of the French national rugby team.
ENVIRONMENT Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement? 15-11-2024 21:40 President Javier Milei's decision to withdraw his negotiators from the climate change conference in Baku breaks with the climate foreign policy maintained by his predecessors.
ENVIRONMENT COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil 14-11-2024 13:18 Host Azerbaijan tries to lower tensions after top French minister cancels trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdraws delegation.
RAPE ALLEGATIONS Prosecutors seek dismissal of rape charges against French rugby players 04-10-2024 20:06 Prosecutor's office seeks dismissal of charges against French rugby players accused of rape, which could put an end to the case.