News of scandal

Artificial Intelligence and natural stupidity

13-06-2026 05:30 Capitulation to robots is always going to be a hard sell.

Angry reaction to Adorni’s admission that he concealed half-million dollars

11-06-2026 21:29 Cabinet chief's admission that he omitted US$500,000 from his public asset and wealth declarations sparks controversy and criticism.

Contractor testimony fuels illicit enrichment case against Adorni

05-05-2026 09:27 Cabinet chief faces arrest call as contractor alleges US$245,000 cash payment for redevelopment; Contractor hands over phone as court probes alleged interference and unexplained wealth.

Myriam Bregman: the ‘heroine’ Gotham deserves?

02-05-2026 00:32 Unemployment, inflation and a troubling economic situation are important issues affecting the population, while corruption remains at the top. Not only are people worried about their personal situation, but they are also witnessing the moral decrepitude of the ’new’ political class.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei to attend Adorni showdown in Congress

24-04-2026 10:52 President says he will be at National Legislature on Wednesday when Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni – under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment – presents annual report to Congress and faces questioning from lawmakers.

Images of dead Maradona rock trial of medical team

24-04-2026 10:46 Court shown a 17-minute video shot by forensic police of Maradona on his deathbed, wearing a pair of football shorts and a black t-shirt pulled up to reveal a cavernous stomach.

Milei gets a taste of his own medicine

03-04-2026 06:25 This is what tends to happen to holier-than-thou politicians who feel they are morally superior to their adversaries and make a habit of boasting about it.

by James Neilson

With or without Milei

28-03-2026 05:55 Milei has given Vaca Muerta a push, but growth there precedes and will outlive his Presidency. It is arguably the only consensus policy the country has had for the past decade and a half. Its development momentum will not stop anytime soon.

by Marcelo J. García

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.

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.

Viva la República?

28-02-2026 06:57 Is the clock is ticking on the house of Windsor?

by David Smith

Milei ally under pressure over alleged overpricing at nuclear plants

29-01-2026 00:12 Demian Reidel, adviser to President Javier Milei, heads Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, state-owned firm that operates the country’s nuclear power plants; Dispute centres on alleged overpricing for cleaning contract for the Atucha I and II reactors.

Court to define how new trial into Maradona’s death will proceed

02-12-2025 14:31 Tuesday’s hearing is preliminary. A previous trial was cancelled in May after it emerged that one of the case’s judges had taken part in a secret documentary about the proceedings.

The absent leader strategy and Mr ‘Knee Head’

22-11-2025 06:30 There’s an unwritten rule in Argentina’s politics that sometimes the leader has to remain absent. Javier Milei and some of his top-level officials appear to have taken a page from that playbook.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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.

Machado breaks silence, admits to funding Espert’s campaign

07-10-2025 16:26 Federico ‘Fred’ Machado, who faces charges of money-laundering and drug-trafficking in the United States, admits he financially contributed to La Libertad Avanza national deputy José Luis Espert’s 2019 presidential campaign.

Espert called to Casa Rosada as opposition demands resignation

02-10-2025 16:11 Calls ramp up for top name on the ruling La Libertad Avanza party’s list of candidates in the upcoming election to step side amid revelations over links to suspected narco-trafficker; Polling shows scandal may damage chances in midterms.

by James Grainger

Myriam Bregman: ‘We denounced Espert’s ties to drug-trafficking in 2021’

02-10-2025 14:31 Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores candidate for national deputy discusses allegations against ruling party lawmaker José Luis Espert that link La Libertad Avanza figure to suspected drug-trafficker.

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

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