UN holds second informal poll of secretary-general candidates
Buenos Aires Timesby Gregory Walton, AFP·21 Aug 2026
The UN's most powerful body, the Security Council, met Friday for another straw poll to gauge the popularity of a growing field of contenders to succeed Antonio Guterres as the embattled...
Milei says legal abortion ‘madness’ is ‘costing Argentina dearly’
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·21 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei has linked Argentina’s falling birth rate to the feminist movement and the legalisation of abortion, describing the latter as a “madness” that is “costing” the country...
Argentina hit with heavy sanctions by FIFA for World Cup controversies
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·21 Aug 2026
FIFA's Disciplinary Committee has imposed sanctions on the Argentine Football Association (AFA), three members of the national team squad and one of its coaches following incidents that occurred...
USA and China at war over Vaca Muerta, Hidrovía and Patagonia
Buenos Aires Timesby Carlos Burgueño·21 Aug 2026
The conflict is global and overt. Nevertheless, Argentina is skating the surface, sailing in subterranean waters.
INDEC data shows economy improved in June after uneven first half of year
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
Argentina's economic activity rebounded by 0.8 percent in June after two consecutive months of decline, ending an uneven first half of the year, the INDEC national statistics bureau said on...
Cartoneros warn City Hall recycling overhaul could push them out
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
Groups representing cartoneros warn that the conditions being set by City Hall for renewing recycling system contracts could push them out and pave the way for private firms to take them over...
Maradona death trial on hold amid suspected father-son kidney test mix-up
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
The second trial into the death of football legend Diego Maradona was suspended on Thursday following claims that kidney tests presented to the court belonged to the player's father.
Milei hails progress on inflation, vows to grow economy
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei defended his record in office and stressed that he would fulfil his mandate to bring down inflation and grow the economy, as he closed out an Americas Society/Council of the...
Impatient savers are hindering Milei’s lending push
Buenos Aires Timesby Ignacio Olivera Doll, Bloomberg·20 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei has persuaded Argentines to put their savings back into banks. Convincing them to keep their money there for more than a few months is proving harder.
Hamm’s Continental to buy 50% of Mercuria Argentina oil firm
Buenos Aires Timesby Archie Hunter, Bloomberg·20 Aug 2026
Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc signed agreements to buy half of an Argentine shale oil firm owned by Mercuria Energy Group, with the firms promising more than...
Lula wages his final campaign as Brazil’s presidential frontrunner
Buenos Aires Timesby Daniel Carvalho, Martha Beck & Vinicius Andrade, Bloomberg·20 Aug 2026
Six weeks from Brazil’s election, the talk of its campaign season is less about who will win than what President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will do when he does.
Continental, Geopark among bidders for Argentina shale blocks
Buenos Aires Timesby Jonathan Gilbert, Bloomberg·20 Aug 2026
US shale pioneer Continental Resources Inc and Colombia’s Geopark Ltd were among bidders for Argentina’s largest offering of exploration licences in more than a decade in the country’s booming oil...
Argentina opens 50-year bidding process for Belgrano Cargas concession
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei’s government has launched the process to privatise state-owned freight railway company Belgrano Cargas y Logística, calling a tender to hand private operators 50-year...
Cooperatives protest plans to overhaul Buenos Aires recycling
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
Cooperatives, social groups and cartoneros marched through Buenos Aires City on Wednesday to protest proposed changes to the capital’s waste management and recycling system that they say could put...
From Milei to Bolsonaro to Paz and Bolivia: the fall of Fernando Cerimedo
Buenos Aires Timesby Julián D'Imperio·20 Aug 2026
Fernando Cerimedo was arrested Tuesday at the Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra while trying to board an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight to Buenos Aires.
DEA chief calls Argentina a 'model' for region in anti-narco fight
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·20 Aug 2026
The head of the United States' federal drug agency praised Argentina's counter-narcotics strategy on Wednesday, calling it a "model for the region," at a summit of anti-drug delegates from more...
Over 100 countries meet in Buenos Aires to tackle drug-trafficking
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·19 Aug 2026
Officials from more than 100 nations are gathering to debate anti-narcotics strategy in Buenos Aires this week, at the 40th International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC).
OAS to hold urgent meeting on Nicaragua plan to ban opposition
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·19 Aug 2026
The Organization of American States (OAS) has voted to call an emergency meeting on Nicaragua's drive to ban the opposition from running in elections.
Milei-linked consultant refuses to testify in Bolivia shooting case
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·19 Aug 2026
Fernando Cerimedo, a former adviser to President Javier Milei and Bolivia's current leader, refused to testify on Tuesday in a case in which he has been accused of attempted femicide over the...
Surging unemployment is Milei’s biggest political threat
Buenos Aires Timesby Patrick Gillespie, Bloomberg·19 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei lowered inflation and poverty in Argentina, while eliminating its budget deficit. But the nation’s labour market is still mired in the crisis he was elected to confront.
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