Plans for Pope Leo's visit to Argentina ramp up
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·27 Aug 2026
Plans for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Argentina are ramping up, with the pontiff likely to base himself in Buenos Aires, also returning to the capital each evening after events in Córdoba and Luján.
Deputies back Milei’s push to reform Central Bank charter
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·27 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei's push to restrict the Central Bank from printing money to finance Argentina's Treasury is on track after lawmakers in the lower house backed his bid to reform the...
arteba contemporary art fair returns to La Rural with international eye
Buenos Aires Timesby Rosario Bernasconi·26 Aug 2026
Fundación arteba will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a new edition of its eponymous fair, one of Argentina's leading contemporary art events.
Milei’s magic fades on Argentina’s slowing economic recovery
Buenos Aires Timesby Ignacio Olivera Doll & Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg·26 Aug 2026
President Javier Milei’s efforts to revive Argentina’s economy after decades of decline are losing momentum, adding political headwinds going into next year’s election.
‘Cuadernos’ case: Former Techint director confirms near US$1mn payment to Baratta
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·26 Aug 2026
A former top executive at the giant Italian-Argentine conglomerate Techint confirmed in court in Buenos Aires on Tuesday that he oversaw cash deliveries totalling close to US$1 million to former...
Argentina’s ‘lost decade’ – formal private employment still at 2016 levels
Buenos Aires Timesby Gabriel Zorrilla·25 Aug 2026
Argentina is experiencing a “lost decade” in terms of formal private employment. As of May this year, there were around 6.13 million registered in private companies, practically the same number as...
Chile angered by Argentine Air Force chief's Magellan remarks
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·25 Aug 2026
Chile will send a formal note of protest to Argentina over comments made by Brigadier General Gustavo Javier Valverde, Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force, who described the...
Lula’s poll lead over Bolsonaro shrinks as Brazil campaign opens
Buenos Aires Timesby Andrew Rosati & Daniel Carvalho, Bloomberg·25 Aug 2026
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over Flávio Bolsonaro narrowed to one point as official campaigning began, with the conservative challenger stepping up criticism of Brazil’s...
JPMorgan, Santander lead financing of up to US$15 billion for LNG Project
Buenos Aires Timesby Jonathan Gilbert, Bloomberg·25 Aug 2026
JPMorgan Chase & Co and Banco Santander SA are leading the financing for Argentina LNG, a landmark project to liquefy and export the country’s shale gas reserves, according to people familiar with...
Perfil sues OpenAI, Microsoft over unauthorised use of journalism
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·24 Aug 2026
Argentine media company Editorial Perfil has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft with the nation’s courts, alleging the companies used its journalism without permission or payment to...
Trump fails to loosen China’s economic grip on Latin America
Buenos Aires Timesby Mie Dahl & Colum Murphy, Bloomberg·24 Aug 2026
As head of an association representing cities across Colombia, Andrés Santamaría Garrido has a front-row seat to observe China’s economic playbook at municipal level.
Próvolo child abuse: Mendoza high court overturns acquittal of former nun
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·23 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court of Mendoza Province has overturned the acquittal of a former nun in a case involving the abuse of deaf children, paving the way for a court to determine her sentence, according to...
'Aura' battles leap from social media to Latin America streets
Buenos Aires Timesby Lucero Méndez, AFP·22 Aug 2026
In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle. Staring at each other intently, they look as if they could come to blows.
Underground wealth, above ground worries
Buenos Aires Timesby Marcelo J. García·22 Aug 2026
In passing last week, in his usual matter-of-fact flat tone, the government’s Deputy Economy Minister for Energy & Mining, Daniel González, announced that a new study shows that Vaca Muerta has...
ASEAN, as in the zone
Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·22 Aug 2026
Time to look not only beyond the headlines but also beyond the frontiers to an often forgotten part of the world – to ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations), which has now started the...
The death of a self-made professor
Buenos Aires Timesby James Neilson·22 Aug 2026
Academic scandals have long been a source of entertainment for ordinary mortals who, being the sort of people they are, enjoy seeing professors getting toppled from their lofty perches for breaking...
The ‘uncanny valley’ theory meets Milei and Cerimedo
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·22 Aug 2026
In 1970, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori coined the term “uncanny valley” to refer to an eerie, maybe even revolting reaction that humans would have when facing a nearly life-like robot.
Óscar Martínez: ‘Bukele has neither principles nor ideology – he was after power, any which way’
Buenos Aires Timesby Jorge Fontevecchia·22 Aug 2026
Journalist Óscar Martínez is the editor of the El Faro media outlet and author of the 2006 book Bukele, el rey desnudo (“Bukele: The Naked King”).
March of the trolls
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·22 Aug 2026
Once again scandal comes our way from Santa Cruz yet not this time from the Patagonian fiefdom of the Kirchner dynasty but from the Santa Cruz de la Sierra capital of the oil-rich Bolivian...
Stories that caught our eye: August 14 to 21
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·21 Aug 2026
LLA TROLL CHARGED WITH FEMICIDE Fernando Cerimedo testified in Bolivia last Tuesday to deny charges of having masterminded the "attempted femicide" of his former partner Nadia Beller, 33, by...
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