Argentines eating almost five kilos less beef a year
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·26d ago
Per capita beef consumption in Argentina slumped 9.5 percent in August, with people eating almost five kilos less beef over the past year, according to data from CICCRA (Cámara de la Industria y el...
Defying Milei, Quintela brings back his ‘chachos’ currency in La Rioja
Buenos Aires Timesby David Feliba, Bloomberg·26d ago
One of Argentina’s most outspoken opposition governors is bringing back a local currency that can only be spent inside his province, doubling down on an interventionist economic model just as...
Government projects 4% growth and 18% inflation for 2027
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·26d ago
President Javier Milei’s government predicts Argentina’s gross domestic product (GDP) will expand by four percent next year, with inflation forecast to reach 18 percent.
Study: Scrapping PASO primaries saved just US$9.5 million
Buenos Aires Timesby Roberto Lago, Noticias Argentinas·26d ago
The suspension of the PASO primaries for last year’s midterm elections in Argentina saved barely US$9.5 million, far removed from the over US$200 million which the national government estimated...
Milei moves to professionalise SIDE intelligence service
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·27d ago
President Javier Milei’s government is moving to overhaul the structure of Argentina’s intelligence agency, presenting the changes as a drive to professionalise and depoliticise the country’s...
De Vido cleared, four convicted in long-delayed 'Sueños Compartidos' case
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·27d ago
A court on Monday acquitted former Federal Planning Minister Julio de Vido in a high-profile corruption case involving the alleged diversion of public funds earmarked for social housing.
Milei’s war against Perfil, his state advertising lies and attacks on the press
Buenos Aires Timesby Rodrigo Lloret·29d ago
The Committee on Freedom of Expression in Argentina’s Congress has no freedom of expression. The national deputies who sit on it say it has been censored, that it convenes no working meetings and...
Can international campaign get Cristina back on the ballot?
Buenos Aires Timesby Nicolás Gonzalez·29d ago
Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner continues to work on an international strategy aimed at overturning her corruption conviction in the so-called ‘Vialidad’ case, with the intention of...
Nearly 300 detained in Chile at protests marking Pinochet coup anniversary
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·29d ago
Nearly 300 people were detained in Chile on Saturdayduring protests commemorating the victims of Augusto Pinochet’s 1973-1990 dictatorship, the government in Santiago said.
Milei earmarks about US$200 million for naval base in south
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·29d ago
Argentina’s government will spend more than 300 billion pesos to build an Integrated Naval Base in Ushuaia, in the southern province of Tierra del Fuego, Defence Minister Carlos Presti confirmed on...
Milei revives strategic naval base at ‘the end of the world’
Buenos Aires Timesby Gabriel Ramonet & Leila Macor, AFP·12 Sept 2026
Facing the waters of the Beagle Channel, at the so-called ‘end of the world,’ a concrete slab rises amid small hills covered in low, brownish vegetation.
Trump says he could settle UK-Argentina dispute over Malvinas
Buenos Aires Timesby Skylar Woodhouse, Bloomberg·12 Sept 2026
US President Donald Trump said he could settle the dispute between Argentina and the UK over the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands if asked and appeared to cast doubt on whether the British government...
What does Peter Thiel want in Argentina?
Buenos Aires Timesby Giselle Lecrercq & Juan Luis González, Noticias·12 Sept 2026
On Thursday April 23, Javier Milei received Peter Thiel at Government House. It was their third face-to-face meeting, but it was also much more than that – it effectively served as the announcement...
Argentina’s critical-minerals boom comes with a choice
Buenos Aires Timesby Jennifer Heiman & Eric Kenny·12 Sept 2026
Argentina has attracted the critical-minerals investment it was seeking. The harder question is what it does with it.
From words to deeds
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·12 Sept 2026
Next weekend or shortly thereafter President Javier Milei will be heading up to New York City to address the annual United Nations General Assembly, which will be an acid test as to how seriously...
The Malvinas trick
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·12 Sept 2026
At least two things are evident about Javier Milei’s recent shift on the issue of Islas Malvinas.
The territorial imperative
Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·12 Sept 2026
President Javier Milei has regained control of the agenda with his Malvinas initiative in what has been widely perceived as yet another example of seeking a foreign distraction from domestic...
Stories that caught our eye: September 4 to 11
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·11 Sept 2026
INFLATION LIES LOW Last month’s inflation at national level was 1.7 percent (coinciding with the key item of food and beverages and also City Hall’s figure published last Tuesday), the lowest in...
Bechis returns to dictatorship trauma with Venice contender
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·11 Sept 2026
More than 25 years after Garage Olimpo, filmmaker Marco Bechis examines the lasting scars Argentina’s dictatorship inflicted on survivors in Ritorno a Buenos Aires, which is competing at the Venice...
25 years on, America seeks to keep 9/11 memories alive
Buenos Aires Timesby Raphaël Hermano, AFP·11 Sept 2026
A quarter century after the era-defining attacks of September 11, the United States is eager to keep alive the memory of a 2001 trauma that is fading as the proportion of Americans who did not...
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