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President Javier Milei prepares to talk at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2026.

Trump backs Argentina’s landmark LNG project in win for Milei

Today 08:46 US Export-Import Bank offering to lend up to US$6 billion of financing for 'Argentinas LNG' natural gas project as Trump offers more support to Milei.

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Milei presses Malvinas claim, slams 'useless' United Nations in speech

Yesterday 12:44 President Javier Milei describes United Nations as a "useless organisation" that feeds a "caste of parasites" in General Assembly speech; Pressing Malvinas sovereignty claim before world, he threatens oil firms with exclusion from Vaca Muerta and declares Argentina will be at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence revolution.

Lionel Scaloni and Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia.

NATIONAL TEAM

Scaloni 2028: Tapia's plan to safeguard the national team project

Yesterday 11:47 Talks between Lionel Scaloni and Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia have entered a decisive phase; Two-year extension on the table, with an option for two more.

by Nicolás Ziccardi

People walk past a store window featuring a discount sign in Buenos Aires on October 14, 2025.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

OECD cuts Argentina's 2026 growth forecast to 2.6%

Yesterday 11:13 Global economy isproving more resilient than expected despite the Middle East conflict, says OECD; Weaker forecasts for Argentina and much of Latin America reflect mounting energy, inflation and climate risks.

Runners compete in the Buenos Aires International Marathon as they pass in front of a mural depicting Argentine football legend Diego Maradona at La Boca neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, on September 20, 2026.

CRIME & INSECURITY

US-led coalition targets 24 criminal groups as Trump praises Milei

Yesterday 08:49 US president calls on members on the Shield of the Americas alliance to sanction groups including Tren de Aragua, while praising Argentina’s “great victory” under Milei.

Death of Diego Maradona

Expert disputes account of Maradona's final hours during testimony

Yesterday 08:12 Witness testimony contradicts prosecution's theory that the football legend endured up to 12 hours of agony, saying his death was sudden and possibly linked to Covid-19.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court confirms trial of former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo on graft charges

Yesterday 01:12 Former chief of the ANDIS national disability agency to stand trial in a case investigating presumed bribery in medical purchases.

Politics & corruption

Adorni tries to explain his assets to courts in illegal enrichment case

22-09-2026 16:37 Milei’s former Cabinet chief seeks to explain disputed assets, property purchases and cash spending in 78-page filing, but doubts still remain over his claims.

US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei.

US-ARGENTINA TRADE DEAL

Milei’s US trade deal under threat as Argentina demands better terms

22-09-2026 11:26 Milei government tells Trump administration it doesn't have the votes in Congress to ratify bilateral trade agreement signed last February and are seeking renegotiation of the terms.

People hold pictures of victims during a ceremony to commemorate the 31st anniversary the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) bombing attack which left 85 dead and more than 300 wounded, in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2025.

AMIA BOMBING CASE

Court sends eight suspects to trial over AMIA bombing

21-09-2026 20:36 Judge Daniel Rafecas formally accuses eight Iranian and Lebanese nationals over the 1994 attack that left 85 people dead and injured hundreds more.

Argentina's President Javier Milei holds a national football jersey next to Brazil's right-wing presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro holding a national flag during the launching of the latter's candidacy within the Liberal Party convention, in São Paulo, Brazil on July 25, 2026.

ANALYSIS

Milei’s chainsaw inspires Bolsonaro to wield scissors in Brazil election

21-09-2026 18:38 Flávio Bolsonaro is holding up Javier Milei's economic overhaul as an example of the fiscal discipline he says Brazil needs as election race heats up.

PRESIDENT ON EUROPE

Milei says Europe 'is sinking' ahead of trip to France

21-09-2026 18:17 President Javier Milei says Europe is "sinking" because of overregulation, migration and "wokeism" ahead of visit to France.

POLITICS

Kicillof admits he’s ‘working to beat Milei’ in 2027 election

21-09-2026 18:09 Buenos Aires Province governor stops short of publicly declaring his candidacy, but says a broad political alternative to President Milei’s government is necessary.

ART & CULTURE

Argentine painter Carlos Alonso dies at 97 in Córdoba

21-09-2026 17:17 Artist transformed political violence and the pain of his daughter’s disappearance into powerful and enduring images.

SACKINGS AT OLIVIOS

Aide to Karina Milei resigns amid Olivos residence scandal

21-09-2026 17:07 María Belén Agudiez, senior official in Karina Milei’s department who had responsibility for services at presidential residence, steps down after security overhaul that removed 12 staff, including her brother-in-law.

President Javier Milei speaks at the UN General Assembly.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President heads to New York for UN General Assembly

21-09-2026 16:32 Argentina’s President will address UNGA on Wednesday and hold meetings with economists, business leaders and representatives of the Jewish community.

Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno leads a press conference confirming details of Pope Leo's visit to the country.

PAPAL VISIT

‘Argentina awaits’: Pope Leo's visit confirmed, seven million expected

21-09-2026 15:06 Authorities prepare “largest security operation in history” for first papal visit since 1987; Pope will meet President Javier Milei, celebrate Masses in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján, visit a prison and hold a vigil with young people.

Runners compete in the Buenos Aires International Marathon as they pass in front of the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on September 20, 2026.

ATHLETICS

Kenyan runner Chumba wins Buenos Aires marathon

20-09-2026 13:18 Bethwel Kibet Chumba finished the 42.195-kilometre race in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 28 seconds, while compatriot Rebecca Kangogo Chesir was the top finisher in the women’s category.

Morena Verdi, Brenda del Castillo and Lara Gutiérrez were tortured and murdered in the early hours of September 20, 2025.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Triple murder, one year on: The deadly trap behind brutal Florencio Varela killings

20-09-2026 10:00 One year ago, three young women were lured to a supposed party, before being tortured and brutally killed in what investigators believe was a narco-related settling of scores.

UNITED NATIONS

No consensus after third straw poll in UN secretary-general race

20-09-2026 08:12 Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan tops third informal poll for UN chief, but there is no clear consensus over who will next lead the organisation.

Yesica Beccaria Suárez, 39, places a portrait of her brother Lucas Beccaria Suarez – who was 31 when he died by suicide in 2024 and was a bus driver, divorced, and father of a 13- year-old girl – on an altar in his honour at their home in Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on September 15, 2026.

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Historically high suicide rates cause alarm in Argentina

19-09-2026 07:43 Bereaved relatives and mental health specialists are trying to start a conversation about suicide in Argentina as more people than ever are choosing to end their own lives.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

A chainsaw pause to improve re-election hopes

19-09-2026 00:59 Milei’s Budget bill hides a crucial and realistic acknowledgment: his famous "chainsaw" will mostly pause over the year leading to the presidential elections in October 2027.

by Marcelo J. García

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa: ‘China should be held accountable for its crimes’

19-09-2026 00:57 Dolkun Isa, one of the world’s most prominent Uyghur activists, discusses alleged crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, pressure from Beijing on him and his loved ones and the “universal jurisdiction” legal case unfolding in Argentina.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Fidget, fudge it, Budget

19-09-2026 00:34 National budgets only started with any regularity after the Constitution of 1853 when Argentina’s first elected president Justo José de Urquiza created the modern Economy Ministry in 1854.

by Michael Soltys

Much like with Covid, the AI issue is now fraught with discomfort.

ANALYSIS

AI’s Covid moment

19-09-2026 00:14 The AI 'end game' scenarios are fascinating and quite realistic, but that doesn’t mean they are imminent or inevitable.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

A lost generation?

19-09-2026 00:05 Analysis of the problems facing the young tend to focus on specific aspects such as juvenile delinquency, drugs, youth unemployment and online betting. Yet perhaps it is worth paying attention to the everyday lives of this universe beyond these issues.

A monument to Malvinas War veterans in Argentina.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: September 11 to 18

18-09-2026 19:05 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Analysis

Milei’s Presidency at risk from stalling economy

18-09-2026 13:29 One year out from his re-election bid, the economic recovery that has underpinned President Javier Milei's popularity is stalling.

A model of the house where late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona died is seen arriving to the trial for his death at court in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, on March 11, 2025.

death of diego maradona

Maradona's death was unforeseeable, expert tells trial into star's death

18-09-2026 11:13 Lengthy trial in San Isidro, near Tigre, began in April and has now entered its final stage.

A man walks in front of the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on September 17, 2026.

Economic indicators

Argentina's economy contracted in second quarter, official data shows

18-09-2026 09:30 Economy shrinks 0.6% from the first quarter; Private consumption and investment down, annual growth remains at 2%.

The Olivos presidential residence on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

POLITICS

Report: Milei fires presidential residence staff over security

18-09-2026 08:59 Milei’s press office confirms military officials will take over day-to-day management of the Quinta de Olivios residence, eliminating the government body that oversees the property.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment in Argentina reaches 7.9%, highest level since 2021

17-09-2026 17:24 Unemployment figure represents jobless people available for work and actively seeking employment as a percentage of the economically active.

Shoppers in the Mercado de San Telmo in Buenos Aires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy posts first quarterly contraction since 2024

17-09-2026 17:21 GDP fell 0.6% in the April-June period from the previous three months, better than expectations. On an annual basis, Argentina's economy expanded 2%, reveals INDEC.

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

President sends Malvinas sovereignty defence bill to Congress

17-09-2026 14:54 Milei calls on political leaders to “pause other debates” to approve bill; Proposal expands sanctions for exploiting resources without Argentine authorisation and provides for prison sentences of up to 20 years.

This undated topographical handout image released on September 9, 2026, shows the location of the Sea Lion oil field off the Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

MALVINAS DISPUTE

Judge orders suspension of 'Sea Lion' Malvinas oil project

17-09-2026 14:41 Interim ruling issued by a court in Rio Grande, in southern Tierra del Fuego Province, follows a lawsuit filed by 1982 war veterans and environmental lawyers earlier this month.

Can Rodolfo Arruabarrena lead Boca to continental glory?

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Boca take another step towards ending silverware drought

17-09-2026 13:52 Rodolfo Arruabarrena has led the Xeneize into semi-finals of Copa Sudamericana, Copa Argentina quarters and Clausura play-off spots. The pressure is on – and he, his players and the fans know it.

by Dan Edwards

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei’s strong peso is holding back economic growth

17-09-2026 12:46 Government's efforts to tame inflation with a strong currency are taking a growing toll on the economy.

President Javier Milei addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Malvinas tops agenda as Milei plans New York trip for UN speech

16-09-2026 18:18 After ramping up the rhetoric on the Malvinas sovereignty dispute, President Javier Milei is preparing to travel to the United States seeking a lift in his political fortunes. He will attend the UN General Assembly, but his schedule remains mostly unknown.

by Pablo Varela

ISLAS MALVINAS

Argentina rejects UK government's 'guide' for Malvinas-related businesses

16-09-2026 14:35 Milei administration steps up legal pressure as Britain backs oil and fishing activity in waters around islands.

ECONOMIC WOES

Crisis prevention filings equal 2025 total in just seven months

16-09-2026 11:13 Applications to Argentina's crisis-prevention bankruptcy procedure have matched last year's total in just seven months, a freedom-of-information request reveals. Behind the acceleration lies a deepening squeeze on the payment chain and mounting financial strain on the country's small and medium-sized firms.

by Eugenia Muzio

A grill master arranges coal as he grills meat during the 'Locos por el asado' festival in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on November 22, 2025.

BEEF CONSUMPTION

Argentines eating almost five kilos less beef a year

16-09-2026 10:35 Per capita beef consumption down 9.5% in August from previous year, according to CICCRA chamber group; Fall in consumption linked to retail prices.

Residents wait in line to receive chachos in La Rioja.

FEATURE

Defying Milei, Quintela brings back his ‘chachos’ currency in La Rioja

16-09-2026 10:19 The return of the ‘chacho’ currency, which circulates only in opposition-led La Rioja Province, exposes a stubborn reality lying just beneath the President’s radical reform agenda.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Budget: Government projects 4% growth and 18% inflation for 2027

15-09-2026 20:12 Milei government unveils its forecast in 2027 Budget bill that it will present to Congress; Annual inflation currently stands at 33.5%.

Lionel Messi is lifted by teammates as they celebrate after winning the 2026 World Cup round of 16 football match between Argentina and Egypt at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta on July 7, 2026. Lionel Messi was called up by coach Lionel Scaloni for Argentina’s friendly against Benin on October 6, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced on september 15, 2026, weeks after the star said he was retiring from the Albiceleste.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Messi set for 'one last dance' with Argentina in international friendly

15-09-2026 18:12 AFA chief Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia says 39-year-old Lionel Messi has been called up for match against Benin next month "so that he can have the farewell he truly deserves... here in Argentina."

An election official works at a polling station during the national midterm legislative election in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on October 26, 2025.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Study: Scrapping PASO primaries saved just US$9.5 million

15-09-2026 12:50 Study by Fundación Éforo determines that state saved only US$9.5 million last year by suspending last year’s PASO primaries.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Milei moves to professionalise SIDE intelligence service

15-09-2026 11:10 New statute introduces open recruitment, training and performance-based promotions from 2027; Government seeks to create a professional National Intelligence Corps.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

De Vido cleared, four convicted in long-delayed 'Sueños Compartidos' case

14-09-2026 19:06 Court finds four defendants guilty over alleged diversion of social housing funds; Former officials José López and Abel Fatala and brothers Sergio and Pablo Schoklender receive suspended sentences; Verdict comes just one day before the case was due to expire under the statute of limitations

'YPF Energía Argentina' signage inside the YPF SA headquarters in Buenos Aires.

ENERGY & GAS

YPF says close to signing more LNG sales contracts

14-09-2026 08:26 State-run YPF close to signing several liquefied natural gas sales contracts for proposed US$24-billion export plant Argentina LNG.

Santiago Muzio, director of the Casa Argentina in Paris.

PARIS RESIDENCE ROW

Milei appointee resigns as Paris uni residence controversy grows

13-09-2026 13:02 Santiago Muzio, controversial director of Casa Argentina residence at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, steps down after months of criticism over alleged expulsions, a plaque removal and far-right meetings.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei’s war on Perfil, state advertising lies and attacks on press

13-09-2026 10:23 A President who wishes bankruptcy on his enemies, steered billions of pesos in advertising to friendly outlets while starving critical ones and hurled scatological abuse at journalists who ask him questions – this is not what liberty looks like.

by Rodrigo Lloret

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

The area where Argentina’s government plans to build a new naval base is pictured in Ushuaia, the capital of the southern province of Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur Province, on September 8, 2026.

MILITARY & DEFENCE

Milei earmarks about US$200 million for naval base in south

12-09-2026 21:55 Ushuaia facility is expected to be completed in 2029 and will be financed entirely with state funds; Milei government says long-planned facility will strengthen Argentina’s presence in far south, support operations towards Antarctica.

MILITARY & DEFENCE

Milei revives strategic naval base at ‘the end of the world’

12-09-2026 10:21 President revives plans for strategic Ushuaia base as Argentina hardens its stance on British oil exploration and Antarctica region attracts growing interest from Washington and Beijing.

Donald Trump at Farmleigh House in Dublin, on September 12, 2026.

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

Trump says he could settle UK-Argentina dispute over Malvinas

12-09-2026 09:11 “I’m sure I’ll be called into that potential disaster,” Trump says in reference to dispute between Argentina and UK over the Malvinas.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

What does Peter Thiel want in Argentina?

12-09-2026 06:23 Milei’s libertarian experiment, sweeping deregulation and appetite for technological disruption may explain why one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures is moving south. Journalists Giselle Lecrercq & Juan Luis González investigate.

Argentina has attracted the critical-minerals investment it was seeking. The harder question is what it does with it.

GUEST COLUMN

Argentina’s critical-minerals boom comes with a choice

12-09-2026 04:36 Milei’s RIGI regime has attracted major investment. The challenge is turning a resource boom into something that lasts.

EDITORIAL

From words to deeds

12-09-2026 00:45 Discussing the efficacy of the sanctions or the wisdom of weaponising Vaca Muerta misses the main point of President Javier Milei’s Malvinas moves.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

The Malvinas trick

12-09-2026 00:29 If the Milei administration can gain momentum in Argentina’s sovereignty claim, he would be able to construct real political capital and adhesion from a broader base ahead of next year’s election.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The territorial imperative

12-09-2026 00:26 Milei is seeking to sell Argentina as a haven of legal security for foreign capital while threatening to punish companies, shareholders and directors participating in a project opposed on nationalistic grounds.

by Michael Soltys

The Ushuaia Aero Club and the Ushuaia Naval Air Station, located next to the area where Argentina’s government plans to build a new naval base, are pictured in Ushuaia.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: September 4 to 11

11-09-2026 17:14 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Italian actor Adriano Giannini and Chilean director Marco Bechis attend the photocall of 'Ritorno a Buenos Aires' (Back to Buenos Aires) presented in competition at the 83rd International Venice Film Festival, at Venice Lido on September 11, 2026.

FILM & CINEMA

Bechis returns to dictatorship trauma with Venice contender

11-09-2026 11:23 More than 25 years after ‘Garage Olimpo’, filmmaker Marco Bechis returns to the trauma of Argentina’s dictatorship with ‘Ritorno a Buenos Aires’, a drama about survival, guilt and the scars left by state terror.

Two of Argentina’s giants, Racing Club and Independiente.

Football in Argentina

Big trouble in Avellaneda

11-09-2026 09:32 Two of Argentina’s giants, Racing Club and Independiente, continue to struggle through a 2026 which has brought little by way of joy on the pitch.

by Dan Edwards

As I see it

We do need more education

11-09-2026 09:28 Argentine youngsters continue to fall farther and farther behind their peers in the rest of the world.

by James Neilson

Shoppers at a wholesale supermarket in Buenos Aires.

ANALYSIS

Monthly inflation slows to lowest since last June

10-09-2026 17:38 Monthly inflation slows to the lowest level in 14 months, in a win for President Javier Milei.

Shoppers browse products in a supermarket in Buenos Aires.

Economic indicators

Inflation slowed to 14-month low in August

10-09-2026 16:11 Monthly inflation falls to 1.7%, annual rate now standing at 33.5%; Figure marks a return to the government's hoped-for downward trajectory after July's uptick.

International Monetary Fund spokesperson Julie Kozack.

DEBT WOES

IMF says household debt defaults pose no risk to economy

10-09-2026 15:00 Some 5.8 million Argentines are considered to be in arrears, meaning they are more than 90 days behind on debt repayments, according to recent Central Bank figures

Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili appears at a Senate committee hearing.

GOLD RESERVES

Mystery solved: Argentina's missing gold is in Switzerland

10-09-2026 10:27 After a year of truck-video conspiracy theories and opposition demands for answers, Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili has finally revealed the location of Argentina's gold reserves.

Argentine footballer Lionel Messi exits the Mercedes garage before the start of the 2026 Miami Formula One Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida, on May 3, 2026.

STAR BUYS FOOTBALL TEAM

Lionel Messi to buy second Spanish second division side Eldense

10-09-2026 09:47 Messi is set to become the “majority shareholder” of Spanish second-division football club Eldense.

A worker manufactures shoes near an Argentinian national flag at the Kioshi footwear factory, which is operating at a minimum capacity, in 9 de Abril, Esteban Echeverría, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on August 27, 2026.

INDUSTRIAL WOES

Industrial woes fuel debate over Milei’s economic model

10-09-2026 00:01 Argentina’s manufacturers are shedding jobs and closing plants, fuelling debate over the economic costs of government’s reforms.

PREMIOS PERFIL 2026

Perfil honours nation's greatest achievers in 50th anniversary prize-giving

09-09-2026 20:21 Winners were selected out of a shortlisted trio by a jury of 10 consisting of Agustín Salvia, Daniel Grinbank, Carlos Melconian, Isela Constantini, Juliana Cassataro, José Natanson, Mauricio Kartun, Angela Lerena, Dolores Reyes and Gustavo Beliz.

by Michael Soltys