Argentina

Small farmers and community-led conservation groups are trying to protect one of the biggest semi-arid forests in the world – under threat from expanding agriculture, wildfires and the ‘logging mafia’Jorge Luna stands in a piece of Argentina’s Gran Chaco forest that he calls his own. Birds sing as he surveys skyscraping molle trees, known as pepper […]

Tens of thousands marched in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coup that installed Argentina's last military dictatorship, in a day shaped by the dispute between the human rights movement and President Javier Milei's government over how that period is narrated.

By questioning the scale of atrocities and deriding human rights activists, Milei is dismantling the consensus over the country’s dirty warToday marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that ushered in Argentina’s last dictatorship in 1976. For decades, the date has marked one of the country’s most powerful civic rituals. Each year, tens of […]

Thousands of people are expected to gather this Tuesday in Plaza de Mayo and in Argentina’s major cities to mark the 50th anniversary of the March 24, 1976, military coup that installed a dictatorship responsible for thousands of forced disappearances and which, in its final stage, launched the Falklands War in a desperate bid to cling to power.

Fifty years after the military seized power and disappeared 30,000 people forcibly, some families are finding closureSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSoledad Nívoli was four months old and sleeping in her mother’s arms when plainclothes officers burst into the family home in Córdoba, Argentina.They were […]

Argentine President Javier Milei's willingness to send troops to the Middle East if requested by the United States has fuelled growing concern in Argentina, a country that has historically maintained an equidistant stance on international conflicts and where fears of possible reprisals are emerging.

A social media post by Republican operative Marc Zell urging the Trump administration to reconsider its position on the Falklands/Malvinas and support Argentina's sovereignty claim triggered a wave of coverage across Argentine media over the past week, despite being based on a false premise and carrying no official backing from Washington.

Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni is confronting a growing list of criminal complaints ranging from the alleged omission of real estate assets in his sworn financial disclosure to suspected irregularities in public contracts linked to Tecnópolis, a public state-owned fairground located in Buenos Aires.

Young undergoing medical tests but ‘in good spirits’ and expected to perform, says events promoterAC/DC guitarist Stevie Young has been hospitalised in Buenos Aires after feeling unwell, just days before the band’s scheduled sold-out concerts in the city.According to the event’s promoter, the guitarist for the legendary Australian rock band was […]

Argentina’s unemployment rate stood at 7.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 6.4% in the same period of 2024 and from 6.6% in the previous quarter, according to data released on Wednesday by the national statistics agency, Indec. The employment rate was 45.0%, while the activity rate reached 48.6% across the 31 urban areas covered by the Permanent […]

Argentina formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization on March 17, a move announced by Javier Milei’s government a year ago and now confirmed by Secretary for International Economic Relations Pablo Quirno. In his statement, Quirno said the country would continue promoting health cooperation through bilateral and regional channels […]

A forensic report added to the judicial case around the $LIBRA scandal contains references to payments that businessman Mauricio Novelli allegedly made to Javier Milei from 2021, when he was still a congressman, for classes and promotional work tied to N&W Profesional Traders, according to La Nación. The report also points to indications of money […]

Political pressure on the judicial investigation into the $LIBRA case intensified on Monday after opposition lawmakers said they would file a complaint against federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano before the Discipline Tribunal of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and seek his removal from the case. The move followed new reports published by Argentine media on […]

Argentina’s judicial investigation into the collapse of the $LIBRA cryptocurrency has added a new and potentially damaging element for President Javier Milei. A draft recovered from businessman Mauricio Novelli’s phone describes an alleged US$5 million agreement in exchange for presidential backing for the project, based on forensic material […]

Decision to shield pro-Bolsonaro truck driver sentenced for 8 January 2023 attack could inflame Brazil election politicsArgentina has granted asylum to a Brazilian fugitive convicted for his role in 2023 pro-Bolsonaro riots – a decision that analysts say could reverberate in Brazil’s upcoming presidential election.A week after Luiz Inácio Lula da […]