Corruption claims and political miscalculations

Things are getting hairy out there for the Javier Milei administration. With the election campaign in full swing, the pressure is on for the self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” inhabiting the Casa Rosada to execute... Read more »

Do smartphones make people stupid?

To the understandable satisfaction of progressive-minded educationalists, especially those who wanted to believe that almost everything depends on social conditioning and very little on hereditary factors, from about 1930 onwards average IQ... Read more »

Governors show lone-wolf Milei their teeth – will they bite?

In the coming weeks, President Javier Milei must make a choice that will define his Presidency and his eventual re-election. August 7 is the deadline for political alliances for the October 26... Read more »

Move Group: the consultancy firm advising government and opposition

Since Javier Milei became president, Move Group has incorporated both government and opposition figures into its clientele. The consultancy firm where Santiago Caputo made his name even worked, until 2024, for Quilmes... Read more »

Fiscal surplus versus political deficit

In the second half of this electoral year policy has become more subordinated than ever to the midterms. A tension so extreme between President Javier Milei and the provincial governors that they... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: July 4 to 11

  YELLOW TURNS PURPLE Independence Day last Wednesday also saw formal announcement of PRO centre-right party’s assent to joining a front with La Libertad Avanza for the Buenos Aires provincial elections of September 7 after the... Read more »

Paredes ‘returns home’ to Boca and packed Bombonera

World champion Leandro Paredes completed his return to Argentina’s Boca Juniors on Thursday night, the club where he began his career, with an emotional; reunion celebrated by thousands of fans who filled... Read more »

Ex-president Alberto Fernández indicted for corruption in insurance case

A judge on Thursday ordered ex-president Alberto Fernandez to stand trial for alleged corruption relating to insurance policies taken out by government departments during his 2019-2023 term. Federal judge Sebastián Casanello indicted Fernández,... Read more »

Milei vows veto as Senate defies pension cuts

President Javier Milei on Thursday vowed to veto a push by Congress to significantly increase government spending on pensions and social security, measures he says threaten to derail his austerity drive before... Read more »

The businessman, the employee, the private jet and 10 suitcases

A court filing directly challenging denials made by President Javier Milei’s government has reignited speculation about the arrival of a private jet in Buenos Aires earlier this year. The 60-page judicial report,... Read more »