Warren asks hedge fund group if it played Argentina bailout role

Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren asked a group representing hedge funds and other asset managers to describe what role, if any, it played in the Trump administration’s deliberations over how to extend... Read more »

Washington launches financial rescue of Argentina as US Treasury buys pesos

The United States rushed to stabilise Argentina’s economy on Thursday, offering US$20 billion in financing and carrying out a rare intervention in currency markets to prop up the peso after weeks of... Read more »

United States buys pesos, confirms US$20-billion lifeline for Milei

US President Donald Trump has put some of his “America First” capital online by greenlighting a multi-billion-dollar rescue package for Argentina – or more specifically, President Javier Milei. US Treasury Secretary Scott... Read more »

Triple murder probe: Most suspects now in custody, prosecutor says

Nearly all the suspects in the brutal triple murder that shocked Argentina last month are now in pre-trial detention, though a few remain at large, the prosecutor leading the investigation said Thursday.... Read more »

Pressure on Gallardo builds amid River’s poor form

It may be hyperbolic to suggest that Maxi Salas kept Marcelo Gallardo in a job last week. The River Plate coach certainly enjoys more protection than most of his peers in the... Read more »

Milei’s dollar sales bolster the peso but stoke devaluation bets

Argentina investors are increasing bets that President Javier Milei will devalue the peso after midterm elections this month as the government depletes its reserves to prop up the ailing currency.  The Treasury... Read more »

Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

Fernando Sabag Montiel, the man convicted of a failed attempt to assassinate former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner more than three years ago, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Combined... Read more »

Digital prostitution: Recession puts price on sex lives of youngsters

Following last month’s triple murder in Florencio Varela, beyond highlighting the rise of drug-trafficking and the persistence of gender-based violence in Argentina, another issue has come to light: the growth of prostitution... Read more »

Argentina to extradite alleged drug-trafficker Machado to US

President Javier Milei’s government has agreed to extradite businessman Federico Andrés ‘Fred’ Machado to face trial on criminal charges in the United States. Machado, who faces drug-trafficking charges, is at the centre... Read more »

Israel observes October 7 anniversary amid Gaza peace talks

Israel is observing the second anniversary of the October 7 attack on Gaza, as Israeli and Hamas hold indirect conversations on negotiating for an end to the war in Gaza under a... Read more »