Heavyweights Argentina and France start World Cup quests

Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Kylian Mbappé’s France, the two teams who contested a thrilling World Cup final four years ago, roar into the 2026 tournament on Tuesday. Argentina, who won that dramatic... Read more »

Admirers bid farewell to Taty Almeida, symbol of nation’s human rights struggle

Without flowers on her coffin and amid chants from activists, Argentines on Monday bid farewell to Taty Almeida, president of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora organisation and a symbol... Read more »

Bitcoin specialists cast doubt on Adorni’s account of wealth surge

The explanations provided by Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni regarding his cryptocurrency investments have once again come under scrutiny.  Last week, blockchain specialist Fernando Molina analysed one of the digital wallets the official... Read more »

Argentina launch bid for back-to-back title in Messi’s sixth World Cup

In their eagerly awaited World Cup opener, reigning champions Argentina face Algeria on Tuesday with full faith that Lionel Messi can lead them in the defence of their crown, a feat that... Read more »

Argentina races ahead of storm in first training session with Senesi

With the arrival of defender Marcos Senesi on Saturday as his new reinforcement, Lionel Scaloni now has all his troops in Kansas City for Argentina’s bid to win a fourth World Cup... Read more »

Messi heads into historic sixth World Cup ‘as excited as ever’

Lionel Messi will on Tuesday become the first footballer to play in a sixth World Cup, the latest chapter of a 20-year love story with the tournament that reached its climax at... Read more »

Two years on, Argentina still searches for answers in missing child case

June 13, 2024, was the last day five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña was seen alive.  The boy vanished after travelling with his father to his grandmother Catalina’s home in the rural community of... Read more »

Artificial Intelligence and natural stupidity

T he bill still awaits Congress approval but President Javier Milei has proposed granting legal status to companies peopled (or “non-peopled”) by creations of Artificial Intelligence. In just three weeks time the... Read more »

It’s a small World (Cup) II: The geopolitics of football

The World Cup is now up and running with four of its 104 matches already played by the time this newspaper reaches the breakfast table, including all three hosts. Not that we... Read more »

The Milei siblings are losing soldiers, fast

The Milei siblings, Javier and Karina, built a popular movement literally from scratch. In a country as bureaucratic and politically structured as Argentina, they managed to achieve the impossible and reach the... Read more »