Inflation continues to accelerate: consumer prices rose 3.4% in March

Consumer prices in Argentina rose by 3.4 percent in March – the highest monthly increase in a year. Education led March’s hikes, rising 12 percent in the month. It was followed by... Read more »

Milei vows to stay course, tackles ‘bad’ inflation data head-on in AmCham speech

President Javier Milei closed the AmCham Summit 2026 with an animated speech on Tuesday, during which he defended his administration in the wake of “bad” inflation data. Milei, 55, spoke just two... Read more »

Maradona’s birthplace repurposed as soup kitchen for hungry

Diego Maradona would be happy, his fans say.  The childhood home of the late national football legend has been transformed into a soup kitchen for people squeezed by President Javier Milei’s austerity... Read more »

Oil-rich Latin America lures traders navigating war jitters

Latin American assets have emerged as a haven for emerging-market investors trying to navigate an increasingly volatile global backdrop, buoyed by a roster of oil exporters and greater insulation from tensions in... Read more »

Milei’s auction favours group with past China ties, US dredger warns

A US dredging company is calling out the bid terms of President Javier Milei’s signature concession in Argentina, claiming they’re tilted in favour of a consortium with past ties to China.  Great... Read more »

Right-wing candidates tipped for run-off in Peru presidential vote

Two Peruvian right-wing candidates looked set on Monday to advance to a presidential run-off, after an election marred by logistical foul-ups and deep voter anger. With voting still ongoing in parts of... Read more »

Environmental NGOs seek ‘largest collective lawsuit in history’ to defend glaciers

Argentina’s lower house Chamber of Deputies has approved a reform to the national Glacier Law, giving the green light to a series of changes which – according to environmental organisations – “put... Read more »

Authorities say fatal school shooting linked online ‘TCC’ crime community

The perpetrator of this month’s shocking school shooting in Santa Fe Province was not a victim of bullying and participated in a true-crime Internet sub-culture dedicated to such incidents, say officials in... Read more »

Did the ayatollahs get one over on Trump?

Channelling Genghis Khan, Donald Trump threatened to make a “whole civilisation die tonight” unless he got his way, only to relent at the last minute after persuading himself that Iran should be... Read more »

Russian psyops and the dance of the candidates

A former ally of the governing libertarian coalition recently repeated what the President’s unofficial biographer, Noticias  magazine journalist Juan Luis Gonzalez, explained in his notorious book El Loco (“The Madman”): Javier and Karina Milei... Read more »