Venezuela’s 600% inflation undercuts Trump’s boasts of revival

The Donald Trump administration promised Venezuelans economic prosperity after removing Nicolás Maduro from power. Life has only gotten harder in the two months since.  The petrostate’s oil output fell 21 percent to... Read more »

$LIBRA scandal is Milei’s greatest threat

Within Argentina’s judicial system, it is said that federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano is in shock. The claim is impossible to verify, but understandable – he has in his hands documents that could... Read more »

Argentine court probe finds alleged US$5 million deal tied to Milei’s promotion of $LIBRA — MercoPress

Argentine court probe finds alleged US$5 million deal tied to Milei’s promotion of $LIBRA Monday, March 16th 2026 – 05:15 UTC The timing outlined in the draft overlaps with events... Read more »

Entrepenuer’s phone records cast doubt on President’s ‘$LIBRA’ defence

Fresh analysis of mobile phone records by prosecutors and investigators is casting doubt over Argentina’s President Javier Milei’s claim that his promotion of the ‘$LIBRA’ cryptocurrency on social media was an innocent... Read more »

Adorni is breaking his back

News that Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni brought his wife along for an official trip to New York rained on the Javier Milei administration’s parade just as it was looking to pat itself... Read more »

The Wall Street shuffle | Buenos Aires Times

President Javier Milei cannot seriously be faulted for his misfortune in timing Argentina Week for what was Iran Week for the rest of the world, but he was far more at fault... Read more »

No inertia with Persia | Buenos Aires Times

“The moving finger writes and having writ,/Moves on nor all they piety nor wit/Shall lure it back to cancel half a line/Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it” –... Read more »

Facing the Islamist challenge | Buenos Aires Times

One might think that saving the world from a nuclear holocaust would be more than enough to justify the decision by the governments of the US and Israel to attack Iran, which... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: March 6 to 13

  INFLATION STATIC Last month’s inflation was 2.9 percent, an identical figure to January in a shorter month, INDEC national statistics bureau announced on Thursday afternoon, thus making for an annual rate... Read more »

Boca Jnrs planning bigger Bombonera – new stadium expansion plans leak

After last weekend’s unsettling quiet, the newly off-strike Liga Profesional de Fútbol wasted no time in clattering its proverbial saucepans and announcing it was back and louder than ever. On Tuesday, the... Read more »