2025: The year that was

Below follows this newspaper’s ninth annual review (and the fifth year dominated by elections towards its end), based entirely on Buenos Aires Times content. Without any further ado, here goes:   JANUARY... Read more »

Argentina still US$2.4 billion short for January bond payments

With just five trading days left ahead of a crucial January 9 deadline, Argentina’s Treasury only has US$1.9 billion of the US$4.3 billion it owes despite recent efforts to bolster the country’s stash... Read more »

Milei carves path for savers to stop stashing cash under couches

After decades of financial crises, Argentines tend to keep their money just about anywhere except a bank – under the couch, dug in the backyard or in bulletproof bunkers. One ex-politician famously... Read more »

A look back – Ten events that defined 2025

Trump returns A protectionist offensive. Mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Dismantling entire sections of the US federal government. Since his return to the White House for a second term in January, Republican... Read more »

From World Cup football to the Moon: Five things to keep an eye on in 2026

Here are five big events to watch out for in 2026.   Climate: Will the world act? The world is already experiencing record heat – and things are likely to get hotter... Read more »

Which countries improved the most this year? Argentina and Syria for The Economist — MercoPress

Which countries improved the most this year? Argentina and Syria for The Economist Tuesday, December 30th 2025 – 10:55 UTC President Milei stuck to his chainsaw in 2025, and voters... Read more »

Showdown looms as EU-Mercosur deal nears finish line

Brussels and Berlin insisted Monday the EU’s vast proposed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur must get over the finish line by year end – despite a last-ditch French push to derail... Read more »

Argentina to loosen currency policy and build reserves

Argentina has loosened restrictions on currency trading and said it will start to rebuild foreign reserves, taking advantage of growing investor confidence in the President Javier Milei’s government to shore up its... Read more »

Ahmed al Ahmed and an indelible message to the world

In Australia, a new chapter in the long history of anti-Semitic bloodshed and injustice has been written: the Catholic Church, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Nazis (later protected by... Read more »

Horacio Rosatti: ‘I must be most spied upon public official in Argentina today’

In an extensive conversation with no taboos, Horacio Rosatti, the chief justice of Argentina’s Supreme Court, analyses the most sensitive issues on the judicial agenda: judicial independence, his relationship with presidents, the... Read more »