’cause I’m the Taxman | Buenos Aires Times

At first sight there might seem little remarkable about the heads of the ARCA tax revenue and customs authority and Banco Nación being replaced by the next in the line of succession,... Read more »

Milei gives in to IMF pressure and opens door to inflation risk

After two years of prioritising “a cheap dollar” as an anchor to show falling inflation figures, President Javier Milei’s government has yielded to pressure from Washington to strengthen Argentina’s international reserves.  The... Read more »

Mercosur meets in Brazil, EU eyes January 12 trade deal

Representatives of the Mercosur bloc met in Brazil Friday, as EU diplomatic sources said a long-delayed trade deal may now be signed on January 12. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay had hoped... Read more »

Milei’s law for (removing) glacier protection is a regressive reform

A bid to translate a longstanding yearning of multinational mining majors into reality is being made during Argentina’s summer.  On Monday, the national government presented a bill to amend Law No. 26,639,... Read more »

Verón, AFA’s adversary, takes Estudiantes to Clausura triumph

Recognised for years as a skilful high-calibre player in Europe, Juan Sebastián Verón’s heart has always been with Estudiantes de La Plata. Last weekend, he and the club celebrated their first league... Read more »

Cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining

A Swiss-backed venture seeking to build the first large copper mine in an Argentine province better known for winemaking is considering financing offers in a key test case for the fledgling industry.... Read more »

Tapia distances himself from AFA’s negative headlines at home

With an off-pitch political storm raging back home in Argentina, Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia spent the week in Doha projecting composure on football’s global stage.  With accusations and investigations dominating the headlines back... Read more »

Milei stymies wild peso swings as he resets Argentine FX policy

Every morning at Argentina’s Central Bank, traders on its foreign exchange desk start with a simple mission: keep the peso from moving too far up or down.  Most recently, they’ve been successful... Read more »

Argentina needs a robust plan of national consensus

The Donald Trump administration’s newly released national security strategy marks a decisive turn in US foreign policy. It distances Washington from Europe, tacitly concedes Russian and Chinese zones of influence and reasserts... Read more »

Milei embraces Chile’s president-elect Kast, cementing right-wing alliance

There may be no stranger duo on the expanding stage of the global right than Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast and Argentina’s libertarian firebrand Javier Milei. Kast, a strict Catholic father of... Read more »