Congress pushes back after Milei’s three-veto strike

President Javier Milei suffered another setback midweek as Congress gave a pointed response midweek to three vetoes signed by the head of state. Over last weekend, Milei struck down three laws in... Read more »

Hidden bond between Leonardo Scatturice and Daniel Hadad

The investigation by attorney Natalia Volosin and a series of unprecedented documents attest to all the details of the business ties between Flybondi owner Leonardo Scatturice and Infobae founder Daniel Hadad. According... Read more »

Trump urges China to quadruple US soy buying, lifting prices

US President Donald Trump said he hopes China will massively step up its purchases of American soybeans — comments that come a day before a trade truce expires. “China is worried about... Read more »

Fearful Westerners turn their backs on Israel

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken to warning his counterparts in European nations, such as the United Kingdom and France, tha, if they continue to appease Hamas because many of their... Read more »

Thinking outside the box | Buenos Aires Times

The presidential vetoes signed last weekend against legislation on behalf of pensioners and the handicapped followed in midweek by defiant Congress passage of its university funding bill confirm that the executive and... Read more »

Civil war in the ‘iron triangle’ and the Scatturice ordeal

Tension has been building within the once impenetrable “iron triangle” composed of President Javier Milei, his sister and chief-of-staff Karina and controversial political strategist Santiago Caputo.  Karina is achieving total victory over... Read more »

Milei seeks to retake initiative with vetoes after Congress pushback

President Javier Milei delivered his seventh nationwide broadcast since taking office on Friday, using it to justify a series of vetoes published in the Official Gazette earlier in the week under Decree... Read more »

The (wrong?) assumption that energy and mining will save Argentina

It often happens that a country in one corner of the world, like Argentina, minds its own business as if nothing else mattered until somebody or something bursts its bubble – overnight... Read more »

Deadlines or lifelines? | Buenos Aires Times

A midweek press time made it impossible to have a complete overview of the alliances for the October 26 national midterms in today’s column (the deadline was the midnight of the day before... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: August 1 to 8

  CONFLICT OF POWERS More back and forth between the Javier Milei administration and Congress last week. Over the weekend, President Milei signed a total executive branch veto of the three bills... Read more »