A Massacre’s Impunity Abides | Buenos Aires Times

Impossible to measure the scandal of the continued impunity enjoyed by the 1994 terrorist bomb destruction of the AMIA Jewish community centre since those first moments of horror 31 years ago yesterday... Read more »

Anatomy of a macrocephalic | Buenos Aires Times

The tyrannies of a midweek press time for this column means that in this age of instant communications a full analysis of the electoral alliances in Buenos Aires Province is reaching the... Read more »

Banks face liquidity crunch as peso yields soar

Interest rates on Argentine peso notes are soaring across the board, piling pressure on banks amid a liquidity crunch caused by government efforts to defend the local currency. The one-day peso repo... Read more »

Caputo’s ‘buy ‘em up champ’ and Milei’s ‘Epstein moment’

Donald Trump is facing a revolution within his core base. The MAGA movement — the “Make America Great Again” crew who have become loyal militants of the President of the United States... Read more »

A big win in midterms would be bad news for Milei

Two months into the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and three months from the October midterm elections, the President Javier Milei administration continues to prioritise, above all other issues, showing... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: July 12 to 19

  INFLATION ALMOST STATIC Last month’s inflation was 1.6 percent, the INDEC national statistics bureau announced last Monday, barely up from May’s 1.5 percent and below the estimates of almost every private... Read more »

Politics becomes a strictly personal matter

These are bad days for political movements that are based on ideas rather than on charismatic personalities able to persuade large numbers of people that they can make their lives better or,... Read more »

Boom or broke: Milei’s shake up splits nation along financial lines

Javier Milei’s Argentina is undergoing a boom in car sales, real estate and flights are fully reserved. But among low-income sectors, consumption has fallen, employment is precarious and supermarket bills are being... Read more »

Trial in absentia – the hope of justice for AMIA bombing

The ruling of federal judge Daniel Rafecas to apply a trial in absentia in the case of the terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community centre (July 18, 1994) opens up a... Read more »

Luna Park redevelopment plan unveiled with 2027 target

The iconic Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires, long regarded as one of the flagship venues of Argentina’s live entertainment scene, will close its doors temporarily as it embarks upon a major... Read more »