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Montevideo, November 15th 2025 - 21:20 UTC

Argentina

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina and Paraguay expedite OECD membership applications

    Argentina had been invited to join the organization in 2022 but declined under then-President Alberto Fernández

    Argentina has formally initiated the technical phase of its bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), submitting its “initial memorandum” to the Paris-based body. The document, a preliminary self-assessment of the country's alignment with international standards, was delivered by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, who is currently visiting Buenos Aires.

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  • Saturday, November 8th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Milei promotes Argentina's business climate at NY event

    Milei's event at the Council of the Americas drew attendees from major business firms

    Argentine President Javier Milei concluded his trip to the United States on Friday, spending the day in New York, where he met with high-profile business leaders and made a significant personal visit to a revered religious site.

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  • Friday, November 7th 2025 - 12:19 UTC

    Milei criticizes Mamdani and praises Trump

    Milei described his recent Oct. 26 election win as a “plebiscite for two models of the country”

    In his appearance on Thursday at the America Business Forum in Miami, Argentine President Javier Milei seized the opportunity to lambast New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, praise his US colleague Donald Trump, and seek investments for his country. Milei described his own electoral victory as a mandate for capitalist reform.

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  • Friday, November 7th 2025 - 12:15 UTC

    New trial against CFK begins in Buenos Aires

    Given the high number of witnesses and defendants, the court expects the trial to last several years

    The so-called “notebook” trial against former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) kicked off in Buenos Aires on Thursday in a streaming fashion, with the defendant appearing online from her house arrest, where she is already serving another sentence for corruption.

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  • Thursday, November 6th 2025 - 21:48 UTC

    Former Argentine VP moots euthanasia bill

    “I believe society is more mature to have this debate,” Cobos argued

    Following the approval in Uruguay of the so-called Dignified Death Act (or Euthanasia Law), former Argentine Vice President Julio César Cleto Cobos, now a Radical Civic Union (UCR) Federal Congressman from the province of Mendoza, pushed a similar initiative across the pond.

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  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 15:02 UTC

    “Argentina Is on a Path to Economic Success”, Nouriel Roubini

    In 2006, Roubini warned that a housing bust would trigger a global banking crisis and deep recession within a few years. U.S. subprime collapse spread through the financial system

    While many commentators have criticized Argentine President Javier Milei's draconian approach to economic reform, the results of the October legislative election show that the Argentine people would prefer short-term economic pain over a return to Peronist policies. Milei now has a clear path to finish what he started. The piece was written by Nouriel Roubini, one of the very few economists who anticipated the 2008 world recession and has been identified as Dr. Doom because of his forecasts *

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Milei welcomes US Ambassador at Casa Rosada

    After conferring with Lamelas, Milei will be traveling to the US

    Argentine President Javier Milei formally welcomed Peter Lamelas, the new United States Ambassador to Argentina, on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. The meeting took place just hours before President Milei's planned trip to Miami and New York.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    FT says Trump teams evaluating dollarization of Argentina's economy

    Trump remains committed to “maintaining the strength and power of the dollar,” as Beijing pushes for the use of other currencies

    Sources close to US President Donald Trump said the Republican administration was actively discussing a strategy to encourage several countries to adopt the greenback as their official currency, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday. The move would seek to curb China’s growing influence and maintain the dollar's global dominance.

  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    The Guardian highlights the hardships Argentines go through under Milei

    “You’re either poor or rich,” The Guardian highlighted, quoting an interviewee. Photo: Luis Robayo/AFP

    Despite President Javier Milei's success in significantly lowering annual inflation from over 211% in 2023 to 32% by September 2025, a majority of Argentines are struggling as their purchasing power has collapsed under the administration's “chainsaw” austerity program, the London outlet The Guardian noted.

  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Milei picks Santilli as new Interior Minister

    Santilli's choice came hours after a strained dinner between Milei and former President Mauricio Macri

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced Sunday that he would be appointing newly elected Congressman Diego Santilli as his administration's new Interior Minister following the resignation of Lisandro Catalán.