Argentina

• Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentina begins evacuating nationals stranded in Israel

  

  The Argentine government launched a repatriation operation to evacuate around 450 nationals of the South American country stranded in Israel amid the conflict with Iran, which has nevertheless been reported to have ended, at least for now.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 09:07 UTC

  Contaminated fentanyl kills 48 so far in Argentina

  

  This week's issue of Argentina's National Epidemiological Bulletin reported 48 deaths from contaminated fentanyl across 11 of 19 affected healthcare facilities. The contaminated batches, linked to Pharma Group SA and Ramallo SA laboratories, caused fatal invasive infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae and Ralstonia mannitolilytica bacteria.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 16:09 UTC

  Milei claims Argentina is the world’s 23rd military power — but global rankings say otherwise

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei has sparked controversy by claiming that Argentina is currently the 23rd strongest military power in the world. The statement, made during a recent interview in Casa Rosada, credited Defense Minister Luis Petri’s leadership. However, data from international defense rankings tell a different story.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:25 UTC

  Argentina's GDP grows 5.8%, Indec reports

  

  Argentina's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.8% year-over-year and 0.8% compared to the last quarter of 2024 in the first quarter of 2025, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported Monday in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Family of autistic child sues Milei over social media posting

  

  The family of 12-year-old Ian Moche, an autism awareness activist, sued Argentine President Javier Milei over an offensive post on X.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  IMF mission arriving in Buenos Aires to monitor progress

  

  A technical mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Bikas Joshi, is due in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to conduct the first review of Argentina's new economic program. The proceedings were initially set for June 15 but postponed to allow more time for the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei to meet reserve targets.

• Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:51 UTC

  “We are on the right side of history”: Milei defends bombings in Iran

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has publicly supported the recent US and Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

• Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:58 UTC

  Flag Day showcases rift between Milei and Vilarruel

  

  The June 20 National Flag Day commemorating another anniversary of General Manuel Belgrano's passing further showcased the rift between Argentine President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who appeared at different celebrations hundreds of kilometers apart.

• Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:51 UTC

  CFK sends crowds away from her home and delivers a recorded message

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers Friday in a recorded message from her house arrest in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución that Security Minister Patricia Bullrich was seeking “to provoke chaos” and insisted that Javier Milei's policies could collapse sooner or later.

• Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

  CFK may show up at balcony, court says

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), under house arrest for a conviction in the Vialidad corruption case, has been fitted with an electronic anklet to monitor her location, as ordered by Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 2 (TOF 2)