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Montevideo, October 25th 2025 - 17:25 UTC

Argentina

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    G77 + China reaffirms support for Argentina over Falklands sovereignty and natural resources

    Beyond the Falklands issue, the G77 + China declaration also addressed global economic challenges

    The Group of 77 + China has reiterated its “strong support” for Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands and surrounding maritime areas, urging Buenos Aires and London to resume negotiations to find a peaceful resolution to the long-standing dispute.

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Milei-Macri rapprochement agreed upon for after midterms

    This renewed dialogue was reportedly influenced by Trump and the IMF

    Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Friday visited the incumbent Javier Milei at the Olivos Residence to discuss a joint strategy after the Oct. 26 midterm elections.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Bessent insists US ready to help Argentina

    Under heavy flak for his crumbling economic policies, Milei likened Bessent to footballer Lionel Messi

    US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly reiterated his strong support for Argentine President Javier Milei's government, confirming that his agency was prepared “to do whatever it takes” to stabilize the South American country's economy and was working on a currency swap package believed to be around US$20 billion.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Two vetoes repealed: New Congressional defeat for Milei

    The Senate rejected the vetoes Milei signed in August

    The Argentine Senate rejected President Javier Milei's vetoes on two key bills—the University Funding Law and the Pediatric Emergency Law (which allocates resources to the Garrahan Hospital)—effectively ensuring both laws remain in force.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 09:52 UTC

    Scientific vessel stranded in Buenos Aires

    The Falkor (Too), belonging to the Schmidt Ocean Institute, was scheduled to begin the “Echoes of Two Cannons” mission on Sept. 30, but permission to begin the campaign did not arrive in time.

    The Falkor (Too), a highly-publicized scientific vessel, which carried out missions for Uruguayan and Argentine researchers recently, is being delayed at the Port of Buenos Aires because of a missing signature.

  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:06 UTC

    Kicillof visits CFK as midterms loom over

    Kicillof is seeking to replicate the strategy that allowed Peronism to defeat Milei's Libertarians in the Buenos Aires province elections

    Axel Kicillof, Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, and arguably the main opposition leader following Sept. 7 elections in his district, where he dealt a heavy blow to President Javier Milei's political force, paid a visit Wednesday to Justicialist (Peronist) Party Chairwoman Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).

  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:01 UTC

    “Argentina’s finances just got even more surreal”, by The Economist

    President Milei and mentor, Donald Trump, Make Argentina Great Again

    On September 22nd, 15 minutes before Argentina’s foreign-exchange markets opened, America’s government made an intervention. “Argentina is a systemically important US ally,” Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, wrote on X, a social network. He added that the United States would “do what is needed” and that “all options for stabilization are on the table.”

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    CFK fears peso devaluation after Oct. 26 midterm elections

    CFK also highlighted Milei's failure to deliver on his election promises

    As the Argentine Government of Javier Milei grapples to keep the local peso from plunging against the US dollar, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posted from her house arrest that everybody knew about the impending devaluation after the Oct. 26 midterm elections. “Oh, Milei! ... It seems to me that they realized that after Sunday the 26th, you would devalue,” CFK wrote.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei announces new meeting with Trump at White House

    Milei and his entourage will be staying at the Blair Residence, spared for visiting close allies

    Argentine President Javier Milei will meet on Oct. 14 with his US counterpart, Donald J. Trump, at the White House, just a few days ahead of the midterm elections in the South American country, Casa Rosada confirmed Tuesday. “MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. End,” Milei posted on X.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Milei restores ties with Macri after Buenos Aires defeat

    The reunion between the two leaders comes less than a month before the national legislative elections

    Argentine President Javier Milei has resumed dialogue with former president Mauricio Macri after more than a year of political distance. The rapprochement comes in the wake of La Libertad Avanza’s electoral defeat in Buenos Aires province, where Peronism won by more than one million votes.