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Montevideo, March 4th 2026 - 19:34 UTC

Argentina

  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentine gov't announces “new” voluntary military service

    The main difference with the previously existing one is a change in the age bracket of candidates from 18-24 to 18-28 years

    Argentina's Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei announced Thursday the creation of a Voluntary Military Service program for people aged 18–28, managed by the Ministries of Defense and Human Capital. The program aims to instill values like discipline, effort, and patriotism while offering training in trades such as cooking, mechanics, and security, alongside opportunities to complete compulsory education. It seeks to enhance personal and professional development and strengthen defense capabilities.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 20:58 UTC

    Maradona Case: Mistrial declared - all back to square one

    The mistrial was declared after over two months of hearings and 40 witness testimonies

    The proceedings against most members of the medical team treating former Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in the days leading up to his death ended up in a mistrial Thursday, Justices Maximiliano Savarino and Verónica Di Tommaso of the San Isidro Oral Court #3 decided as they removed fellow magistrate Julieta Makintach from the panel for participating in an unauthorized documentary about the case.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 11:14 UTC

    Argentina: Milei’s intelligence plan raises concerns over domestic surveillance

    The draft of the State Intelligence Secretariat does not specify who qualifies as a “manipulative actor,” raising concerns about potential targeting of journalists, social activists, and critics

    Argentina's government under President Javier Milei is under fire after the leak of a controversial National Intelligence Plan (PIN) that could lead to internal espionage targeting critics of his administration.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    RFK, Jr., and Milei agree on creating an alternative to the WHO

    RFK Jr. insisted on the creation of an alternative international health system free of totalitarian impulses

    Argentina, under President Javier Milei, announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the first country in the region to do so, following the United States' exit under President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Future of Maradona Case trial to be decided this week

    After Judge Makintach was removed from the case, the Court needs to decide on the future steps

    Deputies in the Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature unanimously agreed to request impeachment proceedings against Judge Julieta Makintach for her involvement in a documentary about the malpractice trial of Diego Maradona's medical team. The magistrate played a leading role in the film despite denying any wrongdoing.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 20:38 UTC

    Argentine press guilds raise their eyes at new attacks on media freedom by Libertarian gov't

    The new guidelines “turn out to be excessively restrictive,” ADEPA warned

    Argentine journalist guilds expressed their concern after the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) targeted reporter Hugo Alconada Mon, and the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei upped the ante towards the exercise of journalism in Casa Rosada.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 15:36 UTC

    Messi and Suárez launch new football club in Uruguay: Deportivo LSM

    Deportivo LSM will begin its journey in the Segunda División Amateur, the fourth tier of Uruguayan football.

    Football legends Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez have announced the creation of their own football club in Uruguay, “Deportivo LSM,” which will compete in the country’s official league system under the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) starting in 2026.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina celebrates UK/Mauritius agreement on Chagos as a path to a Falklands dialogue

    Gerardo Werthein Argentine minister of foreign affairs, international trade and worship

    This Monday, May 26, the Argentine Foreign Ministry published a release celebrating the Agreement between the governments of UK and of the Republic of Mauritius referred to the Chagos archipelago including the island of Diego Garcia.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentina's Health Minister welcomes Robert F. Kennedy Jr

    With RFK Jr., Lugones confirmed Argentina was pulling from the World Health Organization (WHO)

    Argentina's Health Minister Mario Lugones met Monday with US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to align Javier Milei's government with Washington's administration in this regard. Both officials confirmed Buenos Aires' withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), criticizing its unscientific approach and political influence.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 09:50 UTC

    Presidents Orsi and Milei should meet in early July, Argentine ambassador says

    Orsi and Milei have never met since the latter's March 1 inauguration

    Argentina's Ambassador to Uruguay, Alan Beraud, announced that Presidents Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay and Javier Milei of Argentina will meet at a Mercosur summit in Buenos Aires on July 3, 2025, during the transfer of the Southern Common Market's (Mercosur) Pro Tempore Presidency.