Argentina

• Friday, September 12th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  First batch of Argentine deportees from US back home

  

  Not so long ago, Argentines were hoping to be allowed back into the United States' visa waiver program. Then, some procedural glitch froze the initiative until further notice. On Thursday, the first batch of Argentine deportees arrived at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport as a result of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

• Thursday, September 11th 2025 - 19:59 UTC

  Milei has been working daily from Casa Rosada since Sunday's defeat

  

  In an attempt to portray a Government going about its business as usual following last Sunday's electoral defeat in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentine President Javier Milei shifted his routine from the Olivos Residence to Casa Rosada for four consecutive days as of Thursday.

• Thursday, September 11th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  Milei appoints new Interior Minister

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei reinstated the Ministry of the Interior and appointed Lisandro Catalán to head it as part of a broader political strategy to rebuild ties with provincial governors following last Sunday's political setback in the province of Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, September 11th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina: August's inflation stands at 1.9%

  

  Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) released its monthly report on Wednesday, showing that inflation in August stood at 1.9%, thus extending a trend of slowing price increases.

• Thursday, September 11th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

  Tickets for flights between Shanghai and Buenos Aires available

  

  China Eastern Airlines has begun selling tickets for its new flights from Shanghai to Buenos Aires, which are scheduled to commence on December 4. The new service will become the world's longest direct flight by duration, lasting some 29 hours with a technical stopover in Auckland, New Zealand, for refueling.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  IMF supports Argentina despite electoral setback

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) publicly reaffirmed on Tuesday its support for the Argentine Government's economic program despite Sunday's electoral loss in the province of Buenos Aires. This move is seen as a crucial effort to calm markets that reacted with panic to the election results.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

  Milei creates committee to weather post-election crisis

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will form a new national political committee and has called for dialogue with governors nationwide, following Sunday's crushing defeat against Peronism-Kirchnerism in the province of Buenos Aires' midterm federal elections, Spokesman Manuel Adorni announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentine-born woman killed in Jerusalem terrorist attack

  

  Argentine-born Sara Mariela Voloj de Mendelson was among the six people killed by Palestinian terrorists on a Jerusalem bus on her way to work on Monday. Voloj, aged 57, was also the only woman to have died in the incident, which also left 13 people wounded.

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 19:15 UTC

  Argentina: Dollar jumps after Sunday's midterm elections in BA province

  

  The results of Sunday's midterm elections in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires pushed the US dollar above the AR$1,400 cap, given the poor performance of President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and, with it, the resurrection of Peronism-Kirchnerism. In addition, Argentine stock abroad fell sharply, coupled with a spike in the country's risk rating.

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei's party dealt heavy blow in province of Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) suffered a severe blow on Sunday in the midterm elections in the province of Buenos Aires at the hands of arch-rivals Fuerza Patria, the name under which Kirchnerism-Peronism entered the contest. Turnout stood at 63%.