Argentina

• Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 00:03 UTC

  Argentine doctors investigated for stealing anesthetics from hospital for use at private parties

  

  The death of a 31-year-old anesthesiologist in Buenos Aires on February 20 has triggered a judicial investigation into the systematic theft of fentanyl and propofol from a major private hospital and their recreational use at private gatherings known in medical circles as “Propo Fest.”

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 21:01 UTC

  Milei reaffirms Falklands sovereignty, warns oil firms and vows to rebuild the armed forces

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday reaffirmed his country's sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands, warned of a diplomatic response to British oil exploration in the area, and announced that 10% of fiscal revenue from privatizations will be allocated to purchasing weapons and equipment for the armed forces.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 10:50 UTC

  Milei presides over Falklands fallen tribute amid thaw in relations with London

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is leading Thursday's central ceremony marking Veterans Day and the Day of the Fallen in the Falklands War, at Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires's Retiro neighborhood, where the cenotaph honoring soldiers killed in the 1982 conflict stands. The ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m., includes a presidential address, a wreath-laying, and a minute of silence before the unknown soldier plaque.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 01:49 UTC

  Argentina: court demands university salary restoration amid faculty strikes

  

  Argentina's Federal Administrative Litigation Chamber on Tuesday upheld an injunction ordering President Javier Milei's government to immediately enforce Law 27,795 on University Funding, which mandates salary adjustments for teaching and non-teaching staff at public universities and the restoration of student scholarship programs.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 18:05 UTC

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Adorni bought $230,000 apartment that his declared income cannot explain

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni purchased a nearly 200-square-meter apartment in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito in November 2025 for $230,000, according to records from the National Property Registry. The financing behind the transaction does not align with the assets Adorni declared before the Anti-Corruption Office, deepening a credibility crisis that has trailed the official for weeks.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 01:24 UTC

  Argentine court charges football chief 'Chiqui' Tapia and top AFA officials with tax fraud

  

  An Argentine court on Monday charged the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, treasurer Pablo Toviggino, and three other officials with misappropriation of tax revenue and social security funds, in a case involving unpaid withholdings of more than 19 billion pesos (roughly $13 million).

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 01:16 UTC

  Argentine microsatellite to fly on NASA's Artemis 2 Moon mission

  

  A microsatellite designed and built entirely in Argentina will travel as a secondary payload on the crewed Artemis 2 mission, which NASA plans to launch Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Argentina is the only Latin American country selected to participate and one of four globally, alongside Germany, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:33 UTC

  Milei's Cabinet Chief formally charged with alleged illicit enrichment

  

  Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni has been formally charged with alleged illicit enrichment after federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita pushed criminal proceedings forward and requested twelve evidentiary measures from Judge Ariel Lijo aimed at reconstructing the official's asset history since 2022.

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:29 UTC

  A week to forget for Milei: Adorni scandal, skeptical markets, cultural battle collapse

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's administration closed one of its worst weeks in office, cornered by an expanding judicial front against Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni, adverse market signals, and the collapse of its discursive offensive on historical memory.

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:22 UTC

  Argentine lawyer held in Brazil on racial slur charges faces new uncertainty after court reversal

  

  Agostina Páez, a 29-year-old Argentine lawyer and influencer from the province of Santiago del Estero, has been held in Rio de Janeiro since January 14, when she was filmed making racist gestures toward employees of a bar in the Ipanema neighborhood. The video quickly went viral and led to three criminal complaints for racial slur, a crime that carries a penalty of two to five years in prison per offense under Brazilian law.