Argentina

• Tuesday, February 24th 2026 - 12:09 UTC

  Argentina courts shelve hundreds of tax-evasion cases after “Fiscal Innocence” law takes effect

  

  Argentina’s federal courts have begun closing hundreds of tax-evasion in bulk following the rollout of the so-called Fiscal Innocence framework, a reform that sharply raised the monetary thresholds required for tax evasion to qualify as a criminal offense and that is being applied retroactively under the “more benign criminal law” principle.

• Monday, February 23rd 2026 - 13:26 UTC

  Plot to kill Argentine security minister and two federal justice officials in Punta del Este

  

  Argentine authorities are investigating an alleged plot to kill Entre Ríos’ Security and Justice Minister Néstor Roncaglia and two federal justice officials — Judge Leandro Ríos and prosecutor José Ignacio Candiotti — in attacks that case files described as planned for Punta del Este, using Uruguayan hitmen for about US$40,000.

• Monday, February 23rd 2026 - 04:48 UTC

  IMF flags risks of outdated inflation metrics in fast-changing economies

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging countries to modernize how they measure inflation and other key indicators, integrating point-of-sale and online data to reduce “blind spots” that, the institution argues, are widening as the economy becomes more digital and traditional surveys lose accuracy.

• Monday, February 23rd 2026 - 01:12 UTC

  Argentina reports theft at Labour Secretariat offices in central Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina’s government said on Sunday it had reported a theft of IT equipment and other items from offices linked to the Labour Secretariat in central Buenos Aires, launching both a federal court case and an internal probe.

• Saturday, February 21st 2026 - 01:40 UTC

  Package bomb injures four at Argentina gendarmerie school in Buenos Aires

  

  A package containing an explosive device detonated on Friday at Argentina’s National Gendarmerie Superior School in central Buenos Aires, injuring force personnel and triggering a security operation and a partial evacuation of the premises.

• Friday, February 20th 2026 - 04:02 UTC

  Argentina’s lower house backs Milei labour reform bill without article 44

  

  Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies approved President Javier Milei’s “labour modernisation” bill on Thursday, but with a last-minute change that removed article 44, one of the proposal’s most disputed provisions. Because the text was amended, it must return to the Senate for a final vote, a timetable the government wants completed ahead of the March 1 opening of the ordinary congressional session.

• Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 11:59 UTC

  CGT general strike disrupts transport in Argentina as lower house debates Milei labor reform

  

  Argentina began a 24-hour general strike on Thursday called by the country’s main labor federation, the CGT, to protest President Javier Milei’s labor reform bill, as the Chamber of Deputies was set to start debating the legislation from 2:00 p.m. local time. The stoppage immediately hit urban and long-distance mobility and forced airlines and operators to reschedule services.

• Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 02:47 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas cancels 255 flights amid CGT strike, US$3m loss estimated

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas said it will cancel 255 flights across its network on Thursday, February 19, as Argentina’s main labor confederation, the CGT, carries out a 24-hour general strike. The airline estimated the disruption will affect more than 31,000 passengers and generate losses of about US$ 3 million.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2026 - 03:12 UTC

  Argentina clears US oceanographic cruise in the South Atlantic as debate grows over “dual-use” data

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) recorded that it had “no objections,” within its remit, to a United States request for a marine scientific research cruise by the R/V Roger Revelle inside Argentina’s Exclusive Economic Zone between March 5 and March 30, 2026. In the same document, the council asked for “all basic data” plus “preliminary and final reports” to be submitted to Argentine authorities prior to any publication of results.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 23:59 UTC

  Argentine court declares “king of beef” bankrupt as he remains hospitalized in Punta del Este

  

  An Argentine commercial court has declared meat businessman Alberto Samid—widely known in Argentina as the “king of beef”—bankrupt, ordering broad asset restrictions and imposing a travel ban until July 3, 2026. The ruling emerged as Samid was hospitalized at the Cantegril clinic in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and he has now been transferred to Buenos Aires on a medical flight.