Argentina

Friday, September 5th 2025 - 09:55 UTC
World Cup South American playoffs: 4 teams score 3-0 wins

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Colombia all scored 3-0 wins on Thursday in the penultimate round of the South American Football Confederation's (Conmebol) 2026 World Cup qualifying round.
Friday, September 5th 2025 - 09:52 UTC
Violence-halted football match: U de Chile advances

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) decided on Thursday at its headquarters in Asunción that the Copa Sudamericana match in Avellaneda between Argentina's Independiente and Universidad de Chile, which was suspended amid hooligan violence, was to be declared as finished, with the Chilean squad advancing to the next round.
Friday, September 5th 2025 - 09:21 UTC
Milei holds meetings in Los Angeles

Argentine President Javier Milei traveled to Los Angeles on Thursday to attract investment and strengthen ties with key US sectors. He was joined by Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo and Buenos Aires' Ambassador to Washington Alejandro Oxenford.
Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 19:16 UTC
CFK campaigns for the opposition from her house arrest

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), currently under house arrest, has jumped again onto the political fray just days ahead of next Sunday's midterm elections in the province of Buenos Aires, a key district whose results may cascade upon other constituencies on Oct. 26.
Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Washington halts adding Argentina to visa waiver program

The United States administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday paused the treatment of a visa waiver agreement with Argentina. This decision was made just as an Argentine delegation was on its way to Washington to sign the pact.
Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:27 UTC
Argentine authorities given painting stolen during WWII

Argentina's Federal Police on Wednesday took delivery of the painting “Portrait of a Lady” by Giuseppe Ghislandi, which had been stolen by the Nazis in the Netherlands during World War II. The work of art, dating back to 1710, was voluntarily handed over by the family in possession of it for decades.
Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:23 UTC
CFK greets supporters on anniversary of murder attempt

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) appeared on the balcony of her apartment in Constitución, Buenos Aires, where she is under house arrest, to greet hundreds of activists, who showed up to express their support on the third anniversary of her Sept. 1, 2022, assassination attempt.
Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:18 UTC
Judge bans public playing of Karina Milei's audios

Following a complaint from the Government of President Javier Milei, a court has ordered the immediate removal of audio recordings attributed to Presidential Secretary (and sister) Karina Milei, in which she allegedly holds private conversations at the Casa Rosada (the presidential palace).
Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:15 UTC
Incumbent's brother elected Governor of Corrientes

If Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Corrientes are anything to go by, given the upcoming mid-term polls, President Javier Milei's candidate took fourth place while Juan Pablo Valdés of the “Vamos Corrientes” coalition - and brother of incumbent Goovernor Gustavo Valdés - secured victory in the first round with 52% of the vote, which is enough to avoid a runoff. The Radical Civic Union (UCR), to which the Valdés brothers belong, has now governed the province for 24 years.
Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:51 UTC
Former lawmaker Elisa Carrió says Milei has consumed too much child pornography

Former Argentine Congresswoman Elisa Carrió said in a TV interview that President Javier Milei consumed too much child pornography and described the Libertarian leader as a “pervert.” She also mentioned that Presidential Secretary (and sister) Karina Milei was “the darkest character” in the government.