Argentina

• Thursday, April 23rd 2026 - 11:35 UTC

  Tech magnate Peter Thiel meets Milei after a week of private contacts with the Argentine government

  

  Peter Thiel, co-founder of Palantir and PayPal and one of the most influential figures in the global technology sector, met with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada on Thursday, official sources confirmed. The meeting, scheduled for 2:00 p.m., was the culmination of a week of reserved activity in Buenos Aires that included high-level contacts with key members of the Argentine government.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2026 - 03:30 UTC

  Bullrich arrives in Uruguay criticising cannabis legalisation and calling for tougher security policy

  

  Argentine Senator Patricia Bullrich, former National Security Minister under President Javier Milei, will visit Montevideo this week to take part in the conference “Uruguay, future and youth: current challenges,” organised by the Manantiales Foundation at the World Trade Center. During her visit, Bullrich questioned the effectiveness of Uruguay's cannabis legalisation policy and said the country must reduce its homicide rate, which she described as high relative to the country's socioeconomic profile.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 - 10:57 UTC

  Chile closes ranks on Strait of Magellan sovereignty a week after Argentine admiral's remarks

  

  A week after remarks by Argentine Rear Admiral Hernán Montero on the eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan went viral, the Chilean government has consolidated a unified stance in defense of its sovereignty, while internal debate has shifted toward the executive's handling of the communications response.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 - 03:59 UTC

  Milei drops to 14th among Latin American Presidents, ranks among region's five worst-rated

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei fell to 14th place out of 18 leaders in the regional approval ranking for April 2026, consolidating his entry into the group of six worst-rated heads of state in Latin America. The survey, carried out by polling firm CB Global Data, registered a 36.2% positive image and a 59.7% negative reading, a 23.5-point gap that represents the widest imbalance since the start of his administration.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2026 - 13:41 UTC

  Milei trapped between inflation and growth: admits “not everyone is better off” but vows no course change

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei acknowledged for the first time that “not everyone is better off” under his government, but ruled out modifying his economic plan despite inflation that has accelerated for ten consecutive months, falling real wages and record household delinquency. “The chainsaw won't stop. We will tie ourselves to the ship's mast — we will not listen to the siren songs,” he said at the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) summit.

• Monday, April 20th 2026 - 18:05 UTC

  Milei signs deals with Israel, pledges embassy move to Jerusalem and calls Marxism “satanic”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei on Sunday signed the so-called “Isaac Accords” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, backed the war against Iran, reiterated his intention to move Argentina's embassy to Jerusalem and, in a subsequent speech at Bar-Ilan University, called Marxism “satanic and opposed to God's plan” and stated that “we will not be able to coexist with certain cultures, because we defend life and they will want to kill us.”

• Sunday, April 19th 2026 - 10:16 UTC

  Second trial over Maradona's death begins after first was annulled over judicial scandal

  

  A new public trial has been underway since Tuesday to determine whether Diego Maradona died due to the neglect and abandonment of the health professionals who were supposed to care for him. Seven defendants — four doctors, two nurses and a psychologist — face charges of homicide with eventual intent at the courts of San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with possible sentences of 8 to 25 years in prison.

• Friday, April 17th 2026 - 21:55 UTC

  Milei government appeals to Supreme Court to avoid applying university funding law

  

  Argentina's government filed an extraordinary federal appeal with the Supreme Court on Thursday to avoid complying with the University Funding Law (27.795), which requires it to update faculty salaries and scholarship programs at national universities. The Executive argued that complying with the law would consume 90.3% of available primary spending credits and cause “a significant paralysis of the functioning of all three branches of government.”

• Thursday, April 16th 2026 - 23:55 UTC

  Venezuela dismantles Nestor Kirchner Room at Miraflores and repurposes it to receive US officials

  

  Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez ordered the dismantling of the “Néstor Kirchner Room” at Miraflores Palace, a space that for nearly fifteen years served as a symbol of the political alliance between Chavismo and Kirchnerism. The measure involved removing portraits, paintings, quotations and objects linked to the former Argentine president, and converting the room into a meeting space with a neutral aesthetic that, according to Venezuelan outlet Monitoreamos, is now used to receive US officials.

• Thursday, April 16th 2026 - 22:46 UTC

  Uruguay says RAF Falklands flight was medevac; Tierra del Fuego alleges airspace breach

  

  Uruguay's Ministry of Defense confirmed on Wednesday that the flight of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M Atlas between the Falkland Islands and Montevideo was a medical evacuation of two patients, authorized under decree 419/021, which permits the landing of foreign state aircraft for humanitarian reasons or force majeure. Uruguayan Air Force press spokesperson Marisol Diana provided the explanation to Informativo Uruguay.