MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Milei reforms by decree the system for appointing Argentina's Supreme Court justices]]> The government said the changes seek to “streamline” the procedure and avoid administrative “duplications,” and argued that citizen participation is maintained in the Senate Argentina's President Javier Milei reformed by decree the system for appointing Supreme Court justices: he eliminated a stage of citizen participation prior to the nomination and removed the recommendation to consider criteria of gender, specialty and regional-origin diversity. The measure, made official on Tuesday, was questioned by legal experts and judicial-sector organizations.

]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:43:00 GMT <![CDATA[With a historic Messi, Argentina begin their title defense by thrashing Algeria]]> With his three goals, Messi reached 16 in World Cups, tying Germany's Miroslav Klose as the competition's all-time top scorer Argentina began their defense of the World Cup title won in Qatar 2022 on Tuesday with a 3-0 thrashing of Algeria, in the Group J opener of the 2026 World Cup, played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Captain Lionel Messi guided Lionel Scaloni's side with a hat-trick that left him atop the tournament's all-time scoring history.

]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:19:00 GMT <![CDATA[Two helicopters collide over Rio, killing six, including singer Oliver Tree and YouTuber Gaspi]]> All the victims were traveling in the aircraft. Among them were US singer Oliver Tree and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known as Gaspi. Two helicopters flying over Rio de Janeiro collided in mid-air on Sunday morning and crashed into an urban area of the city, in an accident that left six people dead, the fire department confirmed. All the victims were traveling in the aircraft. Among them were US singer Oliver Tree and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known as Gaspi.

]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[Adorni's admission deepens divisions in Milei's cabinet as the opposition seeks a censure vote]]> According to reports, La Libertad Avanza figure Patricia Bullrich again questioned Adorni —she spoke of an “ethical omission” The admission by Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni that he kept undeclared savings deepened divisions within Javier Milei's government and accelerated an opposition attempt to remove him through a censure motion. Despite the controversy, Adorni remains at the head of the cabinet.

]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:32:00 GMT <![CDATA[Who was Gaspi, the popular Argentine YouTuber killed in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro?]]> Born in Buenos Aires on December 28, 2002, Gaspi began posting content in 2015 and reached mass recognition from 2021, when his channel passed two million subscribers Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim Díaz, known as Gaspi, 23, was one of the six people who died on Sunday in the collision of two helicopters over Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian authorities released the names of the victims in the afternoon, following the accident in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, in the west of the city.

]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:50:00 GMT <![CDATA[Macri's party urges Milei to remove his cabinet chief over asset-declaration inconsistencies]]> Macri, however, is pressing for the removal but would not contribute his party's votes to push an eventual censure motion in Congress. The Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, led by former president Mauricio Macri and an ally of the government since the start of Javier Milei's administration, on Friday called on the president to remove his Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, amid growing controversy over inconsistencies in his sworn asset declarations. "President: those of us supporting change want you to defend change and not Adorni," PRO said in a message on the social network X. Milei, for his part, has ratified his support for the official.

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:27:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina's Adorni reports 944 million pesos in assets, including the homes from the probe]]> The document reports assets of those 944.6 million pesos and debts of 317.3 million (about $219,000), with a net worth of close to 627 million (about $434,000) Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, declared assets of 944,575,052 pesos —about $653,000 at the 1,446-peso exchange rate he used— in the sworn declaration for 2025 he filed before the Anti-Corruption Office. The filing, now public, for the first time incorporates the properties that had surfaced in the judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment.

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:11:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina's Adorni declares $513,000 in Bitcoin to explain his wealth amid an enrichment case]]> According to the reconstruction presented by the Cabinet Office, the cryptocurrency investments were made between 2013 and 2018 through eight virtual wallets Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, filed a series of rectified sworn declarations on Wednesday night before the Anti-Corruption Office and the Revenue and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) that substantially modify his assets and those of his wife, Bettina Angeletti. The main new element is the inclusion of about $513,000 attributed to Bitcoin investments, in a filing that comes as he faces a judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment.

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:13:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina: A year after Kirchner's final conviction, a possible pardon splits Peronism before 2027]]> Part of Peronism considers a pardon for the leader who has most polarized Argentine society over the past two decades could mobilize anti-Kirchnerist voters A year has passed since Argentina's Supreme Court made final the corruption conviction against former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner —six years in prison and a lifetime political ban— and the possibility of pardoning her if Peronism returns to power is dividing the movement, as it searches for a candidate for the late-2027 presidential elections. Kirchner is under house arrest in a Buenos Aires apartment, in the Constitución neighborhood, where her supporters will again gather on Wednesday to demand her release.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:51:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982]]> “I handed over the formal letter of intent to join one of the broadest, most modern and dynamic trade agreements in the world,” Quirno said Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement that also includes the United Kingdom. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announced the decision during a tour of Europe and handed the formal letter of intent to New Zealand, the treaty's depositary.

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