Meta tests fact-check replacement in Latin America
Buenos Aires Timesby Alex Pigman, AFP·29d ago
Meta said Wednesday it had begun testing Community Notes in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, a step toward replacing the professional fact-checking programme it runs with partner...
Milei steps up pressure on oil companies over Malvinas
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·29d ago
Argentina’s government has launched legal action against companies linked to an Israeli-British oil project near the Malvinas Islands, escalating its sovereignty claim over the disputed South...
Oil and crop prices save Milei from surging demand for dollars
Buenos Aires Timesby Ignacio Olivera Doll, Bloomberg·29d ago
Dollar demand in Argentina has returned to levels seen during a market sell-off last year, even as the war in Iran unexpectedly helped President Javier Milei keep the currency stable.
Messi closes in on takeover of Spanish second-division club
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·29d ago
Lionel Messi has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire a Spanish second-division football club, according to local media reports.
Argentina's PISA scores fall, Milei government blames predecessors
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·8 Sept 2026
Argentina's performance in the latest PISA education tests has deteriorated across mathematics, reading and science, with President Javier Milei’s government blaming previous administrations for a...
Six in 10 people in Argentina’s poorest areas borrow to eat
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·8 Sept 2026
Six in 10 residents of Argentina’s low-income neighbourhoods have borrowed money to buy food, while more than four in 10 say they have gone days without eating because they lacked the money...
Argentina files lawsuit against oil firms operating off Malvinas
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·8 Sept 2026
Argentina’s government has announced legal action against companies with links to an Israeli-British oil project near the Malvinas Islands, as Buenos Aires escalates its sovereignty claim over the...
Milei-allied real-estate mogul defends his Malvinas investment
Buenos Aires Timesby Patrick Gillespie & Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg·7 Sept 2026
One of Argentina’s most influential business executives defended his investment strategy in the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands as President Javier Milei seeks to pressure companies to sever ties with...
Far-right activists on trial in Paris over killing of rugby star Aramburú
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·7 Sept 2026
One of two far-right activists accused of murdering former Argentine national rugby international Federico Martín Aramburú acknowledged responsibility for his death but insisted he acted in...
Milei appointee vows to rid Paris student residence of 'woke ideology'
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·7 Sept 2026
The director of Casa Argentina has said he wants to eradicate “woke ideology" from the student residence at the prestigious Cité U campus in Paris, after City Hall called on the French government...
Fear and far-right meetings at Casa Argentina student residence in Paris
Buenos Aires Timesby Toni Cerdà, AFP·7 Sept 2026
Weeks before President Javier Milei visits France, scrutiny is growing around an Argentina-run student residence in Paris, where residents allege restrictions on their freedoms and campus officials...
Milei quiets ruling-party rifts, reclaims agenda via Malvinas
Buenos Aires Timesby Pablo Varela·6 Sept 2026
` President Javier Milei's national government sought to turn the page and retake control of the political agenda with this week’s national television address, in which the President announced...
Supreme Court feud threatens to upend Brazil’s presidential race
Buenos Aires Timesby Daniel Carvalho, Martha Beck & Simone Iglesias, Bloomberg·6 Sept 2026
A dispute between the two most powerful justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court erupted into an all-out fight late Thursday, plunging the body into an institutional crisis that threatens to reshape the...
Government targets 45 entities over Malvinas oil projects
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·5 Sept 2026
Argentina will investigate possible links between 45 entities and hydrocarbon exploration projects around the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, the South Atlantic archipelago whose sovereignty is...
Milei vs Kicillof and the third wheel
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·5 Sept 2026
Since the end of the 2026 World Cup, in which Argentina’s national football team made it all the way to the final with an extraordinary Lionel Messi leading the way, the nation’s political...
Worthy of their higher?
Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·5 Sept 2026
The libertarian government insists that any industrial policy is taboo and made the point on Industry Day midweek by sending nobody above the undersecretary level.
The Bad, the Worse and the Peronists
Buenos Aires Timesby Marcelo J. García·5 Sept 2026
Ask around at a meeting of family or friends these days about the general mood about the President Javier Milei administration and the consensus is that it is not good – in line with current...
Milena Plebs: Honouring tango’s past, dancing towards its future
Buenos Aires Timesby Michelle Edgar·5 Sept 2026
After 40 years in tango, Milena Plebs is still looking firmly toward its future. When the Tango BA Festival and World Championship honoured the dancer, choreographer, director, producer, teacher...
Time to batten down the hatches
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·5 Sept 2026
Argentina's economy may still be a rickety and woefully unproductive affair but, thanks to Javier Milei’s single-minded determination to reduce public spending to a sustainable level and the...
Stories that caught our eye: August 28 to September 4
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·4 Sept 2026
MALVINAS BROADCAST President Javier Milei delivered a nationwide broadcast on Thursday evening on the improved chances of regaining sovereignty over the Malvinas in the light of the United States...
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