Milei’s chainsaw inspires Bolsonaro to wield scissors in Brazil election
Buenos Aires Timesby Martha Beck, Bloomberg·17d ago
Two weeks before a tight presidential election, Brazil’s leading candidates have turned Javier Milei’s Argentina into a proxy for their own clashing economic visions.
Milei says Europe 'is sinking' ahead of trip to France
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·17d ago
President Javier Milei has painted a bleak picture of Europe's future ahead of a visit to France, saying the continent was "sinking" because of overregulation, migration and "wokeism."
Kicillof admits he’s ‘working to beat Milei’ in 2027 election
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·17d ago
Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof all but launched his presidential candidacy on Monday, admitting that he is “working to beat” President Javier Milei in the 2027 election.
Argentine painter Carlos Alonso dies at 97 in Córdoba
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·17d ago
Carlos Alonso, the painter whose work captured the violence and suffering of the country’s turbulent recent history, has died aged 97 at his home in Unquillo, Córdoba, his family said on Monday.
Aide to Karina Milei resigns amid growing Olivos residence scandal
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·17d ago
A senior official in President Javier Milei’s government who was part of Karina Milei’s inner circle has resigned days after a major reorganisation at the Olivos presidential residence that saw 12...
Milei heads to New York for UN General Assembly
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·17d ago
President Javier Milei travels to the United States later this evening to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
‘Argentina awaits’: Pope Leo's visit confirmed, seven million expected
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·17d ago
Argentina is preparing what the government describes as the largest security operation in the country’s history for Pope Leo XIV’s November visit, with authorities expecting around seven million...
Kenyan runner Chumba wins Buenos Aires marathon
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·18d ago
Kenyan runner Bethwel Kibet Chumba won the Buenos Aires International Marathon on Sunday, completing the 42.195-kilometre course in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 23 seconds.
Triple murder, one year on: The deadly trap behind brutal Florencio Varela killings
Buenos Aires Timesby Micaela Cendra, Noticias Argentinas·18d ago
One year has passed since three young women were brutally killed in a triple murder in Florencio Varela. The horror began on Friday, September 19, 2025. Days later, a criminal plot was uncovered.
No consensus after third straw poll in UN secretary-general race
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·18d ago
Rebeca Grynspan narrowly topped the third indicative poll of the UN's most powerful body, the Security Council, on Friday as it chooses the embattled organization's next leader, according to a...
Chile ex-president Bachelet quits race to be next UN chief
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·18d ago
Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, withdrew her candidacy for the position of United Nations secretary-general on Saturday, weeks after a straw poll showed her in second to last...
Leo XIV, first American pope, transcends his restrained style
Buenos Aires Timesby Clément Melki, AFP·18d ago
Prudent yet conciliatory, Pope Leo XIV has gradually imprinted his style on the leadership of the Catholic Church, finding his voice as he takes on some of the world's most pressing issues, from...
Historically high suicide rates cause alarm in Argentina
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·19d ago
Bereaved relatives and mental health specialists are trying to start a conversation about suicide in Argentina as more people than ever are choosing to end their own lives.
A chainsaw pause to improve re-election hopes
Buenos Aires Timesby Marcelo J. García·19d ago
For weeks there has been an internal debate in the Casa Rosada about what to do to improve President Javier Milei’s re-election chances.
Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa: ‘China should be held accountable for its crimes’
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·19d ago
Dolkun Isa is one of the world’s most prominent Uyghur activists and a leading campaigner for the rights of minorities in China’s Xinjiang region.
Fidget, fudge it, Budget
Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·19d ago
September 15 has been the deadline for presenting the budget ever since Law 24,156 was approved in 1992 – in the first years of convertibility when then-president Carlos Menem was seeking to...
The eve of destruction, perhaps
Buenos Aires Timesby James Neilson·19d ago
They wish us well. They tell us they are good people who want to do what is right because it is right and that, if we trust them, they will shower us with benefits: lots of money and electronic...
AI’s Covid moment
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·19d ago
Over the past several weeks there’s been a growing sense of alarm around the emergence of Artificial Intelligence powerful enough to kill us all.
A lost generation?
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·19d ago
A century after the Lost Generation of Ernest Hemingway & Co were roaming the Latin Quarter of Paris, a lost generation of Argentine youth is posing a blight for what in many ways looks like a...
Milei’s Presidency at risk from stalling economy
Buenos Aires Timesby Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg·20d ago
A year out from President Javier Milei’s re-election bid, the economic recovery that underpinned his popularity is stalling.
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