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Seven arrested in RainbowEx Ponzi scheme investigation

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Investment group buys debt, seeks soy firm Vicentin takeover

19.12.2024 30

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Milei and Villarruel’s rift grows with row over expelled senator

14.12.2024 30

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Exchange rate gap drops to 4%, a record low

11.12.2024 20

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Argentina to start charging non-residents for universities, hospitals

The Argentine government will allow universities and hospitals nationwide to charge non-resident foreigners, presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said...

04.12.2024 30

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Without LLA or the PRO, deputies approve a bill against online gambling addiction

Argentina’s Deputy Chamber approved a bill on Wednesday aimed at preventing online gambling addictions despite a lack of support from the ruling...

29.11.2024 20

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Milei snubs industrial congress as import liberalization looms

Argentina’s industrialists demanded government policies during the sector’s most important conference, which President Javier Milei snubbed after...

28.11.2024 20

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CGT leader Moyano resigns amid infighting over a general strike

One of the three leaders of Argentina’s main trade union organization, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT by its Spanish acronym), resigned on...

23.11.2024 20

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Caputo confirms Argentina is negotiating new deal with the IMF

Economy Minister Luis Caputo said Thursday that the Argentine government is engaged in “informal talks” with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

23.11.2024 30

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Brazil coup attempt: Bolsonaro and 36 others face charges

Brazil’s Federal Police formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of plotting a coup d’état in 2022 to prevent...

22.11.2024 20

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Opposition files complaint against Milei’s new ‘armed wing’

In a dimly lit theater Daniel Parisini, one of the government’s communication strategists, grabbed the microphone. “This group which we are...

21.11.2024 20

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Judge orders 61 Bolsonarista fugitives in Argentina be arrested

16.11.2024 20

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Argentina secures financial surplus for ninth month in a row

Argentina’s Economy Ministry announced Friday that the public sector had a AR$523.4 billion financial surplus in October — the ninth consecutive...

16.11.2024 6

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US advises Preska not to order Argentina to hand over YPF shares

A United States government attorney has told New York Judge Loretta Preska that she should not order Argentina to hand over shares of oil and gas...

08.11.2024 10

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Alberto Fernández summoned for questioning for gender-based violence, threats

Prosecutor Ramiro González requested that Alberto Fernández be summoned for interrogation in the case against the former Argentine president for...

07.11.2024 30

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Argentine stocks and bonds surge. But is Trump good for the country’s economy?

The shares of Argentine companies on Wall Street and sovereign bonds surged the day after Donald Trump was re-elected president of the United States....

07.11.2024 30

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Schoolyard bookies: Argentine kids are betting online to earn cash

The kids in recess were laughing. Fabián Cadamuro, a teacher at a school in the Córdoba town of Cañada de Luque (population of 1,100), watched a...

02.11.2024 40

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Argentina Central Bank cuts annual benchmark rate 5 points to 35%

The board of Argentina’s Central Bank lowered the benchmark annual interest rate from 40% to 35% on Friday. The monetary authority also decreased...

02.11.2024 10

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From mate to Malvinas, Argentine culture is this year’s inspiration for video games

From games based on the Malvinas War to Argentina’s urban legends and even its most popular beverage, the local video game industry put all its...

27.10.2024 9

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Argentina’s country risk drops to five-year low

25.10.2024 10

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UCR deputies split from party bloc, condemning support for Milei

Twelve deputies from Argentina’s oldest political party, the Unión Cívica Radical (UCR), broke ranks from the party bloc in the Chamber of...

25.10.2024 20

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No gold at the end of this rainbow: the scam that engulfed an Argentine town

This article was originally published on October 16, 2024 in Revista Anfibia. Cover art by Sebastián Angresano Around 8 p.m., the streets of...

24.10.2024 90

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Outrage after government website site refers to the Malvinas as ‘Falklands’

An Argentine government website published a communiqué on Wednesday about a meeting between Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and a Red Cross...

24.10.2024 100

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University community holds open-air classes against Milei

Algebra, software engineering, psychology, economics, statistics — on Tuesday, more than 100 university professors gave their lessons outdoors in...

23.10.2024 50

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GDP coupon case: Argentina must pay US$1.75 billion, UK Supreme Court rules

The British Supreme Court has rejected Argentina’s request to appeal the US$1.75 billion lawsuit it lost against four hedge funds over securities...

19.10.2024 30

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Seven detained outside Congress protesting university funding veto

Seven people were detained in a protest outside Congress after the Lower House confirmed President Javier Milei’s veto against increasing the budget...

10.10.2024 30

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Mental hospital workers protest partial shutdown, say government wants to dismantle it

Workers of a Buenos Aires mental health hospital are protesting the termination of its emergency care and hospitalization services. Doctors, nurses,...

05.10.2024 10

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Hedge funds eye Argentine Central Bank’s gold reserves

Two hedge funds that won lawsuits against Argentina in New York have requested information from Judge Loreta Preska about the country’s Central...

05.10.2024 40

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IMF sees recovery in Argentina, warns about ‘very delicate social situation’

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that President Javier Milei’s administration has brought favorable results for the country through the...

04.10.2024 30

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Argentina’s Mint to lose printing press, government confirms

Javier Milei’s administration announced it would restructure the National Mint and shut down one of its printing companies while its workers...

04.10.2024 50

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Argentine mint’s future in doubt after government announces closure, backtracks

by Facundo Iglesia and Valen Iricibar In an apparent communications upset, the government announced that Argentina’s mint would be shut down before...

03.10.2024 40

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Milei threatens university funding veto amid nationwide protests to protect it

by Facundo Iglesia and Valen Iricibar President Javier Milei is set to veto a university funding increase bill as thousands protested against...

03.10.2024 30

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Argentine Congress approves single-paper ballot for national elections

Argentina’s Deputy Chamber approved the use of a single-paper ballot for national elections on Tuesday. The move means that starting with next...

02.10.2024 40

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Bukele set to meet Milei in Argentina amid concerns over human rights

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday and will get together with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, on Monday....

29.09.2024 10

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Milei ended his first bond auction without covering maturities. Good news or bad?

Argentina’s Finance Secretariat announced on Thursday that it had ended a bond auction without being able to cover all maturities, a first in Javier...

28.09.2024 50

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Milei’s popularity drops despite early support, studies show

by Facundo Iglesia and Martina Jaureguy Argentine President Javier Milei’s popularity has taken a steep drop after months of steady support,...

27.09.2024 60

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New decree allows government to swap debt in US dollars without Congress

Economists and opposition lawmakers are warning that an executive order sanctioned on Monday is paving the way for the government to restructure debts...

26.09.2024 10

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What does Milei’s ‘unbreakable fiscal rule’ mean?

Last Sunday, in a speech transmitted to TV stations all over the country, President Javier Milei explained the basics of the 2025 budget bill he aims...

26.09.2024 70

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Ex-first lady’s mom testifies Fernández hit 8-month-pregnant Yañez

The mother of former first lady Fabiola Yañez testified to prosecutor Ramiro González that she saw ex-President Alberto Fernández striking Yañez...

21.09.2024 40

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US considers role in YPF expropriation case

The United States government has expressed interest in the YPF expropriation trial, asking presiding Judge Loretta Preska to postpone a ruling in the...

12.09.2024 40

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Milei rails against scientists, demands party discipline in far-right event

President Javier Milei offered a mix of culture war and domestic politics in his speech at the Buenos Aires meeting of the Madrid Forum, an...

06.09.2024 10

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Man sentenced to life for Tehuel murder in Argentina’s first trans-homicide trial

Luis Alberto Ramos was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday afternoon for murdering Tehuel de la Torre, a 23-year-old trans man. De la Torre went...

31.08.2024 30

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Government to roll back PAIS tax for imports, shipping to pre-Milei levels

Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced the government will lower the PAIS tax for imported goods and international shipping to 7.5%, after increasing...

30.08.2024 40

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Mercado Libre files anti-trust complaint against Argentine banks

Argentine e-commerce company Mercado Libre filed a complaint against the country’s leading banks for “concentration, cartelization, and...

29.08.2024 50

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Libertarian lawmaker accused of possessing child abuse images flees before police arrest

24.08.2024 10

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US and Argentina sign agreement to strengthen mining investments

Lithium is key for the energy transition. Twenty percent of world reserves of this mineral are located in Argentina. According to the Rosario Stock...

23.08.2024 10

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Why Lijo is a controversial pick for Argentina’s Supreme Court

Federal judge Ariel Lijo went before Argentina’s Senate to make his case for a place on Argentina’s Supreme Court in the Senate on Wednesday. ...

22.08.2024 10

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U.S. court rules against Argentina in Aerolíneas Argentinas expropriation trial

A U.S. court ruled against Argentina on Tuesday in a case about the expropriation of the country’s flag carrier, Aerolíneas Argentinas, which took...

21.08.2024 40

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Soup kitchens overwhelmed by demand as poverty skyrockets

Viviana Rodríguez feels powerless. The lines in the soup kitchen she manages in Villa 31 are getting increasingly longer after poverty in Argentina...

18.08.2024 40

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First RIGI project to be a YPF oil pipeline in Vaca Muerta

The first project to be built under the government’s newly launched large investment regime (RIGI) will be an oil pipeline called “Vaca Muerta...

17.08.2024 10

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