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2 days ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Pope Francis, the first head of the Catholic Church from Argentina and Latin America, died the morning of April 21 after a months-long illness that ended in a stroke. A key figure in Argentine politics before and after his 12-year papacy, Jorge Mario Bergoglio drew both widespread support and sharp criticism in his home country, which he never visited again after being elected pope in 2013.
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1 week ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Frances Jenner |Miguel Goyeneche |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Decade-old monetary restrictions imposed on Argentinians were lifted on Monday following President Javier Milei’s administration’s announcement on April 11 that the government had signed a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — the third for Argentina in the past seven years.
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2 weeks ago | 
argentinareports.com | Elizabeth Bratton
Javier Milei’s government has taken another step to halt the operations of “memory sites” dedicated to commemorating the brutal dictatorship which governed the country from 1976 to 1983. Last week, the government announced that it would be withdrawing funding to the former Navy Mechanics School (ESMA): a former clandestine detention center which was turned into a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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1 month ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Miguel Goyeneche |Frances Jenner |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Buenos Aires’ downtown became a battlefield on March 12 when a protest of retirees, supported by soccer fans and hooligans, was violently broken up by police near the Argentine Congress. Meanwhile, inside the Parliament building, another brawl broke out between government and opposition forces as a proposal to strip President Javier Milei of his “superpowers” was introduced, with the session being adjourned before it could be discussed.
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1 month ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Elizabeth Bratton |Frances Jenner |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — President Javier Milei shook Argentina’s political scene in March after announcing his government would not seek congressional approval for an agreement currently being negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Despite laws requiring parliamentary support for any IMF deal —and although the agreement is neither complete nor its terms known— the president this week published a decree approving a future 10-year program.
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1 month ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Miguel Goyeneche |Michael Krumholtz |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Javier Milei made international headlines in recent weeks, but not in a way he may have wanted. The president of Argentina is under investigation in both his country and the United States for the $Libra cryptocurrency scandal, a “rug pull” that caused up to $300 million in losses for investors.
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2 months ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Frances Jenner |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — President Javier Milei surprised the opposition on February 5 by announcing that Argentina will leave the World Health Organization (WHO), citing criticism over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The decision comes after President Donald Trump’s move to withdraw the United States from the organization, showing more alignment between Milei and Trump on international policy.
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2 months ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Frances Jenner |Miguel Goyeneche |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Thousands of people over the weekend marched in cities across Argentina to protest President Javier Milei’s recent remarks made at the World Economic Forum in Davos where he linked homosexuality to pedophilia. The “anti-fascist, anti-racist” demonstrations took place across Argentina, with a large concentration gathering outside government buildings in the capital Buenos Aires.
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2 months ago | 
argentinareports.com | Elizabeth Bratton |Frances Jenner |Miguel Goyeneche
A Federal Judge in Argentina has ruled that the country’s Navy should be prohibited from “purging” or “shredding” documents stored in its general archive. The ruling comes amid steps taken by President Javier Milei’s government to minimize the historical significance of Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 until 1983 and resulted in the murder or disappearance of an estimated 30,000 people.
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2 months ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Frances Jenner |Sophie Foggin |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Javier Milei and Donald Trump seem to love each other. At least, they’ve stated as much. “I love him because he loves Trump,” said the current U.S. president on the campaign trail. Back in 2023, the president of Argentina took a few pages from the Trump playbook to reach the Casa Rosada as an outsider. Now, Trump is even taking a page from Milei’s book, launching the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which the president debuted in Argentina last year.