Argentina

Millions of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires on December 20, 2022, to celebrate the Albiceleste’s victory. The anniversary coincides with a protest against Javier Milei

On December 20, left-wing organizations will march to the downtown Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to protest the president’s $20 billion cut in public spending and what they call the ‘criminalization of dissent’

The transformation promised by the newly-elected far-right Argentine president begins with a devaluation of the currency, as well as the implementation of a new protocol that enables the stronger use of force to quell protests

The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, has presented a new protocol against street blockades as tension increases over the economic cuts announced this week

Unions are meeting to discuss their response to an adjustment plan whose burden, they warn, will fall on the working class: ‘A total social tsunami is coming’

The new government is simultaneously increasing social aid for food and child support to cushion the coming blow to people’s finances due to the reduction of subsidies for public transportation, electricity, gas and water

The country’s new elected leader calls her ’The Boss’ and ‘The Messiah.’ This is what we know about the woman who decides who gets access to the president

The new president of Argentina adopted an ominous tone in his first speech to the nation and advanced his plans for a shock adjustment: ‘There is no possible alternative, there is no money’

On Sunday morning, Milei was sworn in inside the National Congress building, and outgoing President Alberto Fernández placed the presidential sash upon him

The far-right Argentine leader begins his presidency on Sunday with a speech that he will deliver outside Congress, instead of to lawmakers

Scientists and entrepreneurs in the country are exploring ways to replace plastic packaging with everyday materials

The Nobel Peace Prize winner talks to EL PAÍS about the last 40 years of democracy in Argentina and what matters most to him in this regard: the future

Lula da Silva is an advocate of the agreement that has been in the works for two decades. His main partners so far have been Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU, and Germany

The Latin America country’s position goes against that of neighbor Brazil, which holds the presidency of Mercosur, and Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU

Scientists are warning of a significant loss of mass in Argentina’s most famous glacier, Perito Moreno. This is possibly related to climate change

In 1996, Rodolfo Barra had to resign as Minister of Justice after condemnation by the Jewish community in Argentina

The move appears to be a preview of the drastic shift in foreign policy that will be implemented in Argentina once right-wing populist takes office

By the end of the COP28, the world conference on climate change that began Thursday, a new president will have taken the reins of the country: a right-wing libertarian who denies scientific evidence of the crisis and thinks it is ‘a socialist lie’

The Argentine president-elect explains his economic program on a 48-hour trip to Washington and New York

A traditional festival changed its gender categories after a complaint from the non-binary trans singer; her story paved the way for other non-traditional artists in the conservative environment of Argentinean folkloric music

The president-elect will need the support of the oil-producing provinces, which own 24% of the company’s shares

Argentina’s president-elect is proposing to use the US dollar as the official currency in order to curb inflation

The president-elect of the South American country, who is aligned with America and Israel, is planning to visit Washington before December 10

Lisandro Alonso Martínez’s ‘Eureka,’ screening at the Gijón International Film Festival this week, is the latest in a wave of films that address Indigenous massacres and brutal dictatorships through fantastical elements