Argentina
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:02:00 GMTArgentina’s lower house backs Milei labour reform bill without article 44
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies approved President Javier Milei’s “labour modernisation” bill on Thursday, but with a last-minute change that removed article 44, one of the proposal’s most disputed provisions. Because...
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:59:00 GMTCGT general strike disrupts transport in Argentina as lower house debates Milei labor reform
Argentina began a 24-hour general strike on Thursday called by the country’s main labor federation, the CGT, to protest President Javier Milei’s labor reform bill, as the Chamber of Deputies was set to start debating the le...
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:47:00 GMTAerolíneas Argentinas cancels 255 flights amid CGT strike, US$3m loss estimated
Aerolíneas Argentinas said it will cancel 255 flights across its network on Thursday, February 19, as Argentina’s main labor confederation, the CGT, carries out a 24-hour general strike. The airline estimated the disruption ...
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:12:00 GMTArgentina clears US oceanographic cruise in the South Atlantic as debate grows over “dual-use” data
Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) recorded that it had “no objections,” within its remit, to a United States request for a marine scientific research cruise by the R/V Roger Revelle inside Argentina’s Exclusiv...
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:59:00 GMTArgentine court declares “king of beef” bankrupt as he remains hospitalized in Punta del Este
An Argentine commercial court has declared meat businessman Alberto Samid—widely known in Argentina as the “king of beef”—bankrupt, ordering broad asset restrictions and imposing a travel ban until July 3, 2026. The rul...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:11:00 GMTArgentina’s CGT calls 24-hour general strike on the day lower house debates Milei’s labor reform
Argentina’s main labor umbrella, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), confirmed on Monday it will stage a 24-hour nationwide strike on the day the Chamber of Deputies debates President Javier Milei’s labor reform, hard...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:35:00 GMTOpus Dei briefs the Pope on Argentina “controversies” amid labor exploitation allegations
Pope Leo XIV on Monday met with Opus Dei Prelate Fernando Ocáriz, as the organization’s leadership presented its “institutional perspective” on “certain controversies” in Argentina, against the backdrop of ongoing al...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:51:00 GMTMilei to travel to the first Board of Peace summit and to meet with Trump
Argentine President Javier Milei will travel to the United States this week to attend the inaugural summit of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” and hold another meeting with Trump in Washington.
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:13:00 GMTArgentina–Uruguay river commission faces tensions over funding and infrastructure disputes
A string of disagreements between Uruguay’s and Argentina’s delegations at the Administrative Commission of the Uruguay River (CARU) has heightened internal friction at the binational body in recent weeks, amid clashes invo...
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:38:00 GMTLibra token scandal: what is known one year after Milei’s post
One year after Argentine President Javier Milei posted on X promoting the $Libra crypto token —and later deleted the message— the episode remains under legal and political scrutiny, with proceedings in Argentina and civil c...