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Machado's communications chief returns to Venezuela and revives the pressure for the return of the opposition leader

Claudia Macero, the head of communications of opposition leader María Corina Machado, returned to Venezuela after spending two years outside the country, including a period of asylum at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. His return, which he presented as a personal decision to "give confidence to others," occurred as Machado's followers mobilized in several cities to demand the leader's safe return, presidential elections and the release of political prisoners.

World

What position does Latin America hold in the IA career?

While the superpowers take steps with artificial intelligence, Latin America and the Caribbean is looking for a position in this race that some leaders have renamed as "stampede." In Brazil, Mexico, Argentina or Colombia, the use of IA tools is becoming more and more common for daily activities but sponsored by large parent houses that saw chatbots such as Gemini or ChatGPT born. When will the Latin American region start running this race? Is it too late to run?

Politics

Poverty in Argentina and testing Javier Milei's policies

Poverty rates in Argentina increased to 32.3 per cent in the first half of 2026, four more points than the previous measurement, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). This upturn comes after the 21.4% increase in the basic food basket, while household income grew by 11.5%. The figures represent a setback for the Javier Milei government to a little over a year for the general elections.

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From Buenos Aires: One in three Argentines is poor, according to INDEC data

On September 24, Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) stated that one in three Argentines is poor. Poverty rates reached 32.3 per cent in the first half of 2025, four points more than in the second half of 2025. The indigence data increased to 7.5% from 6.3% in the same half of 2025. According to INDEC, household income grew, but the basic food basket increased more. Report from our correspondent, Natalio Coso.

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Argentina's poverty rate climbs to nearly one in three under Milei

Argentina’s poverty rate rose to 32.3% in the first half of 2026 from 28.2% in the previous six months, official data showed on Thursday, as incomes lagged rising prices. Extreme poverty climbed to 7.5% from 6.3%. Among children aged 14 and under, 44.5% were poor.

Entertainment

‘The Eternaut’ Star Ricardo Darín on Argentina’s Resilience: ‘We’re Like Peter Sellers in ‘The Party,’ the Bugler Who Never Dies’

The premise of Argentina’s Ricardo Darin’s latest feature, “Therapy Done Right” (Lo dejamos acá”), world premiering at the San Sebastian Festival, is deceptively simple: A pragmatic psychoanalyst loses faith in conventional methods and starts pushing the boundaries with his patients. Everything seems to be going well until a writer (played by Diego Peretti), struggling with […]

Politics

Milei renews to the UN the claim for the Malvinas, but expects nothing from a "useless organization"

The Argentine President fused the United Nations on Wednesday, September 23 for not being able to enforce the resolution that recognized a dispute over the archipelago and called on the United Kingdom to "resume negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute." However, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised that his country would remain "firm" around that claim. Milei also sold Argentina as an ideal destination for IA companies.

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Malvinas extends oil licences, despite Milei's measures: what is Sea Lion, the project that increases tension?

The decision of the Government of the Malvinas Islands, under British administration, to extend for five years the oil exploration permits put energy resources back at the centre of the sovereignty dispute with Argentina, just as the Government of Javier Milei has moved from diplomatic protest to a legal offensive against the companies involved and is preparing a law to extend the sanctions. The development of Sea Lion, which plans to start producing crude oil in 2028, thus turns a long-term territorial dispute into a conflict with business consequences.