President Javier Milei clawed back some ground with Argentine voters as adversaries lost favor and inflation slowed, although his popularity remains near the lowest levels of his term.
President Javier Milei clawed back some ground with Argentine voters as adversaries lost favor and inflation slowed, although his popularity remains near the lowest levels of his term.
Argentine policymakers are negotiating with major international banks to extend maturities on repurchase agreements — or repos — to ease the government debt burden going into the 2027 election year.
Argentine policymakers are negotiating with major international banks to extend maturities on repurchase agreements — or repos — to ease the government debt burden going into the 2027 election year.
Pedestrians walk past the Central Bank of Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved Argentina’s latest program review to unlock about $1 billion, a vote of confidence in President Javier Milei despite missing a key program target.
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved Argentina’s latest program review to unlock about $1 billion, a vote of confidence in President Javier Milei despite missing a key program target.
Commuters cross the street in front of the Constitucion train and bus station in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved Argentina’s latest program review to unlock about $1 billion, a vote of confidence in President Javier Milei despite missing a key program target.
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved Argentina’s latest program review to unlock about $1 billion, a vote of confidence in President Javier Milei despite missing a key program target.
Commuters cross the street in front of the Constitucion train and bus station in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
Argentina’s economy rebounded much more than expected in March after a sharp slump in February in a timely victory for President Javier Milei.
Shoppers in the Mercado de San Telmo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
Shoppers browse produce at a grocery store in Buenos Aires.
Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
Argentina’s inflation slowed for the first time in 11 months in a victory for President Javier Milei after prices had jumped on the Iran war-related oil shock in March.
Shoppers browse produce at a grocery store in Buenos Aires.
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board will meet next week to discuss Argentina’s latest program review that would unlock a $1 billion disbursement, spokesperson Julie Kozack said Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board will meet next week to discuss Argentina’s latest program review that would unlock a $1 billion disbursement, spokesperson Julie Kozack said Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, DC. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
Argentine President Javier Milei’s cabinet chief was urged to disclose his finances and real estate assets by the libertarian leader’s senior ally in Congress, in the first public sign of friction within the ruling coalition over a growing corruption scandal.
Argentine President Javier Milei’s cabinet chief was urged to disclose his finances and real estate assets by the libertarian leader’s senior ally in Congress, in the first public sign of friction within the ruling coalition over a growing corruption scandal.
The libertarian president is stretching the boundaries of what voters will take.
TOPSHOT - Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures during the commemoration of the 214th anniversary of the May Revolution that led to the independence from Spain, at Plaza San Martin in Cordoba, Argentina, on May 25, 2024. (Photo by Diego LIMA / AFP) (Photo by DIEGO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: DIEGO LIMA/AFP
Argentina’s Javier Milei emphasized his support for an embattled member of his government, standing proudly by a cabinet chief embroiled in the type of corruption scandal he vowed to eradicate upon taking office.
Argentina’s Javier Milei emphasized his support for an embattled member of his government, standing proudly by a cabinet chief embroiled in the type of corruption scandal he vowed to eradicate upon taking office.
Javier Milei, flanked by his sister Karina and cabinet chief Manuel Adorni, applauds during a swearing in ceremony at the National Congress in 2025.
Argentina bought itself time at the International Monetary Fund this week, but President Javier Milei still faces a hard-currency shortage that he’ll have to tackle before elections next year.
Argentina bought itself time at the International Monetary Fund this week, but President Javier Milei still faces a hard-currency shortage that he’ll have to tackle before elections next year.
Argentina’s economy chief told investors in Washington that President Javier Milei’s government won’t need to tap global capital markets this year as it lines up cheaper financing options.
Argentina’s economy chief told investors in Washington that President Javier Milei’s government won’t need to tap global capital markets this year as it lines up cheaper financing options.
Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Caputo. Photographer: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
Argentina’s inflation picked up more than expected in March as prices at the pump rose sharply on the Iran war and as education costs surged on annual tuition adjustments.
Argentina’s inflation picked up more than expected in March as prices at the pump rose sharply on the Iran war and as education costs surged on annual tuition adjustments.
Vehicles wait in line to pump fuel at a Shell gas station in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. President Javier Milei's Argentina approved new electricity prices to be charged by Edenor and Edesur starting April 1 and authorized an increase in the wholesale gas price, while also looking to fire 70,000 government workers, freeze public works, cut off funding to provincial governments and terminate more than 200,000 social welfare plans.
President Javier Milei asked Argentines to be patient with the country’s economic turnaround, employing a rare tone of humility amid declining poll numbers and a worsening outlook for blue-collar industries.
President Javier Milei asked Argentines to be patient with the country’s economic turnaround, employing a rare tone of humility amid declining poll numbers and a worsening outlook for blue-collar industries.
Argentine President Javier Milei during a swearing in ceremony at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on Dec. 3, 2025.
President Javier Milei asked Argentines to be patient with the country’s economic turnaround, employing a rare tone of humility amid declining poll numbers and a worsening outlook for blue-collar industries.
President Javier Milei asked Argentines to be patient with the country’s economic turnaround, employing a rare tone of humility amid declining poll numbers and a worsening outlook for blue-collar industries.
Argentine President Javier Milei during a swearing in ceremony at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on Dec. 3, 2025.
Cristian Dezilio thought the loan he took out to buy his son a used car to get around Buenos Aires’ suburbs was plenty manageable at $355 a month in pesos.
Cristian Dezilio thought the loan he took out to buy his son a used car to get around Buenos Aires’ suburbs was plenty manageable at $355 a month in pesos.
Poverty in Argentina fell to the lowest level since the first half of 2018 in another victory for President Javier Milei, even as the disinflation process stalls.
Poverty in Argentina fell to the lowest level since the first half of 2018 in another victory for President Javier Milei, even as the disinflation process stalls.
Argentina’s economy posted a slight expansion in January following a quarter of weaker-than-expected growth for President Javier Milei.
Shoppers at the Pacifico shopping mall in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Argentina's economy capped a strong second half of growth as it emerged from a long recession last year ahead of an expected new deal in the coming weeks with the International Monetary Fund.
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