President Javier Milei’s latest push to lure private investment to Argentina suffered a setback Wednesday as lawmakers watered down legislation to ease limits on foreign land ownership in response to fierce backlash.

Argentina secured a key source of reserves through the 2027 presidential election after the central bank renewed its roughly $19 billion currency swap with the People’s Bank of China for five years.

Brazil plunged deeper into diplomatic disputes with two of its most important partners in the Americas over what it described as attempts by the conservative governments of the US and Argentina to interfere in its October presidential election.

In his first stint as a top Argentine finance official a decade ago, Luis Caputo tapped foreign bond markets again and again, selling more than $40 billion in total and earning the moniker “serial borrower” from his critics. Nearly three years into his second tour, Caputo, now the top economic aide to President Javier Milei, hasn’t sold a single bond overseas.

Argentine President Javier Milei presented a bill in a national TV address Thursday night to reform the central bank so it is prohibited from financing government spending in the future.

Argentina’s central bank snapped a near seven-month streak of dollar purchases, just a day after the IMF encouraged officials to keep raising foreign currency reserves.

Fresh off a corruption firestorm at home that sank his popularity to the lowest level of his presidency, Argentina’s Javier Milei is flying straight into an uproar over bank fraud in Brazil.

Argentina’s economy contracted for a second straight month in May, underscoring a trend of uneven growth more than halfway through President Javier Milei’s term.

Corruption was once Javier Milei’s strongest card against the Peronist movement that dominated Argentine politics for decades. Now it’s just one of several vulnerabilities that are damaging the libertarian president’s brand and giving wings to the opposition’s comeback plans.

Corruption was once Javier Milei’s strongest card against the Peronist movement that dominated Argentine politics for decades. Now it’s just one of several vulnerabilities that are damaging the libertarian president’s brand and giving wings to the opposition’s comeback plans.

Corruption was once Javier Milei’s strongest card against the Peronist movement that dominated Argentine politics for decades. Now it’s just one of several vulnerabilities that are damaging the libertarian president’s brand and giving wings to the opposition’s comeback plans.

For decades, Argentina’s economic pendulum has whipsawed investors by swinging from one ideological extreme to another, as each new administration dismantled the framework built by its predecessor.

For decades, Argentina’s economic pendulum has whipsawed investors by swinging from one ideological extreme to another, as each new administration dismantled the framework built by its predecessor.

For decades, Argentina’s economic pendulum has whipsawed investors by swinging from one ideological extreme to another, as each new administration dismantled the framework built by its predecessor.

President Javier Milei’s administration is targeting investment-grade status for Argentina by the end of a potential second term in 2031, while continuing to shun international debt markets.

President Javier Milei’s administration is targeting investment-grade status for Argentina by the end of a potential second term in 2031, while continuing to shun international debt markets.

President Javier Milei’s administration is targeting investment-grade status for Argentina by the end of a potential second term in 2031, Economy Minister Luis Caputo said Monday.

Argentina’s central bank extended maturities worth $6 billion on its repurchase agreements — or repos — to ease the government debt burden going into the 2027 presidential election.

Argentina’s central bank extended maturities worth $6 billion on its repurchase agreements — or repos — to ease the government debt burden going into the 2027 presidential election.

Argentines overwhelmingly disapprove of how President Javier Milei handled a corruption scandal involving his former cabinet chief, according to a new poll published days after the onetime aide resigned.