Argentina’s Tax Rebound Finally Threw the Provinces a Lifeline After Months of Fiscal Squeeze

May delivered the first real recovery in federal revenue-sharing this year, with income tax collections overpowering weak VAT and giving provincial budgets badly needed oxygen even as the five-month total remains in the red.

Kicillof’s Cash Clash With Mayors Is Exposing a Province on the Brink

Buenos Aires mayors are openly pushing back against Axel Kicillof, demanding unrestricted access to municipal funds as fiscal stress, legislative delays, and intraparty power struggles collide in the provincial legislature.

Peronism Is Trapped in a Brutal Fight Over Its Model, Its Leadership, and Its Deal With Power

The Argentine opposition is no longer debating only candidates: it is openly wrestling over fiscal orthodoxy, state strategy, and who gets to command the next political cycle while the business elite watches for a credible alternative.

Milei Masks the Damage, Reclaims Control, and Pushes a Reform Agenda That Worries Peronism

The president has shifted from confrontation to damage control, while internal tensions, economic fragility, and a coming legislative battle define a government that is trying to stabilize its decline without solving its deepest contradictions.

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Argentina Is More Predictable Than the Rest of the World Right Now, and Investors Know It

Pablo Miedziak says Argentina has become a rare island of clarity in a chaotic global economy, with lower inflation, a steadier currency, and stronger confidence in assets, even as political noise and uneven consumption still threaten the recovery.

Most Private-Sector Activities in Argentina Have Lost Formal Jobs Under Milei

A private report based on official labor-safety data says nearly 60% of tracked economic branches cut registered employment, with construction, manufacturing, and transport suffering the deepest losses.

Pérez Esquivel and the CTAs Launch an Eight-Day Hunger Strike to Challenge Milei’s Government

A high-profile anti-government mobilization in Plaza de Mayo frames Argentina’s social crisis as a moral indictment of Javier Milei’s policies, with union groups, ecumenical organizations, and artists turning hunger into a public act of political resistance.

Carry Trade Is Alive, But the Payoff Depends on Which Argentina You Believe In

Carry trade delivered real dollar gains in early 2026, yet the rest of the year could flip the script: steady conditions still favor pesos, while a shock scenario can turn every bet into a losing trade.

Lawmaker Estimates 13 RIGI-Approved Projects Will Cost Argentina $1.8 Billion a Year in Tax Revenue

Guillermo Michel says the first wave of projects under the investment regime represents a fiscal cost equal to 0.27% of GDP, and warns the total could rise as more initiatives are added.

Argentina’s Footwear Industry Is Being Squeezed to Death by Collapsing Demand, Smuggling, and Cheap Chinese Imports

Emanuel Fernández says the local shoe business is being gutted in plain sight: factories are shrinking, jobs are disappearing, and dozens of stores and workshops are shutting down as imported and smuggled product floods the market.

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