The Latest Breaking News from Buenos Aires

The Argentine president’s libertarian experiment is in tatters, and his hold on power seems increasingly dependent on volatile US support, says journalist Jordana Timerman

Milei emerged triumphant in Argentina’s midterm elections, bursting onstage in Buenos Aires to belt out his death-metal anthem, “I am the king of a lost world!” Beaming before cheering supporters, he hailed the results as proof that Argentina has turned the page on decades of debt-ridden Peronism.

A key ideological ally of Trump, Milei's governing party won over 40% of votes in national elections to renew almost half of the lower house of Congress, according to tallies in local media using numbers from electoral authorities.

A street market in a Buenos Aires working-class neighborhood bustles with desperate Argentines who have taken to hawking their belongings to make ends meet as the economy sputters.

In a bid to reduce China’s influence in Argentina, the Trump administration is reportedly pushing officials in Buenos Aires to restrict Beijing’s access to the country’s resources.

Argentines scrambled Friday to buy dollars and household items as the peso depreciated against the greenback, despite multi-billion dollars of US support for the under-pressure currency.

For clues as to why Argentina's President Javier Milei faces a potential drubbing in next week's mid-terms, look no further than San Andres de Giles, a farming town set amid wheat fields two hours from Buenos Aires.

The ruling comes after a dog was lost at Buenos Aires airport and never recovered

The drastic austerity program of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has succeeded in lowering inflation and won effusive praise from President Donald Trump

European court of justice asked to intervene after dog was lost on journey from Buenos Aires to Barcelona

Trump insisted that a recent $20 billion (€17 billion) assistance package to Argentina, which administration officials strenuously deny is a bailout, was about helping “our neighbours."