Sandra Pettovello’s right-hand man in the Human Capital Ministry resigned on Friday night, taking the toll of high-profile resignations and layoffs in the organism to 42, the highest of any state office during the Milei era. Chief advisor Fernando Szereszevsky, who acted as a de facto chief of staff, quit amid two high-profile scandals in the ministry. “My idea was always to leave in May, but I didn’t want to leave the minister at a difficult time,” Szereszevsky told the Herald. The Human Capital Ministry was created by President Javier Milei and is in charge of overseeing public education, culture, and welfare programs, among other areas that had their own ministries before the libertarian economist took office. A former member of Pettovello’s ministry told the Herald that the minister used to congratulate herself on the constant firings and resignations.

Argentine President Javier Milei will travel next week to the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Italy, a spokesman for the libertarian leader told Reuters on Thursday, contradicting reports that he had backed out of the trip. The summit is set to take place from June 13-15, the spokesman said. Milei will appear at the G7 gathering due to an invitation he received from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Milei will go back to Argentina after the meeting and return to Europe at a later date, specifically Spain and Germany. The bills would become law whether the modifications are approved or not, given that both chambers approved them as a whole.

Newly appointed Secretary of Childhood, Adolescence, and Family Yanina Nano Lembo presented the plan. Nano Lembo replaced Pablo de la Torre, whom the Milei administration cut ties with in the wake of the scandal. According to Nano Lembo, 300,000 liters of milk that expire in July will be sent to the Child Nutrition Cooperative (Fundación CONIN, by its Spanish acronym), which will be charged with its disbursement. “The remaining food will be distributed to vulnerable schools across the country,” Nano Lembo said. Gianni added that the food was intended to be used in the event of a catastrophe.

The Argentine Foreign Ministry co-signed a ceasefire proposal with 16 countries developed by the United States and Israel and sent to Hamas. Israel and Hamas’ war began on October 7, when Hamas-led Palestinian fighters killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, and seized more than 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. The Israeli military campaign that followed has left Gaza in ruins and killed more than 36,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities. The ceasefire proposal, outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden on May 31, consists of three phrases. The second phase consists of the “exchange for the release of all remaining living hostages, including male soldiers” and the third, a “major reconstruction plan” for Gaza.

For the better part of his life, Diego Maradona was arguably the most famous person in the world. The death of the man who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title on November 25, 2020, shocked the world. However, 1288 days after his passing, Diego Maradona isn’t any closer to finding peace. Those lingering doubts sparked an investigation into the people tasked with monitoring his health, which is now set to go to trial. Also included in the indictment are medical care coordinators Nancy Forlini and Mariano Perroni, nurses Ricardo Almirón and Dahiana Madrid, and designated doctor Pedro Di Spagna.

Poverty in Argentina reached an alarming 55% during the first trimester of 2024, while 17.5% of Argentines are destitute, according to a new report by the Argentine Catholic University’s respected Social Debt Observatory. “Food insecurity surveyed by the ODSA-UCA in urban areas is at 24.7% for people, 20.8% for households, and 32.2% for children and teenagers. On the other hand, 10.9% of people, 8.8% of households, and 13.9% of children and teenagers are in an even more serious situation with severe food insecurity,” the report says. Food insecurity is at 26.4% for individuals, 21.8% for households, and 35% for children and teenagers in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. “In order to reduce poverty, inflation should be reduced and new jobs should be created with salaries that grow above the CPI, as well as social programs.

Thousands marched nationwide for the ninth annual Ni Una Menos — Not One Less — march on Monday. Since President Javier Milei took office, programs aimed at tackling gender-based violence have been put on ice with deep budget cuts and mass layoffs. Three died of their injuries and the sole survivor, Sofía, has nowhere to go: Ni Una Menos has coordinated community funding to help cover the funeral costs and raise money for Sofía. For many, hate speech from high-profile politicians has heightened violence against the community since the new administration came to power. The first Ni Una Menos march was held on June 3, 2015, to raise awareness about gender-based violence after the brutal femicide of 14-year-old Chiara Páez, who was pregnant when she was beaten to death by her boyfriend Manuel Mansilla (16).

Argentine football clubs now know who they’re facing next in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Three Argentine sides surpassed the group stage in the Copa Libertadores, the continent’s premier international club competition, River Plate, Talleres de Córdoba, and San Lorenzo. Boca awaits a rivalThings aren’t much different in the Copa Sudamericana, where Boca Juniors had to settle for second place in its group and now has one extra step on its road to the title. Second-placed teams in the Sudamericana group stage have to play one of the Libertadores’ group stage third-placed teams. Rosario Central, for its part, could go up against Delfín, Inter, Gremio, Racing de Montevideo, or Always Ready for the play-off, and then face Racing or Fortaleza in the round of 16.

Claudia Sheinbaum, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist, will become Mexico’s first female president after winning a landslide election victory and promising to continue the work of her mentor and outgoing leader, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Accepting her victory, Sheinbaum thanked Lopez Obrador, calling him “an exceptional, unique man who has transformed Mexico for the better.”“We made history!” Sheinbaum told a crowd early Monday morning in the Zocalo square in the heart of Mexico City. Sheinbaum, who will take office on Oct. 1, is the first woman to win a general election in the United States, Mexico or Canada. She has vowed to improve security but has given few details and the election, the most violent in Mexico’s modern history with 38 candidates murdered, has reinforced massive security problems. More people have been killed – over 185,000 – during the mandate of Lopez Obrador than during any other administration in Mexico’s modern history, although the homicide rate has been inching down.

“I won’t apologize for having a penis,” Javier Milei said to cheers and applause at the Buenos Aires Book Fair. But that’s when the radical libertarian first vowed to eliminate the Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity if elected to the Casa Rosada. Each year, thousands take to the streets to protest gender-based violence, demand action from public officials, and take stock of how far the nation has come. According to the Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ), government data show that public spending on policies that aim to reduce gender-based violence is 26.8% lower than it was in 2023. Two of the key initiatives in peril are the 144 line, Argentina’s hotline for assisting domestic and gender-based violence victims, and the Acompañar program, which provides a monthly stipend for survivors of gender-based violence as well as psychological support and legal assistance to escape violent situations.

It’s considered a seminal moment in Argentina’s recent feminist history and marked a turning point regionally. The “traditional values” apparently being those of the Spanish Inquisition, a striking wish to turn the clock far beyond 2015. But it also exposed anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech, particularly within the government’s environs. Days before, Milei’s biographer and friend Nicolás Márquez made strong homophobic statements on one of Argentina’s most popular radio shows. Making it the scapegoat du jour doesn’t wipe the reality of its importance but the consequences aren’t worth it.

Mexicans are voting in national elections on Sunday with the ruling party candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, commanding a hefty lead in the polls and expected to become the country’s first female president. There were already long lines outside voting centers when the polls opened at 8 a.m. local time. “Everyone must get out to vote,” Sheinbaum, a physicist and former Mexico City mayor, said during a live broadcast on local TV. Mexican officials expect these negotiations to be more difficult if the U.S. presidency is won by Donald Trump in November. The polls close at 6:00 p.m. local time (09:00 p.m. Argentina) and the first official preliminary results are expected late Sunday night.

Del maroteAs per usual, I won’t divulge who we were talking about but someone was described as del marote in the newsroom. Let’s get the word marote out the way first, which I wasn’t familiar with. It’s a lunfardo term for “head” or general intelligence which according to the Royal Spanish Academy dictionary comes from the French word for mannequin head (marotte). GambaIncluding gamba here as a cheeky way to make this, our 100th translation trouble, the slang term for AR$100. You can also use the word gamba when asking for support or a favor with “¿Me hacés la gamba?”: requesting the “leg” in “leg-up.” Figuratively.

Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello has filed a legal complaint against Pablo de la Torre, the ministry’s former Childhood, Adolescence, and Family Secretary. De la Torre was fired on Thursday amid a scandal involving undelivered food to soup kitchens. Pettovello’s complaint, however, is not related to the undelivered food but rather to an alleged embezzlement scheme involving ministry contracts. She filed the complaint before the Anti-Corruption Bureau, which was then forwarded to a criminal court. The Herald reached out to a ministry spokesperson seeking confirmation but did not receive an immediate response.

Saturday’s swearing in ceremony in the capital San Salvador took place amid security concerns after police said they had thwarted a bomb threat. Among the attendees at the ceremony were Argentine President Javier Milei and Donald Trump Jr, the son of the former U.S. president, Donald Trump, who arrived in El Salvador on Friday. El Presidente Javier Milei y la Secretaria General de la Presidencia, Karina Milei, saludan al Presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, en su segunda investidura. With safer neighborhoods, public concern has now turned to the economy, which will likely be Bukele’s biggest challenge in his second term. El Salvador’s public debt, meanwhile, has skyrocketed on Bukele’s watch to more than $30 billion, or 84% of GDP.