This article by Juan Marcos Pollio was published in the Herald’s sister publication ÁmbitoStarting this Friday, January 2, the new inflation-adjusted band scheme will come into effect. “This new scheme allows them not to fall behind and maintain that ceiling at the rate of inflation. It does not correct the drop of the band’s ceiling that occurred throughout the year. It is not falling further behind, but it is not going to recover either,” he added. Depending on one scenario or another, the exchange rate would tend to accelerate,” argued the Bapro executive.

Here’s a list of some of the highlights to look out for in 2026. 50th anniversary of the coupMarch 24, 2026 will mark 50 years from the start of the last civil-military dictatorship in Argentina. World Cup madnessAll of Argentina’s economic, political and human rights problems will likely be put on hold come the winter for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 2026 World Cup will be a turning point for football’s most important competition. Head coach Lionel Scaloni and superstar Lionel Messi will look to repeat in the 2026 World Cup.

A power outage left more than 900,000 homes without electricity Tuesday night, according to the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE). Edesur is one of the two main electricity distributors in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Power outages were reported in the districts of Quilmes, Lomas de Zamora, Lanús, Berazategui, Ezeiza and Almirante Brown, as well as in several neighborhoods of Buenos Aires City, including Recoleta, Flores and Caballito. Edesur said the outage was caused by a failure at its Bosques substation in Buenos Aires province, disrupting service at several substations across Buenos Aires City and Greater Buenos Aires. Edesur and Edenor handle most of the electricity distribution in the Greater Buenos Aires area, a densely populated region where peak consumption often tests the infrastructure.

This includes defending denialist stances about state terror committed during the last military dictatorship in the country, as well as defunding human rights state organizations. The country has also noticeably changed its foreign policy in human rights, going as far as to break its tradition of neutrality in international armed conflicts. In 2025, Argentina has engaged in what the report describes as an “unrestricted alignment” with U.S. foreign policy, said the report issued by CELS, an organization founded in 1979 during the military dictatorship. Argentine representatives have also questioned the legitimacy of international human rights protection mechanisms during hearings before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the UN. He also accused human rights organizations of being “corrupt” and said the members of the committee had been “colonized” by those groups.

The scandal brought on legal proceedings in Argentina and the United States. Born Jorge Bergoglio in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores, the first pontiff from the Americas passed away at 88 in his private residence. The fentanyl, produced by HLB Pharma Group in its laboratory, Laboratorios Ramallo, was distributed in health centers in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Formosa, and Buenos Aires city. Raids were carried out at Suizo Argentina, a major drug distributor accused of acting as a key intermediary in the scheme. The crates, which had been languishing in the basement for 84 years, will be analyzed by experts at the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum.

The Argentine government opened state-owned company Argentine Railways to privatization this week, taking the number of public ventures opened to private capital in 2025 to 11. Since the beginning of the Milei administration, a total of 19 companies have been either privatized or opened to a corporate bid for ownership. The Argentine Railways is a public holding company that has managed the bulk of the national railway network since 2015. The elimination of the “state-owned company” legal designation, a process that opened them up to private ownership, was one of the key stipulations of the Bases Law passed in 2024. The government has already started the privatization processWater and sanitation company AySA.

The government has decided to shut down the National Disability Agency (ANDIS, by its Spanish acronym) and transfer its duties to the health ministry, on the grounds that it will solve bureaucracy and mismanagement issues. The move comes amid an ongoing scandal involving million-dollar bribe accusations within the agency, which the government did not mention while announcing the decision. The audios — which according to Spagnuolo are fake — also mention other high-hierarchy government officials, who still remain in their positions, along with Karina Milei. The judiciary believes that Miguel Ángel Calvete was Spagnuolo’s right-hand man within the ANDIS, acting as a sort of informal director of the agency. She also said comments she left on her father’s phone about paying a 3% bribe to Karina Milei were only “a joke” that was part of a private conversation.

Since Monday, Buenos Aires City has been under an orange alert for extreme heat, the second highest alert possible. Buenos Aires won’t be the only part of Argentina feeling the heat. If you’re spending New Year’s Eve in Buenos Aires, here are some tips to avoid heat-related health problems. When will the temperatures drop in Buenos Aires? Temperatures are forecast to fall as 2026 rolls around, with temperatures dropping to lows of 21°C and highs of 30°C.

Since Monday, Buenos Aires City has been under an orange alert for extreme heat, the second highest alert possible. Buenos Aires won’t be the only part of Argentina feeling the heat. If you’re spending New Year’s Eve in Buenos Aires, here are some tips to avoid heat-related health problems. When will the temperatures drop in Buenos Aires? Temperatures are forecast to fall as 2026 rolls around, with temperatures dropping to lows of 21°C and highs of 30°C.

This won’t be a cakewalk, though, as the entire Buenos Aires region will suffer a heatwave throughout the week. There is also a kids menu with a main course, dessert and beverages for AR$80,000 (US$50). Two choices for an Asian-style holiday: Osaka & LimaOsakaAn undisputed referent of Nikkei food in Buenos Aires, Osaka delivers a sophisticated blend of Japanese technique and Latin American flavors. For dessert, options include the egg white flan with orange marmalade. Alvear 1891Reservations: +54 911 48082100 / [email protected]SofitelSofitel Recoleta is rolling out two generous holiday spreads for those craving a French-accented feast in Buenos Aires.

A federal judge has annulled the anti-protest protocol introduced by former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, which banned protesters from blocking roads. Therefore, the ministry violated the law by “taking on legislative powers it does not have,” he wrote. Cormick’s decision “puts limits on what the Security Ministry can do,” the CELS said in a statement. The security ministry said that the protocol is legitimate and voted to appeal the decision. You may also be interested in: Human rights watchdogs condemn Bullrich’s anti-protest protocolCover photo: Pensioners protest on March 12, 2025.

Despite a moderate effect on asset prices, Argentine markets welcomed the legislative approval of the 2026 budget on Friday. According to analysts, markets were expecting the bill to be passed and are now looking to see how the administration will carry out structural reforms. “The approval of the budget is very important, but it was already expected, hence today’s moderate reaction from financial assets,” independent financial analyst Gustavo Ber told the Herald. Argentine companies on Wall Street, traded through American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), were stable, suffering a few slight losses. “They will always need a bailout — for a year and a half, we have been going from bailout to bailout, and well, you can’t live on bailouts,” Repetto concluded.

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) is in hot water over its finances again, after investigative journalists at La Nación newspaper reported that US$42 million of its income had been moved to shell companies in Florida. AFA linked to money laundering investigationsAFA has been in hot water over its alleged involvement with a company being investigated for money laundering since the start of December. On December 16, Senator Patricia Bullrich reported Tapia and AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino to the ethics committee of CONMEBOL, South American football’s governing body. The Argentine Football Association (AFA) said it wouldn’t “give [the government] the right” to intervene in football, in a 2,500-word statement. Tapia is also under fire in a case filed against Luciano Pantano and Ana Lucía Conte, who stand accused of money laundering.

Two years ago, President Javier Milei had such a tiny congressional minority that people were asking how he would govern. But, while Milei is hoping that legislating will be a clear run, even with allies he’s short of an overall majority. On Friday night, Milei and his party celebrated as the Senate passed his 2026 budget by a comfortable 46-25 margin. It is the first time the president has passed a budget, after working with extensions of the 2023 budget in 2024 and 2025. Nonetheless, in 2026, Trump’s contingent support of the Milei administration will continue to influence Argentina’s international agenda.

In October, the U.S. Treasury, under Trump’s Secretary Scott Bessent, funneled billions of dollars to Argentina’s central bank. It was designed to stabilize the peso just days before Argentina’s midterms, buying Milei time, credibility, and a crucial electoral win. Trump said it outright: if Milei lost, the money would disappear. This wasn’t foreign policy. But by labeling it a swap and hiding it in the balance sheet of the central bank, the Milei administration bypassed Parliament entirely.