Get Out! Dragons, murgas, and beats light up the XL weekend
From lanterns and lion dances to drums and DJs, Buenos Aires offers a packed lineup for the XL weekend of carnaval, as Monday and Tuesday’s holidays ensure everyone can join on the fun across the city. Among other things, you’ll find a traditional Chinese parade, Argentine horses, martial arts demonstrations, traditional and contemporary music, DJs, and live performances. Coronel Roca 4151)Two-day tickets available hereUltra Buenos Aires will bring together more than 20 genres and subgenres of electronic music across two days and four stages, offering a true map of the global electronic music scene. In 1997, the murgas (neighborhood street bands that work year-round for the Carnival) were declared Buenos Aires City cultural heritage. The 158th Buenos Aires Carnival comes to the neighborhoods with murga performances, as well as music, dance, and culinary offerings.
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February 11, 2026 18:50 UTC
Powerful Chaco political leaders sentenced to life for murder of Cecilia Strzyzowski
César Sena and his parents, powerful Chaco political leaders Emerenciano Sena and Marcela Acuña, were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Cecilia Strzyzowski, César’s girlfriend, in 2023. A jury had found the family guilty of the murder in November by a jury. Three people who worked for the Sena family were also handed their sentences on Tuesday. Gustavo Melgarejo, watchman of the field, received two years and 10 months of suspended prison for guarding the fire in which Cecilia’s remains were burned. You may also be interested in: Cecilia Strzyzowski: the femicide case that brought down a Chaco political clan
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February 11, 2026 00:29 UTC
Police protests over low salaries escalate across Santa Fe province
Active and retired police officers held protests this week, together with their families, in several cities in the Santa Fe province, over low salaries and mental health issues. The provincial government suspended 20 police officers who took part in the protests and took their service weapons and bulletproof vests. Pullaro announced a financial bonus to street personnel and a free-of-charge comprehensive mental health coverage for the officers, which will include professional care, medications, and support for family members. The government also said it would expand free transportation for the officers and provide free accommodation in Rosario and Santa Fe for those living in other cities. “The police issue is political and the responsibility of the provincial government, but it is highly attractive to various political projects, both within and outside the province of Santa Fe,” he concluded.
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February 10, 2026 22:14 UTC
Inflation ticks up to 2.9% one week after statistics agency controversy
Argentina’s inflation rate for January ticked up to 2.9%, according to a report by the government’s statistics agency, INDEC, released one week after the bureau’s head resigned over a dispute over the measurement methodology. Prices increased 32.4% interannually, and the economic sector with the largest monthly jump was food and non-alcoholic beverages, with a 4.7% spike. The INDEC had originally planned to change the methodology to calculate inflation, and Tuesday would have seen the debut of the updated index. In a report published last week, consulting firm PxQ calculated that, using the 2017-2018 weighting factors, inflation for January would have been 3%. According to the complaint, the now-scrapped index update cost US$5 million and five years of technical work.
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February 10, 2026 19:37 UTC
Soldier found dead in Olivos was lead to suicide by scam, government says
Initial probes suspected the mand had died by suicide using his own rifle, between 5 and 5:30 a.m. that morning. A suicide letter was also found at the time, in which he stated he was having economic issues and was in debt. The scammers used the name of a real Buenos Aires City police officer. Information from his suicide letter, where the soldier mentioned the app, and an analysis of his phone allowed the probe to find more victims. You can phone 011-5275-1135 or 0800-345-1435 nationwide to reach the Centro de Asistencia al Suicida’s 24/7 crisis lifeline — if you’re in Buenos Aires, dial 135 for their toll-free helpline.
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February 10, 2026 17:08 UTC
2026 Argentina Open: Etcheverry starts Buenos Aires campaign on right foot
Etcheverry got off to a solid start. As the only Argentine to take the court as a favorite, Etcheverry felt the support of the fans from the get-go. Everything can be improved.”Etcheverry is enjoying a solid start to the new year after a torrid 2025. Sour Buenos Aires main draw debut for MidónThe tournament started under a scorching hot sun in the Argentine capital. It proved a fairly straightforward affair for the Bolivian, who found very little opposition and took the win 6-4, 6-1.
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February 10, 2026 17:07 UTC
Bad Bunny’s Nuestra América
For twenty years, I taught a course on Latin American political thought. What is the significance of Bad Bunny’s show? Bad Bunny’s show began with images of what may have been his barrio in Puerto Rico — or what, based on nostalgia, he may think it was. In Bad Bunny’s show, the choice to define America as the variegated flags of the American continent’s nations is almost a direct reference to Martí. Many may deride Bad Bunny’s style of singing, but this is beside the point.
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February 09, 2026 21:39 UTC
Former head of disability agency prosecuted in bribery case
Former head of the now-extinct National Disability Agency Diego Spagnuolo was prosecuted on Monday along with 18 other people — including former government officials and representatives of pharmaceutical companies — in a probe investigating a bribery scheme that operated within that state sector. The voice in the audios said that Karina Milei took 3% of the bribes. Spagnuolo was fired shortly after the audios leaked, and the National Disability Agency (ANDIS, by its Spanish initials) was dissolved. Spagnuolo is now being charged with being one of the heads of the illicit association that took gains through the agency. Calvete is believed to have been Spagnuolo’s right-hand man within the ANDIS, acting as an informal director of the agency.
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February 09, 2026 20:14 UTC
Axel Kicillof to head Peronism’s Buenos Aires province party branch
Buenos Aires province Governor Axel Kicillof will be the next leader of the Peronist party provincial branch after agreeing to run as the unity candidate for the March 15 party elections. A presidential run in the works? The party, however, did not gain traction from the move in the national elections. Máximo Kirchner, who has president of the PJ between 2021-2025, will now be head of the party’s congress. According to Herald sister publication Ámbito, he had already been speaking with his allies about his will to let Kicillof run the party in late January.
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February 09, 2026 15:19 UTC
'We choose to die': new trial set to investigate infamous dictatorship massacre
We choose to die.”María Victoria Walsh, daughter of famed author and journalist Rodolfo Walsh, famously uttered these words before taking her own life during a military operation in 1976 known as the Corro Street Massacre. Next Wednesday, almost 50 years after the killings, a trial will try to uncover the truth of what happened. María Victoria Walsh, better known as Vicki, was a member of Montoneros and carried out press tasks. María Victoria WalshVicki’s daughter Victoria was locked in a room and survived the attack. In the case of Vicki Walsh, the six officers are being charged with aggravated attempted murder.
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February 07, 2026 17:18 UTC
Argentine tourist accused of racism in Brazil released after brief detention
On Friday morning, a Brazilian court first granted a prosecutor’s request that Argentine tourist Agostina Páez, who is facing accusations of making racist insults, be taken into preventive custody to await trial. Páez, a 29-year-old attorney from Santiago del Estero, had been under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor. According to the complaint filed by employees, Páez allegedly directed racist insults at staff members during a dispute over the bill. Under Brazilian law, racism and racial insults are treated as serious criminal offenses. The Argentine tourist has maintained her innocence.
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February 06, 2026 21:52 UTC
Argentina-US deal: ‘A step towards a free trade agreement’
Additional reporting by Facundo Iglesia and Juan DécimaArgentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno called the Argentina-U.S. reciprocal trade and investment a “step towards a free trade agreement” between the two countries, a goal President Milei has stated is of prime importance. This is actually the third agreement of this kind the U.S. has signed in the region. The deal, which was published in full on Thursday, spans multiple topics from tariffs and regulations to intellectual property. While the agreement does not require approval by the U.S. Congress, it does need to go through the Argentine Parliament. On Thursday, the foreign ministry said in a statement that the U.S. is granting preferential access to 80,000 extra tons of Argentine beef this year.
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February 06, 2026 19:50 UTC
Airport strike suspended as government calls for negotiation meeting
Updated Friday 1:45 p.m.Airport workers suspended the 24-hour strike that was planned for Monday after the government called a negotiation meeting to reach a solution with the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC, by its Spanish initials). The strike had been planned by airport healthcare workers, firefighters, inspectors, administrative staff and land control personnel employed by the ANAC who are under the State Workers Association union (ATE). The planned protestThe union had originally planned the strike for last Monday, February 2, to protest ANAC’s delay in salary payments. Although the national authorities did not issue a mandatory conciliation period, the call for a meeting between ATE and ANAC was enough for the union to call off the strike. “People must know that if airport operations are disrupted, it is solely the responsibility of the government.”
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February 06, 2026 15:50 UTC
Prosecutor requests Argentine tourist accused of racism in Brazil be held in preventive custody
The prosecutor in the case of Agostina Páez, a 29-year-old Argentine lawyer arrested in Brazil in mid-January accused of racist conduct, has requested she be sent to prison to await trial. According to the complaint filed by employees, Páez allegedly directed racist insults at staff members during a dispute over the bill. In addition to using derogatory language, the woman used gestures considered deeply offensive in Brazil. On Thursday, prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro requested she be taken into preventive custody. In Argentina, nonprofit civil society organization Fundación Apolo has formally requested the intervention of the Argentine Foreign Ministry.
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February 06, 2026 14:23 UTC
IMF technical staff team lands in Buenos Aires
A technical staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) landed in Buenos Aires on Thursday, with the goal of auditing Argentina’s economic program. Now, in order to get an upcoming US$1.1 billion disbursement, Argentina must pass the second review of the new agreement. The “technical mission” is headed by the IMF’s mission chiefs for Argentina, Luis Cubeddu and Bikas Joshi, sources in the lender told the Herald. Private consultants estimate that net international reserves measured using the methodology included in the program with the Fund were around US$13 billion below the committed level. The national administration only began consistently purchasing foreign currency in January, after months in which government authorities said doing so would fuel inflation.
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February 05, 2026 23:16 UTC