Washington finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina and bought pesos, making good on President Donald Trump’s pledge. Here’s what he gets in exchange. By Rodolfo Treber, Buenos Aires, Argentina* The economic policy of Javier Milei ‘s government consolidates a historical pattern in Argentina’s relationship with international financial capital: the use of foreign debt not as an instrument ...
One loan, multiple interests By Fernando Esteche, from Buenos Aires / Argentina “Argentina has shown that this time it is different,” said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during the 2025 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. What could have been read as a technical remark was in fact a political act: The ...
By Guillermo Martín Caviasca, Buenos Aires, Argentina In this interview with the Malvinas war veteran and Chief of Intelligence of the Argentine Navy from 2011 to 2015, Rear Admiral Guillermo Tomé, we look at the different stages of Argentine defense in the last 40 years until reaching the present day. You occupied a privileged position to observe the geopolitical, defense ...