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Argentina: A 2025 Snapshot

AQ tracks political and economic trends to watch and key indicators in 2025.

Javier Milei Has Surprised Almost Everybody

A look at why Argentina’s libertarian president has outperformed expectations at the one-year mark, with several challenges ahead.

Demonstrators protest against former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and the ruling Workers' Party (PT) in São Paulo in March 2016. What Can Latin America’s Failed Presidencies Teach Current Leaders? How strong a country’s parties are has wide implications for presidents’ survival, writes an expert.

What Can Latin America’s Failed Presidencies Teach Current Leaders?

How strong a country’s parties are has wide implications for presidents’ survival, writes an expert.

AQ Podcast | An X-Ray of Javier Milei’s Argentina

A look at what has worked and what hasn’t since the Argentine president came into office around nine months ago

Argentine President Javier Milei (L) accompanied by Argentina's Chief of Staff Nicolas Posse (C) and Argentina's Interior Minister Guillermo Francos (R) arrive to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires on May 25, 2024. Francos will assume as Argentina's Chief of Staff after the resignation of Nicolas Posse, Milei's government reported in a statement on the social network X. (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)

Javier Milei Tries Switching Managers

Guillermo Francos steps in to advance the economic agenda through Congress and help manage the government as the president focuses on international engagements.

AQ Podcast: Why Argentines Seem to Be Sticking With Milei

Despite recession and inflation, Milei has maintained his popularity. The reason for that lies in part in a lack of alternatives.

Argentina’s Biggest Challenge

It’s not inflation, or a dead politician.

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks to lawmakers during the opening session of Congress on March 1.

Milei’s Narrow Path to Success

After several months in office, Argentina’s president faces mounting political and economic challenges, though his reform agenda is still alive.

AQ Podcast: Today’s LGBTQ+ Politics in Latin America

An expert’s overview of the state of LGBTQ+ rights in the region, and how they relate to politics.

Argentina’s New Conservative Coalition

Javier Milei’s voters aren’t just disaffected, a new survey suggests: They agree with him, and they’re disproportionately young and male.

View of a fruit and vegetable stall at Buenos Aires' Central Market in in Jan. 2024. Recent setbacks highlight how difficult it will be for the Milei government to slow inflation.

Argentina’s Inflation Challenge

Recent setbacks highlight how difficult it will be for the Milei government to slow price increases.

Javier Milei Races the Clock

At the one-month mark, Argentina’s president faces numerous challenges ahead.

Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro poses with an Argentina jersey, after visiting Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires in December.

What Milei and Bolsonaro Supporters May Have in Common

A survey taken at rallies in Buenos Aires and São Paulo points to shared ideas on issues like human rights and welfare programs.

AQ Podcast: Javier Milei’s Challenges

Javier Milei has already backtracked on some of his more radical policy positions. What does this mean, and what are his key challenges?

Argentine President-elect Javier Milei (left); Chilean President Gabriel Boric (center); Colombian President Gustavo Petro (right).

What Javier Milei Can Learn from Others’ Mistakes

The presidents of Chile and Colombia overestimated their mandates. Argentina’s next leader can avoid a similar path.