Basilea, Suiza, 26 oct (Prensa Latina) El tenis latinoamericano tuvo hoy una jornada aciaga en la primera ronda del torneo de Basilea, con los reveses de los argentinos Juan Manuel Cerúndolo y Mariano Navone. Cerúndolo perdió ante el alemán Daniel Altmaier por 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7) y 4-6, y Navone frente al monegasco Valentin Vacherot en dos sets 3-6 y 6-7 (4/7).
Buenos Aires, 26 oct (Prensa Latina) La resonante victoria de Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva en el balotaje presidencial retumbó en los círculos de poder de la ultraderecha que vio cómo su ola conservadora quedó frenada en Brasil, consideran hoy analistas políticos argentinos.
Some of the remnant socialist governments appear to be sliding toward subservience
“Respect for sovereignty is the most significant norm in international politics, and its purpose is to minimize war and facilitate peaceful relations among states.”
—John Mearsheimer
American political scientist and international relations scholar and professor
The U.S. war against Vietnam was driven by the imperialist assumption that Vietnam was one of many inevitable dominoes that would fall to communism. But the communist dominos did not fall. Instead, today, we face a dramatic, devastating loss of progressive governments throughout Latin America, with the domino game won by the reactionary forces.
We must learn from history, or we are doomed to repeat it. But today, there is little public discussion and analysis of what led to these Latin American losses, if not outright condemnation of such questions.
Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
— John Milton English poet, polemicist, and civil servant
During the Cold War, the U.S. had a long pattern of supporting right-wing coups, dictatorships and death-squad operations, driven by the imperatives of big business which wanted to exploit Latin American resources.
One of the most notorious cases was Chile, where the CIA backed a coup against democratically elected leader Salvador Allende that brought in fascist Augusto Pinochet.
Today, as Peoples Dispatch reported: “The far right in Latin America is shaped by an anti-left agenda that it inherits from the Cold War, which means that its political formations typically endorse the era of U.S.-backed military dictatorships. The ideas of the left, whether from the Cuban Revolution (1959) or from the era of the Pink Tide (after 1998), are anathema to these political forces; these ideas include agrarian reform, state-led finance for industrialization, state sovereignty, and the importance of trade unions for all workers and peasants.”
Glenn Greenwald agrees: “Other than Uruguay, Brazil is the last country in South America still governed by a left-wing or center-left government, with one country after another electing leaders on the right: Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, etc.”
Medea Benjamin also agrees: “Across the continent—from Colombia and Peru to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Bolivia and Panama—there has been a stark reversal of the region’s progressives that brought hope for a more independent and socially just Latin America. The only two major powers in Latin America still governed by the left are Mexico and Brazil—and Brazil faces a fiercely contested presidential election in October.” Unfortunately, the recent election requires a runoff, as neither Bolsonaro nor Lula received over 50% of the vote. What is particularly concerning, is that Lula did not come in as strong as most predicted.
Alan MacLeod reports in Mint Press that “The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being laid for a potential military intervention.”
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after he is presented with a soccer jersey by President Donald Trump. [Source: politico.com]
Colombia’s domino fell when its left-wing presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda conceded defeat on June 24 to hard-right populist Abelardo de la Espriella following a tight run-off race.
“There had been doubts among the Cepeda camp about the legitimacy of the vote process, with President Gustavo Petro—who was closely involved in the leftist candidate’s campaign—openly alleging fraud and foreign interference before and after the election.”
Colombia’s far right new President Abelardo de la Espriella celebrates his recent election victory. [Source: americasquarterly.org]
Nicaragua faces electoral interference as well. As reported in The Grayzone, “In his national address on July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated that, when the country’s next elections take place in 2027, none who promoted a violent anti-government insurrection in 2018 will be allowed to stand for office.” He declared that Nicaragua has the “sovereign right to fight foreign interference in its electoral process…Washington’s plans for regime change in Nicaragua are hardly a secret…The National Endowment for Democracy’s president, Damon Wilson, bragged to a House committee in February that his organization is funding media in Nicaragua with an eye to undermining its Sandinista government.”
Lest we forget, government control of media is essential for fascism to take hold. Benjamin outlines how “The market concentration of Latin American media conglomerates is among the highest in the world, with four transnational companies controlling 89 percent of the broadcast media across six major countries…The market power of these huge media conglomerates is a real obstacle to any movement for democracy or socialism.” Even darker, she reports that Allen Weinstein, a founder of the National Endowment for Democracy, told The Washington Post in 1991, “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA.”
Damon Wilson, the director of the National Endowment for Democracy. [Source: ned.org]
After Venezuela was subject to a U.S. military invasion on January 3, which resulted in the kidnapping of sitting president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores, then-Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil said “We found ourselves alone.”
It was certainly a devastating disappointment that Russia and China, or neighboring countries such as Colombia and Brazil, did not (though under the boot of the U.S.) more militantly advocate for Maduro and Flores’s return. The illegal murders on the open seas of the Caribbean—with impunity—was writing on the wall that Venezuela was the next domino to fall. Why did the efforts to prevent the fall fail?
Is Venezuela still a sovereign country? Former Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said, “Everything is now negotiated” with Washington, requiring a daily give-and-take with Caracas. When does it become regime change if everything must be negotiated with Washington?
Peoples Dispatch reports that, “Despite every attempt to overthrow the government of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro remains in charge and has mobilized large sections of the population to defend the Bolivarian Revolution against any threats.” But as is acknowledged, “…U.S. imperialism, by having a gun pointed to the government’s head, is in a position to exert substantial coercion leading to unpalatable decisions, such as Alex Saab’s deportation.”
Doesn’t “substantial coercion” trespass upon sovereignty? When domestic peace occurs due to a gun to your head, is it the measure of success? Saab’s deportation is more grievous than unpalatable.
Criticizing a government does not make one equivalent to a particular opposition figure. Asking questions is not counterrevolutionary, but essential. What insights have we gained during this period of U.S. imperialism?
CovertAction Magazine’s “Cuba Is Not Venezuela or Jamaica as It Refuses to Become a U.S. Neo-Colony” recounts how, when Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley refused Henry Kissinger’s demand to end support for the Angola liberation struggle, the U.S. made sure Manley would lose the next election. Jamaica has been a willing servant of the Empire ever since, recently ending an essential Cuban health care program that brought doctors to the country. A neo-colony is certainly not sovereign.
It is tragic that Venezuela is used as the current example of what other countries want to avoid. Maduro recently posted that “Venezuela will be reborn.” Venezuelan popular movements now call for ‘anti-imperialist resistance’ to the recent oil deal for its lack of transparency and implications for Venezuelan sovereignty. Organizer Orlando Vega argued that the Venezuelan government “stumbled” in its response to the January 3 U.S. attacks. He urged a demand for the release of Maduro and Flores and a review of legislation approved “under U.S. coercion.”
But a key political question is: “What remains of Bolivarian sovereignty if control over the country’s primary energy resources is gradually transferred to private actors linked to U.S. interests?…A process born in the name of sovereignty and independence risks resulting in the subordination of key strategic resources to the interests of a foreign power…Venezuela faces what appears to be the liquidation of sovereignty, self-determination, and the legacy of the Bolivarian Revolution.”
“History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalization imposed in the interests of the powerful.”—Noam Chomsky
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) recently issued a memo which states that Cuba is not Venezuela. They predict that “The same people who keep ’57 Chevrolets on the road with a coat hanger will wreak havoc against a foreign-imposed regime.”
Cuba refuses to accept a dialogue based on subordination. It declares it will engage in dialogue with Washington, but will not negotiate under pressure or cede its sovereignty. “We have no alternative but to resist. We must resist,” said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who explicitly linked the defense of socialism to the defense of national independence and sovereignty. Is Cuba’s refusal to kneel to Uncle Sam the reason the U.S. strategy for Cuba recently shifted from the military option to sanctions?
“Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.”—Fidel Castro
The Soviet Union helped Cuba survive its illegal sanctions, begun in 1960, but since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba suffered and struggled under increasing sanctions—mostly alone. In a promising new development, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov recently announced that Russia and Cuba will continue strengthening their strategic partnership despite attempts to undermine bilateral cooperation through intimidation and political pressure.
The Peace of Westphalia, which established the nation-states in 1648, enshrined the concept of state sovereignty into international law, which was formalized centuries later by the United Nations Charter. The founding principle was that every State, regardless of size and economic importance, has an equal right to sovereignty. This cornerstone of modern international law establishes the concept that a nation-state has supreme, independent authority over its own territory and domestic affairs.
In tragic irony, sovereignty is used to justify the right to kill in defiance of international law. Carl Schmitt, a German philosopher and jurist who joined the Nazi Party in 1933, defined sovereignty as the “power to decide the state of exception.” William Blum’s Rogue State outlines in brutal detail how the U.S. has long been a lawless state, blind to others’ sovereignty, and the devastating danger that state of exception reflects.
Recently, Marco Rubio had the audacity to claim that “The ICC [International Criminal Court] poses an intolerable threat to U.S. sovereignty.” Then on October 9, the U.S. imposed new sanctions on the ICC, apparently because the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who once criticized Israel.
However, “The ICC is not claiming jurisdiction over conduct in the United States,” said Kenneth Roth, of Human Rights Watch. “Rubio is dressing up his quest for impunity for American war crimes under the label of national sovereignty, which ignores the sovereign right of other nations to invoke the ICC for crimes committed on their territory.” Sovereignty does not imply immunity, but accountability to the rule of law.
Vijay Prashad outlines the struggle for sovereignty in the Global South: “Can the nations of the Global South act together with sovereignty and dignity? Can they build institutions that serve their peoples rather than global capital?…A political consciousness that favours sovereignty and strategic autonomy is rising in the Global South.”
When a country gives up strategic autonomy, has it compromised its sovereignty? Prashad concludes: “The peoples of the Global South demand sovereignty, equality, and peace.” Sovereignty is becoming a mantra, though its clear meaning remains elusive.
“How does any country give up any sovereignty and expect to survive as a government?…That would be political suicide.”—Benigno Aquino III
Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar explored modern global sovereignty in “Eurasia, the Hegemon, and the Three Sovereigns,” asserting that true, uncompromised national sovereignty in contemporary geopolitics requires reconceptualizing the understanding of sovereignty. He addressed the need to “pierce far beyond sovereignty as interpreted in conventional political science and predominant international relations narratives.”
When does genocide of resident civilians cancel the right to sovereignty over them? Banning a native language is legally genocide. Ukraine banned the Russian language on the first day of the 2014 coup.
So did Russia violate Ukraine’s sovereignty when it began the SMO? The Donbas, after 12,000 civilian deaths in eight years, voted—overwhelmingly—to rejoin the Russian Federation. The Duma voted to accept their request for reunification.
When international law fails, with total UN abdication, and agreements like Minsk I and Minsk II are used as a ruse, how is Ukraine’s alleged sovereignty legitimate while it commits genocide against its own people?
Cuba remains a sovereign socialist country which says it will not surrender. Venezuela reminds us how quickly a revolution can be compromised when sovereignty becomes a negotiable variable. What is the “difference between sovereignty and subordination, between resistance and surrender?”
When Castro won the Cuban Revolution, he immediately distributed guns to the peasants, because he knew that he needed the people to maintain the victory. And he certainly agreed with Frederick Douglass that “It’s better to die free, than live as a slave.”
Sovereignty requires that the people of each country are free to make their own choices, without coercion or a gun to their head.
Il Perito Moreno, ghiacciaio della Patagonia argentina, è arretrato di 910 metri in soli 100 giorni tra febbraio e giugno. Lo riporta RaiNews che cita il rilevamento effettuato dal centro di interpretazione dei ghiacciai Glaciarium assieme al Parco Nazionale Los Glaciares. L’allarme è giustificato non solo dalla perdita di terreno della massa ghiacciata, ma anche dal fatto che il Perito Moreno era uno dei pochi ghiacciaci al mondo ancora in condizioni “stabili” o “di equilibrio“: riusciva a rigenerare nella stagione invernale la massa persa durante il periodo estivo-autunnale.
Il Perito Moreno è parte del Parco nazionale Los Glaciares, Patrimonio dell’Unesco dal 1981, ed è da anni meta turistica in quanto unico ghiacciaio orizzontale al mondo, con 30 km di lunghezza e una superficie di 250 kmq: famosa la sua spettacolare diga di ghiaccio che lo caratterizza. Secondo gli esperti l’accelerazione del suo degrado deriva “dall’assottigliamento e dall’arretramento della dorsale subglaciale che fungeva da punto di ancoraggio stabilizzandone il fronte”; il processo di distaccamento di grandi blocchi rischia di essere irreversibile. La soglia di arretramento supera quella di 750 metri registrata nel 1899 misurata dal geologo tedesco Rudolf Hauthal.
A ex-presidente da Argentina Cristina Kirchner foi às suas redes sociais na noite deste domingo (25) parabenizar o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) pela reeleição.
“Parabéns, primeiro ao povo brasileiro, que hoje protagonizou um autêntico 17 de Outubro eleitoral”, afirmou a líder, atualmente em prisão domiciliar após ser condenada por corrupção. A data é uma referência ao dia em que, em 1945, uma multidão foi às ruas pedir a liberação do general Juan Domingo Perón.
E continuou: “Depois, a você, companheiro presidente Lula, que, em sua sétima eleição presidencial, soube despertar em seus compatriotas o sentimento e o sentido necessários para vencer esta batalha”.
Milei não se pronunciou
O atual presidente argentino e adversário de Cristina, Javier Milei, não se pronunciou sobre o resultado, assim como os demais líderes latino-americanos. O ultraliberal apenas republicou postagens que sugeriam uma fraude no processo eleitoral brasileiro, sem provas. (Daniela Arcanjo/FOLHAPRESS)
O Presidente da Argentina estava acusado de burla e vários outros crimos por causa da criptomoeda que lançou e que causou prejuízos a milhares de investidores
Press freedom groups condemn Javier Milei’s threats against journalists who investigated the $LIBRA cryptocurrency case, warning of rising hostility toward the media.
Argentine press freedom and human rights organizations have condemned President Javier Milei for threatening journalists who investigated the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal, warning that his remarks could expose media workers to violence and undermine freedom of expression.
Speaking at a dinner hosted Friday by the Fundación Faro think tank, Milei attacked journalists who covered the $LIBRA case, accusing them of spreading false information and coordinating a political operation against his administration.
The remarks came hours after a court dismissed the judicial case involving the cryptocurrency, a digital asset promoted by Milei in February 2025 whose sharp price fluctuations harmed thousands of investors.
Text Reads: 🗣️ Argentine President Javier Milei stated on Friday that “the ones who should be burned at the stake are the sons of b*tches,” after publicly singling out media figures who covered the investigation into the cryptocurrency $LIBRA. ⚖️ These remarks were made during a dinner hosted by the Fundación Faro, just hours after the judiciary dismissed the case. Milei specifically mentioned journalists from La Nación, Perfil, and A24. 📢 FOPEA (Forum for Argentine Journalism) denounced an “unprecedented escalation,” warning that such language “legitimizes violence.” The CELS (Center for Legal and Social Studies) described his comments as an “authoritarian escalation,” while the union SiPreBA called for an immediate response from the political and media spheres. 🔴 “The State has an obligation to protect journalists, not to turn them into targets,” FOPEA stated.
During his speech, Milei threatened those he accused of wrongdoing with being “burned at the stake” and singled out five journalists by name: Hugo Alconada Mon, Carlos Pagni and Paulino Rodrigues of La Nación newspaper; Natalia Volosín of Perfil; and Luis Novaresio of A24 television.
“Let it be known that the sons of bitches in Argentina will receive no mercy,” the president declared. “Those who deserve to be burned at the stake are the sons of bitches.”
The remarks drew condemnation from press freedom and human rights organizations, which warned that publicly identifying journalists while using such threatening language could increase the risks they face in their work.
The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA) said the reference to burning journalists at the stake, coupled with the president’s naming of specific media professionals, marked a significant escalation in government hostility toward the press.
“The state has an obligation to protect journalists, not turn them into targets,” the organization said. It urged Milei to stop stigmatizing journalists and called on political leaders, lawmakers and other institutions to publicly respond to the incident.
The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) described the episode as an “authoritarian escalation” in a statement published on X. The organization warned that when a head of state publicly casts critics as enemies, it can encourage attacks and undermine democratic debate. It also argued that insults and defamatory attacks against journalistic work must have limits.
❌ESTO NO ES UN REPUDIO, ES UN LLAMADO A LA ACCIÓN
🔊FRENEMOS LA INQUISICIÓN DE MILEI
El presidente Milei volvió a cruzar un límite gravísimo. La instigación a “quemar en la hoguera” a un grupo de periodistas debe generar una reacción inmediata de todo el arco político y… pic.twitter.com/XrXOohrVDe
— SiPreBA – Sindicato de Prensa de Buenos Aires (@sipreba) October 24, 2026
Text Reads: ❌THIS IS NOT A REJECTION, IT’S A CALL TO ACTION 🔊LET’S STOP MILEI’S INQUISITION President Milei has once again crossed a gravely serious line. The incitement to “burn at the stake” a group of journalists must provoke an immediate reaction from the entire political and media spectrum to halt the attacks on our profession. There will be no room for regrets if the violence promoted by the President ends up turning into facts. This government, which nearly killed photographer Pablo Grillo in a savage crackdown, now calls, in the voice of its highest representative, to assault our colleagues, as has already happened. We send our solidarity to @halconada, @CarlosPagni2, @nataliavolosin, @paulinor76and @luisnovaresio and place ourselves at their disposal. With threats on social media, repression in the streets, and attacks on rights in Congress, they seek to silence the press. From SiPreBA, we call to defend the Journalist’s Statute and to respond with more democracy in the face of the return to the Inquisition proposed by the Executive Branch.
CELS said the incident was part of a broader pattern of hostility toward media workers, including harassment, attacks on digital platforms and repression of journalists covering public demonstrations.
The Buenos Aires Press Union (SiPreBA) also condemned the president’s remarks, calling for an immediate response from political and media figures to stop the attacks. The union expressed solidarity with the journalists targeted by Milei and warned of the possible consequences of his rhetoric.
“There will be no room for regret if the violence promoted by the president ends up turning into actual incidents,” SiPreBA said.
The organizations called for political and institutional action to protect journalists and counter hostility toward the press following Milei’s public targeting of reporters who investigated the $LIBRA case.
Telegraph report says Israel now backs Argentina’s call for direct talks with Britain over the disputed islands amid increasingly tense ties between Jerusalem and London
Flooding in Paraguay and Argentina’s Corrientes province has inundated homes and damaged infrastructure, with further rises in water levels possible.
Flooding along the Paraná River has forced about 4,200 families to evacuate in eastern Paraguay and inundated neighborhoods in Argentina’s Corrientes province, as authorities warn that further rainfall could worsen conditions in the coming days.
Ciudad del Este, in Paraguay, is among the hardest-hit areas, with more than 1,000 households affected. In Argentina, a breached flood barrier in Paso de la Patria has sent water hundreds of meters inland, submerging streets and creating additional safety risks.
Heavy rainfall across the Paraná River basin has prompted civil protection agencies and local authorities in both countries to assist displaced residents, distribute sandbags and establish temporary shelters.
In Paraguay’s Alto Paraná department, the neighborhood of Remansito in Ciudad del Este has suffered severe flooding. Around 35 families involved in recycling were forced to leave their homes after their plots were inundated.
🌊 La crecida del río Paraná obligó a evacuar a unas 4.200 familias en el este de Paraguay. ⚠️ En Ciudad del Este hay más de 1.000 hogares damnificados y 35 familias del barrio Remansito debieron abandonar sus viviendas. #teleSUR#Paraguay#22Oct#AméricaLatina… pic.twitter.com/0TV9HiUCkP
Residents have blamed the rapid rise in water levels on the opening of floodgates at the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric plant. The dam’s administration has rejected claims that the operation was the main cause of the flooding, saying the gates were opened in accordance with technical safety protocols for operational contingencies.
The emergency has also severely affected Paraguay’s Ñeembucú department, particularly the localities of Ayolas and Cerrito. Residents have organized community kitchens to provide food and basic supplies to evacuees.
Across the border, Paso de la Patria has become one of the most vulnerable areas in Corrientes province after an embankment near the Don Julián cabin area gave way. Water levels at the town’s port reached 7.79 meters.
The breach allowed floodwaters to advance as far as 300 meters inland, inundating the Los Pescadores, La Isla and Señoran neighborhoods, as well as areas around the Huajó stream.
The rising water has also submerged the Pinín Palma amphitheater and Isla de los Pájaros. The presence of potentially dangerous wildlife, including caimans, in residential areas has added to concerns over public safety. The flooding has also hit a town whose economy relies heavily on tourism and sport fishing.
Residents have described the difficulty of escaping the rising waters. Ismael Ali, who lives in Los Pescadores, said he was surrounded by floodwater with nowhere to go, while neighbors fled as best they could and tried to rescue their dogs.
Although the Paraná’s level in the Argentine sector fell by 40 centimeters on Friday, authorities warned that the decline might be temporary. Heavy storms continuing upstream in Brazil could cause water levels to rise by as much as another meter in the coming days.
Paraguay’s Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology has forecast continued rainfall through the weekend, raising the risk of landslides. Municipal authorities and rescue teams in both countries are continuing to distribute sandbags, open temporary shelters and monitor riverside areas. Residents have been warned to remain alert for further rainfall and possible hail.
A new trial in the unified Hotesur and Los Sauces money laundering cases opened Friday in Buenos Aires against Argentine former President Cristina Kirchner, her son, Deputy Máximo Kirchner, and 17 other defendants.
Federal Oral Tribunal 5 allowed the former President and the deputy to attend the opening session virtually, with the favorable vote of judges José Michilini and Fernando Machado Pelloni. The ruling sought to coordinate the deputy’s parliamentary schedule and simplify transfer logistics from the home where the former president is serving a sentence.
The remote format was granted exceptionally, only for the formal reading of the indictment and the order sending the case to trial. The tribunal said later hearings will be in person for all defendants.
The case covers 19 people, including businessmen Lázaro Báez, Cristóbal López and Fabián de Sousa. Hearings are set for Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, including the January 2027 judicial recess, when the defense lawyers must attend in person every day.
With over 300 witnesses initially slated to testify, the dynamics of witness credibility and testimonies would play a crucial role in shaping the outcome, but it was reduced by agreement between the parties.
[JUSTICIA] Terminó la audiencia por Hotesur y Los Sauces: solicitaron que Cristina Kirchner sea juzgada como "jefa de una asociación ilícita, coautora de lavado de activos y admisión de dádivas", y su hijo, Máximo, fue imputado como "organizador del entramado criminal". https://t.co/3s4n4ORbW3pic.twitter.com/VbWP9G9bve
The prosecution alleges that Kirchner’s family bought hotels and apartments, rented them to businessmen, mainly Báez, and laundered illegal money from public works.
The defense’s argument about the legitimacy of the funds is crucial. The defense, led by Carlos Beraldi and Ary Llernovoy, says the properties were bought with declared funds, including assets the family owned before Néstor Kirchner became Mayor of Río Gallegos, and that rentals were invoiced, banked and at market prices. The defense says similar claims were dismissed in three illicit enrichment cases. None of these claims has been tested at trial, and the defendants are presumed innocent.
Lawyer Carlos Beraldi maintained from the start that the hotels operated, collected and paid taxes like any other business. In September 2023, Chamber I of the Federal Chamber of Cassation revoked a previous dismissal and ordered that the trial go ahead.
The merged file brings together two fronts. Hotesur concerns the family’s hotel operation, while Los Sauces covers the real estate company at the center of the billing accusation.
The Cassation court removed the two judges who had dismissed the case and left only Palliotti, the magistrate who had voted to convict Cristina and Máximo Kirchner.
The same account recalls that in November 2021 judges Adrián Grünberg and Daniel Obligado dismissed the case against all defendants, with Adriana Palliotti dissenting, relying on an accounting expert report that found no harm. In September 2023, the Cassation Chamber overturned that decision and ordered a trial.
The opening of the process was preceded by an episode described as embarrassing. The Cassation court ordered the Federal Oral Tribunal 5 to merge the Hotesur and Los Sauces cases into a single proceeding and to begin it this Friday.
It is the first time in the country’s history that the Cassation court has dictated how a trial must be conducted, a power that normally belongs to each oral tribunal. Political pressure mounted after a Supreme Court resolution, and the judges had only 72 hours to unify the files. The order left the tribunal with no margin to set its own calendar.
The core of the Los Sauces case is the billing of the family’s real estate firm. According to the accusation, 88% of everything the company collected between 2009 and 2016 came from businesses controlled by Báez and from the Indalo Group.
The Hotesur portion of the merged case has not yet been read in court. The next hearings, set for October 26 and October 30, will determine how the combined process advances.
Palmeiras e Estudiantes terão um objetivo em comum na final da Copa Libertadores de 2026: colocar seu país à frente do rival no ranking histórico de títulos do torneio. A decisão, marcada para 28 de novembro, em Montevidéu, no Uruguai, colocará em jogo a possibilidade de Brasil ou Argentina se tornar o maior campeão da competição de forma isolada.
Os dois países chegam à decisão com 25 conquistas cada. O Palmeiras representa o futebol brasileiro após eliminar o Fluminense nos pênaltis, enquanto o Estudiantes garantiu sua vaga ao superar o Flamengo. Além do troféu, o confronto terá impacto direto na disputa histórica entre as duas nações.
Estudiantes tenta encerrar sequência brasileira
A presença do Estudiantes na final abre a possibilidade de interromper uma sequência de sete títulos consecutivos de clubes brasileiros na Libertadores. A última vez que uma equipe argentina levantou a taça foi em 2018, quando o River Plate venceu o Boca Juniors em uma decisão disputada em dois jogos.
Na edição seguinte, a competição passou a ter finais em partida única. Desde a mudança, nove equipes diferentes chegaram à decisão: Flamengo, Palmeiras, Santos, Athletico-PR, Fluminense, Botafogo e Atlético-MG, pelo Brasil, além de River Plate e Boca Juniors, pela Argentina.
O domínio brasileiro também se reflete nos confrontos decisivos entre equipes do mesmo país. Das últimas seis finais, cinco reuniram dois clubes brasileiros. Agora, o Estudiantes tenta mudar esse cenário e voltar a conquistar a Libertadores depois de 27 anos, além de evitar que a Argentina perca a igualdade no número de títulos.
O Palmeiras, por sua vez, pode alcançar o quarto troféu continental. Se vencer, o time paulista chegará ao tetracampeonato e igualará o Flamengo, que atualmente é o clube brasileiro com mais títulos da Libertadores.
A decisão será disputada no Estádio Centenário, em Montevidéu, no dia 28 de novembro.
C’è uno strano caso di “miracolo” economico che riesce a far quadrare i conti dello Stato mentre manda fuori squadra quelli di chi lavora, produce, consuma. Se volete toccare con mano, prendete un aereo per Buenos Aires, nell’Argentina di Javier Milei, il presidente con la motosega anti-sprechi, anti-spesa pubblica, anti-tutto. Uno strumento che, a giudicare dai risultati, funziona egregiamente. Il punto è capire che cosa stia tagliando.
All’atto del suo trionfale avvento, nel 2023, Milei era stato dipinto come un auspicato innovatore della deregulation contro-statalista in salsa sudamericana. Esaltato in primis dagli opinionisti turbo-liberali mai sazi di sforbiciate al deficit, pareggi di bilancio, privatizzazioni e tutto il ben noto pacchetto di riforme degli emuli, o nostalgici, della “filosofia” ultraliberista.
Partiamo dalle imprese: tra novembre 2023 e luglio 2026, secondo i registri ufficiali argentini, 32.290 datori di lavoro in meno (-6,3%) e 437.600 posizioni lavorative perdute (-4,4%). Non tutti fallimenti o licenziamenti, ma senz’altro una bella emorragia. In Argentina, il piatto piange, ma letteralmente, non per modo di dire. Prendete la carne bovina, icona nazionale del comparto alimentare: 46,3 chili annui pro capite nel luglio 2026, il 9,4% in meno rispetto all’anno precedente. Nel Paese dell’asado, anche la bistecca è diventata un lusso.
Quanto alle pensioni, il bonus per i trattamenti più bassi è congelato a 70.000 pesos dal marzo 2024. I prezzi, ovviamente, no: e il taglio delle pensioni “povere” vien da sé, per opera dell’inflazione, senza colpo ferire e senza bisogno di scomodi interventi “strutturali”. Infine la povertà: risalita dal 28,2% al 32,3% nel primo semestre 2026, con il 7,5% degli argentini nell’indigenza.
Certo, Milei ha ottenuto risultati importanti sul piano della stabilizzazione: avanzo fiscale nel 2024 e nel 2025, inflazione mensile scesa all’1,9 per cento nel settembre 2026. Liquidare questi risultati come inesistenti sarebbe poco onesto. Ma confondere il miglioramento degli indicatori fiscali e monetari con il benessere e la qualità della vita dei cittadini è un errore ancor più grave.
Uno Stato non è un’azienda, e tanto meno un foglio Excel dove l’unica variabile degna di nota è il saldo entrate-uscite e dove i benefici sono sempre e solo quelli rilevabili con l’occhiuta tigna di un cassiere. Né il giudizio su un Paese può essere appaltato in esclusiva alle agenzie di rating. Esso deriva anche da come sono tutelati i suoi abitanti (sul piano del welfare, della sanità, della vecchiaia), da quanto l’ecosistema economico sia favorevole anche alle piccole e medie imprese, dall’adeguatezza dei salari dei suoi lavoratori, dal potere d’acquisto delle sue famiglie.
Per capire la filosofia che ispira il format albiceleste, bisogna fare un salto indietro di mezzo secolo. Destinazione: Cile, anni Settanta. All’indomani del colpo di Stato di Pinochet, i cosiddetti Chicago Boys, economisti cileni formatisi nell’ambiente accademico dell’Università di Chicago, contribuirono a realizzare un radicale programma di liberalizzazioni, privatizzazioni, disciplina monetaria e ridimensionamento dell’intervento statale.
Naturalmente il Cile di Pinochet era una dittatura e l’Argentina di Milei è una democrazia. Ma la genealogia economica degli “sperimentatori” è riconoscibile tanto quanto l’identità nazionale delle cavie, entrambe sudamericane. La convinzione di fondo condivisa è che lo Stato sia omologabile a una SpA, la spesa pubblica un male da estirpare e il mercato il solo prodigioso meccanismo in grado – una volta sbrigliato dai lacci e lacciuoli di ogni pretesa di ingerenza “sociale” – di far quadrare i conti e di generare surplus.
Milei sembra la versione più estrema, quasi fumettistica – persino dal punto di vista lombrosiano, coi suoi rampanti basettoni da protocapitalista ottocentesco – di un’intera scuola di pensiero: un Chicago Boy in grisaglia senza il gessetto del professore e con l’intraprendenza di un boscaiolo.
La parabola di Milei dovrebbe farci riflettere perché – sia pure in modo esasperato e iperbolico – ben restituisce l’esito per molti versi fallimentare, sul piano sociale, delle ricette neoliberiste. Ricette che abbiamo conosciuto sulla nostra pelle sia pure in una declinazione più ordo-liberista di stampo teutonico. E ciò a far data quantomeno dai primi anni Novanta con la fine della tanto vituperata prima repubblica, il celebre incontro sul Britannia del 1992, la svendita dell’IRI, l’avvento dell’euro, la firma dei trattati di Maastricht e di Lisbona che hanno finito per stravolgere, se non per tradire del tutto, lo spirito keynesiano della nostra Costituzione originaria.
Il tutto precisamente in ossequio a quel culto della competitività, delle “lenzuolate” e dei “conti in ordine” che rappresenta una delle matrici ideologiche tutt’altro che secondarie dell’architettura unionista.
"As much as the industrial revolution freed us from the constraints of the human muscle, AI will free us from the constraints of the human brain, pushing productivity beyond our wildest dreams….Keep AI unregulated so that it is free to be developed without the deadly hand of premature and poorly understood regulation."
Argentine President Javier Milei wrote that on June 4 in the Financial Times as part of his push to bring AI companies to Argentina. The prior week, he had introduced legislation to boost AI based on three pillars: leaving AI unregulated, establishing a new legal category for nonhuman corporations operated by AI agents or robots, and keeping corporate taxes low. As of late September, the Senate has held hearings on the legislation but not advanced it.
—Javier Milei, explaining his willingness to make deep cuts to existing spending and regulation in Argentina, from an interview with The Economist in 2024.
Pope Leo XIV confirmed his official visit to Argentina on Thursday, as he announced a four-day pastoral tour set to begin on November 8.
The Holy See press office released operational details of the journey after doctors cleared international travel, noting that the Pope requires no additional oncological treatment.
The Pope’s visit will include prisons, care homes for people with disabilities and meetings with workers’ organizations, reflecting an institutional intention to weigh in on debates over social justice, labor rights and the plight of the most vulnerable sectors.
His itinerary opens November 8 with a 4:30 P.M. local time arrival at Jorge Newbery Airport aboard a flight from Uruguay. From there he will pay tribute at the General San Martin Monument before attending a protocol reception hosted by President Javier Milei and meeting with diplomats.
The following day brings a packed schedule. Pope Leo will visit the Cottolengo in Don Orione, in Claypole, preside over a massive outdoor mass at the Monument to the Spaniards, meet with the labor sector at the Argentinean Catholic University, lead an interreligious gathering at San Martín Palace and dine with bishops at the Archbishopric.
During the welcoming session for newlyweds at the general audience, a couple said to Pope Leo XIV: “Papa, we’ll be waiting for you in Argentina!” The Pope replied enthusiastically: “Argentina—let’s go!” https://t.co/ut3jm7A7qB
On November 10 the tour moves inland to Cordoba province, where he will celebrate a liturgical ceremony at the Military Aviation School and walk through the of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion Cathedral. He returns to Buenos Aires that night to preside over a youth vigil.
His final day, November 11, begins at the Federal Penitentiary Complex and continues with a mass at the of Lujan Basiliek. The trip concludes at 2:00 P.M. local time with a departure from Ezeiza International Airport bound for Lima.
Security and logistics teams from the Holy See are coordinating directly with Argentine authorities to finalize arrangements for the Pope’s movement at each public gathering on the schedule.
The visit unfolds in a political and social landscape shaped by the complex economic situation Argentina faces under the Milei’s administration. Structural tensions generated by fiscal adjustment policies and economic deregulation form the backdrop for a papal message that now carries deep political significance. The dignity of work and the protection of the vulnerable are expected to anchor his public remarks throughout the tour.
The confirmation also marks a decisive moment in the Pontiff’s recovery. Weeks after surgery, the international travel signals that his medical team considers the convalescence sufficiently advanced for the demands of a four-day, multi-city itinerary across two countries.
For Argentine faithful, the words delivered from St. Peter’s Square close months of uncertainty. The trip’s official schedule now stands, and preparations have shifted from speculation to logistics as November 8 approaches.
Each year, more than 1,000 southern right whales arrive from the cold waters near Antarctica to the gulfs of Península Valdés, in Argentina’s Chubut province, where they find favorable conditions for breeding and raising their calves. Between May and December, they become a defining feature of the Patagonian coastline, breaching or lifting their tails above the water close to shore. Although a small number of whales are found dead along the coast every year, the sharp increase in cases has alarmed scientists, who warn that this may become a record year for whale mortality.
Cientos de miles de personas desafiaron la intensa lluvia de este miércoles para reclamar que el presidente Javier Milei cumpla con la Ley de Financiamiento Universitario y pague lo adeudado…
Na noite de quarta-feira (14), empresários conservadores, influenciadores digitais e autoridades do governo dos Estados Unidos se reuniram no Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, na capital Washington, D.C., para a festa de gala da Hispanic Heritage, organizado pela plataforma financeira Latino Wall Street.
O homenageado do evento foi Javier Milei, presidente da Argentina. Seu principal aliado no Brasil, Eduardo Bolsonaro, foi um dos convidados de honra.
Na entrada, convidados trajados com roupas brilhantes e smokings cercaram Eduardo para tirar selfies e apertos de mão. Muitos perguntavam sobre o pai, Jair Bolsonaro, que cumpre em casa a pena de 27 anos de prisão por tentativa de golpe de Estado. Outros demonstravam entusiasmo com a liderança do irmão Flávio Bolsonaro no primeiro turno da disputa presidencial contra o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Eduardo conversou com veículos de comunicação identificados com o movimento MAGA (“Make America Great Again”, um dos slogans de Donald Trump), como a ex-boxeadora Cara Castronuova, uma das correspondentes da Casa Branca alinhadas ao governo. Ele também posou ao lado de Javier Negre, comunicador espanhol apelidado de “Rei Midas da viralidade”. Negre é sócio de Fernando Cerimedo, marqueteiro argentino de extrema direita, detido em agosto na Bolívia, acusado de envolvimento em ataque a tiros contra a ex-companheira.
Em determinado momento, na entrada do evento, uma mulher que parecia ser uma das convidadas segurou o braço de Eduardo e ambos olharam para baixo, compenetrados. Eles rezavam pelo Brasil. Quem também tietava Eduardo Bolsonaro era a autointitulada diplomata espiritual, consultora de direitos humanos e empresária gaúcha Luciana Pananos, que mora nos EUA.
Do lado de dentro, iniciada a cerimônia, os oradores no palco falavam sobre acabar com a criminalidade e derrotar o socialismo na América Latina. Na plateia, os convidados, que pagaram entre US$ 3 mil e US$ 10 mil para participar do evento, saboreavam almôndegas de wagyu (carne bovina de origem japonesa), pato defumado com amoras, abacate recheado grelhado e filé-mignon bovino defumado.
“Vamos expulsar o ditador comunista do Brasil”, bradou o homenageado da noite, Javier Milei, após abraçar calorosamente Eduardo, que deu chutes no ar como se estivesse expulsando Lula do posto. O presidente da Argentina disse ainda que os conservadores “não podem ceder um centímetro em nossa reconquista do hemisfério”.
“Um discurso inspirador”
Após a fala de Milei, Eduardo discursou. Ele ponderou que o resultado da eleição ainda não estava definido. Mas o tom era abertamente comemorativo. “Quando confirmarmos a vitória do meu irmão, o senador Flávio Bolsonaro, como presidente do Brasil, vamos entrar em uma nova era, que eu chamo de Era de Ouro da América Latina!”
O deputado cassado adotava um dos slogans de Donald Trump, que costuma dizer que o país vive uma nova “era de ouro” sob sua batuta. “Temos tudo para ser iguais aos Estados Unidos”, completou Eduardo.
Durante o discurso, ele também louvou outros presidentes de extrema direita na América Latina, como Nayib Bukele, de El Salvador, e o colombiano Abelardo de la Espriella.
“Amamos todos aqueles que dificultam a vida dos criminosos”, declarou, acrescentando que “pela primeira vez veremos todos os países [da América Latina] combatendo o narcoterrorismo”. O público aprovou e aplaudiu entusiasmado. Um empresário do setor imobiliário que atua em Honduras disse à reportagem que considerou o discurso “inspirador” e que o Brasil deveria adotar o “modelo Bukele”.
Flávio e Eduardo já visitaram o CECOT, o megacomplexo penitenciário para onde o governo Trump enviou imigrantes que, segundo relatos, foram torturados. Se a vitória de Flávio Bolsonaro se concretizar, o Brasil pode integrar a coalizão Escudo das Américas, formada por 19 países da região e liderada pelos EUA.
“O melhor ainda está por vir”, declarou Eduardo Bolsonaro, prometendo libertar o Brasil, começando por seu pai.
Mais que entusiasta da candidatura do irmão à Presidência, Eduardo é um dos nomes mais cotados para se tornar o próximo ministro das Relações Exteriores do Brasil em um eventual governo de Flávio. Desde que se mudou para os EUA, no início de 2025, o filho 03 de Bolsonaro perdeu o mandato de deputado federal por faltar a mais de 80% das sessões e também foi despojado do emprego como investigador da Polícia Federal por abandono de posto.
No início de outubro, o ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal Alexandre de Moraes expediu um mandado de prisão contra ele, após sua condenação a mais de quatro anos de prisão por fazer lobby junto ao governo Trump contra o Judiciário brasileiro. Mas, no universo MAGA, Eduardo é uma estrela e a eleição de seu irmão é tratada como um fato consumado.
Obra de arte autografada por Eduardo Bolsonaro mostra a América Latina sob a bandeira dos EUA
Em conversa com jornalistas antes do evento, Eduardo descartou as preocupações com a ingerência dos EUA nas eleições brasileiras e voltou a repetir alegações sem fundamentoque já foram contestadas: segundo ele, durante o governo de Joe Biden, a agência oficial de ajuda humanitária USAID, fechada por Trump em 2025, financiou ONGs e veículos de comunicação sob o pretexto de combater a desinformação, com o objetivo de impedir a reeleição de Jair Bolsonaro em 2022.
“O Brasil já sofreu uma interferência internacional. O que eu vejo agora é justamente o oposto”, afirmou. A primeira medida de um eventual governo de seu irmão seria “expurgar esse câncer chamado Alexandre de Moraes” do STF, disse ele, referindo-se ao ministro como um “tirano”. Caso contrário, seu irmão não conseguiria governar, na opinião do deputado cassado. Perguntado se voltaria para o Brasil mesmo com o pedido de prisão, Eduardo negou. “Eu não vou puxar uma cadeia sendo inocente, não”, afirmou.
Eduardo circulava pelo salão de baile acompanhado de perto pelo blogueiro de extrema direita Allan dos Santos. Foragido nos EUA desde 2021, quando teve prisão decretada pelo Supremo, o blogueiro é investigado em dois inquéritos sobre a criação de milícias digitais e propagação de fake news.
Eduardo Bolsonaro cercado pelo blogueiro foragido por Allan do Santos e por membros da Revista Timeline
Presença frequente em eventos conservadores nos EUA, Eduardo também conversou informalmente com Matt Schlapp, presidente da Conferência de Ação Política Conservadora (CPAC), e sua mulher, Mercedes, que mencionou os Bolsonaro em seu discurso e previu que Flávio será eleito presidente do Brasil. “Colocamos a América Latina de volta nos trilhos”, afirmou ela.
Já no fim da noite, enquanto os convidados dançavam ao som de La Bamba, Conga e Macarena, a reportagem conversou com Lena Ruseva, que vestia um longo vestido vermelho estampado com o rosto de Trump e a frase “Drill, baby, drill” (“Perfure, baby, perfure”, slogan de Trump em alusão à exploração de petróleo).
Autodenominada artista America First, Ruseva contou que Milei havia gostado tanto do retrato que ela fez dele especialmente para a ocasião que quis ficar com a obra. Ela também demonstrou orgulho do quadro que teria dado de presente a Trump em um de seus aniversários.
A artista trumpista Lena Ruseva em entrevista na chegada à festa
Algumas de suas obras estavam expostas no salão e seriam leiloadas, com lances iniciais de US$ 10 mil. Entre elas, havia uma representação da bandeira americana com o contorno da América Latina. Eduardo Bolsonaro assinou a obra com letras douradas.
“Disse a ele que ficaria com o quadro até que se tornasse o próximo presidente do Brasil”, contou ela.
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