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The peso, exchange bands and the end of Argentina’s cepo
A 2025 relaxation reopened access to dollars for individuals and introduced a managed trading range; it did not abolish the peso or every rule facing companies.
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Background on Argentina for international readers: Javier Milei, inflation, the peso, the IMF, Congress, investment rules and the ideas behind the reforms.
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Who is Javier Milei? The economist who remade Argentina’s political map
From television economist to president, Milei made fiscal austerity and hostility to the political establishment the centre of an improbable governing project.
Source: Reuters, 24 Sep 2026
EconomyExplainer
The chainsaw plan: what Milei cut and what austerity could not do
Milei’s motosierra was a campaign emblem for shrinking government; the policy combined a fiscal squeeze, subsidy changes and legislative reform with substantial social costs.
Source: Casa Rosada, 24 Sep 2026
SocietyExplainer
Argentina’s poverty numbers: how to read the rise and the fall
INDEC’s first-half 2026 survey found poverty rising again from late 2025; the urban sample, basket thresholds and difference between people and households matter.
Source: INDEC EPH poverty first half 2026, 24 Sep 2026
InvestmentExplainer
RIGI explained: Argentina’s long-term bargain with big investors
Created by the 2024 Ley Bases, RIGI offers tax, customs and currency advantages to approved large projects, raising hopes for capital inflows and questions about cost and fairness.
Source: Ley Bases, 24 Sep 2026
InternationalExplainer
Milei’s foreign policy: Western alignment and an Argentine sovereignty claim
He courts the United States and Israel, attacks multilateral bureaucracy and seeks investment, while pressing Argentina’s long-standing claim to the Falkland Islands.
Source: Casa Rosada UN speech, 23 Sep 2026
EconomyExplainer
How Argentina’s inflation fell: what the INDEC numbers show
Monthly CPI fell sharply from the post-devaluation shock, but the index still rises and August 2026’s annual rate shows how far stabilisation remains from stable prices.
Source: INDEC Dec 2023, 10 Sep 2026
PoliticsExplainer
When does a proposed reform become law in Argentina?
An explanatory guide — not new reporting — to reading reform announcements in Argentina: what a hearing, a proposal, a bill and a law each establish, using the BCRA charter reform and three other cited sources as worked examples.
Source: Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA), 9 Sep 2026
ReformsExplainer
The ideas behind Milei: Austrian economics and anarcho-capitalism
Milei invokes the Austrian school and Murray Rothbard, but his presidency is a useful lesson in the gap between a theory of minimal government and governing a federation.
Source: Casa Rosada IAEF 2026 speech, 4 Sep 2026
EconomyExplainer
Argentina and the IMF: why the latest programme matters
A new US$20 billion arrangement approved in 2025 followed earlier giant IMF programmes; understanding reviews, reserves and debt is essential to judging its durability.
Source: BCRA, 21 May 2026
PoliticsExplainer
How Argentina’s Congress works after Milei’s 2025 midterm win
The libertarian alliance gained veto protection and became a leading parliamentary force, but passing ordinary laws still requires coalitions across two chambers.
Source: Argentine Constitution, 10 Dec 2025