Overview
- This week President Javier Milei returned from a high‑profile visit to Madrid where he reiterated Argentina's claim to the Malvinas (Falkland Islands), rejected military action, and vowed sustained diplomatic pressure including threats to penalize companies operating around the islands by using access to Vaca Muerta.
- In Madrid Milei attacked Spanish leaders and journalists, met privately with Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and deepened splits on the Spanish right as national PP figures kept distance from his remarks.
- His blunt comments about Argentines 'not reaching the end of the month' drew sharp domestic criticism and correlated with a reported rise in his negative image to 56% in recent polling.
- Back in Buenos Aires the government formally added five transnational criminal groups, including the Cártel de Sinaloa, FARC‑EP and the ELN, to the public terrorism registry RePET as part of a tougher security posture.
- Reporting that Milei has made seven state‑funded trips to Spain with estimated operating costs near $3 million has fed questions about travel optics, potential political fallout at home, and how his foreign strategy may affect Argentina's trade and diplomatic ties.