Argentina

2025 October

2025-10-12 The Trump Administration bailed Argentina out with $40 BILLION in American taxpayer dollars. In November the Senate refused to vote for a takeback of those funds during the shutdown while millions of American families went hungry.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-trump-is-giving-argentina-a-20-billion-lifeline-to-help-its-flailing-economy

https://democrats-financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413878

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3mdvle78o

2025-10-24 Trump announced plans to buy beef from Argentina. For context, Trump had just bailed Argentina out with $40 BILLION in American taxpayer funds a week prior (unrelated note: American meat processing plants also profit from things like byproducts, leather, and glue).

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/03/nx-s1-5590225/cattle-rancher-reacts-to-trumps-plan-to-import-more-beef-from-argentina

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-quadrupling-argentina-beef-tariff-rate-quota-80000-metric-tons-2025-10-23/

https://ipmnewsroom.org/trump-wants-to-import-beef-from-argentina-republicans-and-ag-groups-say-what-about-america/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/economy/argentina-america-bailout-currency

2026 April

2026-04-02 Argentina’s lawmakers, led by Javier Milei, pushed reforms to remove protections on freshwater reserves and glaciers to allow for drilling.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y72e6x554o

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/04/02/argentina-reforms-glacier-protection-law/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/10/headlines/protesters_rally_to_protect_water_resources_as_argentina_weakens_law_protecting_glaciers

https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/explainer-mileis-attempt-to-change-argentinas-glacier-protection-law.phtml