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The Sporting Scene

Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
Global Notes

I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina

The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
World Cup 2026

The Evolution of Messi

After two decades of dominance at the World Cup, the soccer superstar has proved himself to the Argentinean faithful. Now he has nothing to lose.
The Current Cinema

The Furious Moral Clarity of Lucrecia Martel

In the Argentinean filmmaker’s new documentary, “Our Land,” and a recently restored masterpiece, “The Headless Woman,” an elusiveness of form becomes the most direct way to the truth.
The Food Scene

La Boca Is All Smoke, No Fire

The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York dÃĐbut, he fizzles out.
The Financial Page

Why Is Trump Using Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Rescue Javier Milei?

After promising to end foreign entanglements, the President has proposed a financial-rescue plan for the right-wing government of Argentina.
The Lede

Searching for the Children of the Disappeared

A new book examines the extraordinary decades-long campaign by Argentinean women to find their grandchildren.
The Lede

Pope Francis’s Tangled Relationship with Argentina

Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.
Under Review

An Argentinean Writer and the Movement for Women’s Rights

Selva Almada’s work is central to the battle to protect hard-won victories that President Javier Milei has vowed to overturn.
Letter from Buenos Aires

Javier Milei Wages War on Argentina’s Government

The President, a libertarian economist given to outrageous provocations, wants to remake the nation. Can it survive his shock-therapy approach?
Our Columnists

The Free-Market Fundamentalism of Argentina’s Javier Milei

The President-elect, a right-wing populist with authoritarian instincts, has been compared to Donald Trump, but his radical views on the economy set him apart.
Daily Comment

After Forty Years of Democracy, Argentina Faces a Defining Presidential Runoff

Is the country really so fed up with the status quo that it will elect a right-wing former TV personality?
Under Review

The Comic-Strip Writer Who Became a Legend

HÃĐctor GermÃĄn Oesterheld’s pulp adventures won him a devoted following—and made him a target of Argentina’s junta.
This Week in Fiction

Mariana Enriquez on Ghosts and Mediums

The author discusses “My Sad Dead,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
Daily Comment

“Argentina, 1985” Gets an Oscar Nod

The film tells the improbable—and history-making—story of how a military dictatorship was brought to justice.
Daily Comment

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Argentina’s World Cup Victory

Suffering is an essential part of the story that we Argentines tell about ourselves.
Replay

Argentina vs. France Was the Best World Cup Final I’ve Ever Seen

From Lionel Messi’s penalty kick to Kylian MbappÃĐ’s hat trick, the match was stuffed with so many remarkable incidents, so much tension, such dramatic momentum swings, such joy.
The Sporting Scene

The Genius of Lionel Messi Just Walking Around

The legendary striker can often be found off the ball, strolling and dawdling and looking mildly uninterested. Here’s what he’s actually doing.
The Sporting Scene

Qatar Gets the World Cup Final It Paid For

France meets Argentina, and the legacy of the tournament is cemented, for better or for worse.
Daily Comment

How Argentina Came to Love Lionel Messi at the World Cup

He’s never won the cup for his country—and this may be his last chance.