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Donald Trump claimed to be "closer than ever" to a peace agreement in Ukraine after talks in Berlin. However, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, denounced that European countries seek to hinder international diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the conflict. "Trump's perspective is already over a year old; he has long wanted to get out of this conflict. When he took office, he found the situation was more complex than he thought. The exhaustion of both sides is enormous," said Alberto Hutschenreuter, Doctor in International Relations, on Cara o Ceca. "Ukraine cannot survive without Europe's help. But the reality is that the EU has failed to prevent the conflict. Its diplomacy was not up to par, neither before nor after. I believe there are new realities that could lead them to end up pressuring Ukraine," he added.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on Monday, December 15, 2025.

The president of Argentina seeks to approve the budget law along with labor, criminal, and tax reforms before the end of December, while new officials are taking office. "I see the government determined to move at full speed with the reforms in their most extreme possible version. Everything it can achieve will be favorable to its idea of making a profound change in Argentina and at the same time will erode the power of its opposition," explained Martín Rodríguez Yebra, an Argentine political analyst, on Cara o Ceca.

Almost two weeks after the elections, it is still unknown who will lead the country. Congress, through the Permanent Commission, maintained that it would not validate the results and showed its total rejection of US interference in the process after Donald Trump showed his support for candidate Nasry Asfura. “This process has been tarnished by external pressures. It is the first time that a US president has intervened on behalf of a candidate. In addition to that, pressures from gang members were reported during election day against the Liberal Party and in favor of the National Party,” said Hugo Noé Pino, vice-president of the National Congress of Honduras, on Cara o Ceca.

The Argentine president continues with his reform agenda for the second half of his term. After launching the labor project, he announced the "Educational Freedom Law," which aims to modify essential points such as the implementation of educational vouchers and that the economic sustenance of the system be solely the responsibility of the provinces. “I am against this program. This government has a privatizing tendency that will end up destroying education. This opens the doors to multinationals that will generate more inequality. Argentina has 50% child poverty; one cannot think that people with scarce resources will benefit from the voucher methodology,” said Alberto Sileoni, former Minister of Education of Argentina, on Cara o Ceca.

The project would include an alternative system to severance pay, the flexibilization of the workday, and new hiring modalities. The ruling party aims to obtain initial approval before the end of the year and its full approval in February, taking advantage of its legislative strengthening. "The creation of formal employment stopped in 2012, in parallel to when the economy stalled. The same thing is happening today; as long as economic activity does not recover, changes in legislation will not provide incentives for a company to invest," said Luis Campos, a researcher at the Institute of Studies and Training within the Autonomous Central of Workers of Argentina (CTA), on Cara o Ceca. "The macroeconomic context is not favorable. The government is curbing the price of the dollar to contain inflation, but this makes our companies less competitive. Even if you lighten labor costs, the company's profit remains affected," he added. "The business sectors behind this reform want to propose the new rules of the game for the coming years; they do not want greater competitiveness or to create employment," he concluded.

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Javier Milei asked the Mendoza Legislature to accelerate the approval of the San Jorge mining project, which promises to invest 600 million dollars and produce 40,000 tons of copper annually. Environmental organizations warn that the initiative could jeopardize the Mendoza River basin, a key resource for the province, and are promoting actions to stop it. "For Mendoza, it's an important industrial opportunity because in the last 15 years we've had very little offering in private employment. Oil, our main source, has been declining due to a lack of exploration, and viticulture is in a global crisis. There are changes in habits; young people no longer drink wine," said on Cara o Ceca Guillermo Mosso, a legislator for the province of Mendoza for the Cambia Mendoza Front and an ally of the national government.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on December 8, 2025.

The issue that brings Mexico and the Americas back to the United States' agenda is organized crime. But in this case, they couldn't address it because the meeting took place within the framework of a festive event," said Estefanía Cruz Lera, a researcher assigned to the Center for Research on North America at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the Area of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies, on Cara o Ceca.

Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi reaffirmed their readiness to expand bilateral trade and signed a series of cooperation agreements in various areas during the meeting held in New Delhi, including increasing Indian exports to Russia as well as continuing to develop payment mechanisms in national currencies. “Moscow is thus demonstrating that only the West is sanctioning Russia,” said Alberto Hutschenreuter, a doctor in International Relations, on Cara o Ceca.

The new F-16 fighter jets bought by Argentina from Denmark will perform a low-altitude flyover this Sunday the 7th over the city of Buenos Aires, the Ministry of Defense reported, and the participation of President Javier Milei in the official reception ceremony for the six jets at an Argentine Air Force unit was announced. “Without a doubt, it was a necessity for our country to have this type of aircraft. It was a pursuit that had been part of defense policy, but from the point of view of international politics, the F-16s were ultimately chosen due to Milei's alignment with the Trump administration,” Agustín Rossi, former Minister of Defense, said on Cara o Ceca.

How did Nazi leader Josef Mengele manage to live in Argentina under his own name? A collection of documents declassified by the Government earlier this year shed light on details about his life after World War II. “Our country was chosen by many Germans as a refuge. Some were discovered and others died in anonymity,” said Miriam Lewin on Cara o Ceca, a journalist and writer who published the book “Natán y Dina,” a novel based on real events about the presence of the most prominent Nazi leaders like Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.

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Key meeting between Russia and the US. US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, within the framework of the peace plan promoted by Washington to try to end the conflict in Ukraine. "Europeans increasingly have less possibility of boycotting. I see them very cornered. They have no choice but to accept what Putin and Trump's envoy finally negotiate," said Marcelo Montes, an Argentine doctor in International Relations, on Cara o Ceca.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on December 1, 2025

Pope Leo XIV concluded his historic visit to Turkey and departed for Lebanon. During his last day in Istanbul, the Pontiff was received by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, with whom he had signed the previous day a joint declaration in favor of peace in the Middle East and in support of strengthening ties between Catholics and Orthodox. "This tour was planned by Francis and follows the path of peace amidst conflicts such as Ukraine, Sudan, the Middle East. Leo is a voice in the wilderness calling for peace and disarmament," said Fortunato Malimaci, a researcher specializing in religion, on Cara o Ceca.

With the confirmation of four imported measles cases, Argentine health authorities issued an alert to strengthen surveillance in the health system, amid concerns about the vaccination rate and speeches by activists who weigh alleged adverse effects. “It seems like a joke; the efficiency and safety of vaccines cannot be questioned. It is very worrying that events are held in Congress to discuss them. Spaces should not be made available for things without any scientific rigor,” said on Cara o Ceca Alexia Navarro, Deputy Minister of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires.

The Argentine Government backed the candidacy of the current director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency to lead the United Nations. It did so through a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Rafael Grossi has handled himself in an expert and balanced manner when tensions in war scenarios did not imply a threat of using nuclear technology, but today the times of war led by Davos and NATO against Russia, Iran, and China imply a possibility that the confrontation with nuclear weapons escalates,” said Walter Formento, international analyst and director of the Center for Research in Politics and Economics (CIEPE), on Cara o Ceca.

Peronism developed an alternative economic plan to Javier Milei and presented it to Cristina Kirchner. The document highlights indebtedness and the bimonetary economy as fundamental problems. “The issue of the debt with the IMF must be discussed politically, not necessarily disavowed, despite it being an illegal debt, but rather analyzing the alternatives to do what is appropriate and see what can be negotiated,” affirmed Valentina Castro, a master's student in Political Economy at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, who participated in the meeting, on Cara o Ceca.