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Donald Trump's intentions to annex the territory agitated the islanders, embroiled in a geopolitical dispute, as they have long been claiming their sovereignty. Island officials stated they were willing to admit a greater NATO deployment to de-escalate tensions generated from Washington. "This situation is not pleasant. The people of Greenland have been seeking independence for many, many years, and for the US to now come and want to do it, they don't like it at all. They are afraid," said Facundo Triay, an Argentinian living in Greenland, on Cara o Ceca.

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The Minister of Interior, Diego Santilli, was entrusted with the task of weaving and strengthening the alliances of the Casa Rosada to achieve congressional approval of the labor reform. For this purpose, he met with the governor of Chaco, Leandro Zdero, and will meet with the governor of La Pampa, Sergio Zillioto, an opponent of Javier Milei. "A very complicated 2026 could be coming for the governors. The provinces have been receiving fewer transfers due to the drop in national revenue, and that's why Santilli is going to negotiate with them," said Carlos Fara, a political analyst, on Cara o Ceca.

The Argentine president recognized the work of those fighting the flames in the south of the country, which devastated 15,000 hectares. “Nothing is more heroic than risking your life to save others,” he wrote on his social media. "There are permanent fire outbreaks. With yesterday's rain, there's a better working environment, it allows for progress but not enough to celebrate as some officials did. The fire is complex and will be around for a long time," said Alejo Fardjoume, a National Parks worker for 20 years, on Cara o Ceca.

Extreme weather conditions, with a historic drought, high temperatures and wind, hinder the fight against the flames advancing towards populated areas of Chubut province. There are already more than 3,000 evacuees, and thousands of hectares burned. "The situation is extremely serious, with more than 4,000 areas affected. During the early hours of the morning, the situation became more uncontrollable: there is no rain, we have a lot of wind, and all of that causes the fire to spread," said environmental journalist Agustina Grosso on Cara o Ceca. "The governor of Chubut [Ignacio Torres] confirmed that these fires are intentional," she stated. "Since last year, there have been mobilizations by environmental organizations, concerned about the removal of the anti-fire fund. Since Javier Milei took office, the budget has been shrinking, and the government's expectation is that fewer and fewer resources will be executed," she concluded. The Council of the European Union approved the agreement with Mercosur after 25 years of negotiations The 27 member states of the European Union reached a qualified majority. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be able to fly to Paraguay and initial the signing on Monday the 12th. However, the agreement will not immediately enter into force, as the European side also needs the approval of the European Parliament, which must issue a pronouncement within several weeks. "For Mercosur's industrial sectors, this agreement is a very big challenge due to competitiveness. In South America, there is already a lot of competition from imported products from China. But it is a long-term possibility to minimize the impact of the fragmentation of world trade," said Robson Carloch Valdez, a doctor in International Strategic Studies, on Cara o Ceca. On the other hand, Adrian Zelaia, a Spanish political analyst and director of the EKAI GROUP consultancy, affirmed that the European economic situation is in a process of decline. "The problem is mainly in the primary sector. For this reason, the EU is looking in different directions to obtain complementary resources and overcome the crisis."

The death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good triggered mobilizations in Minnesota's largest city. Donald Trump justified the police action and accused her of trying to run over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. "ICE is very violent. The woman was in her truck and, in an exchange of words with the agent, tried to leave and they started shooting at her," Danny Shaw, a political analyst and professor at the City University of New York, said on Cara o Ceca. "As a result of this, there will be more public resistance, and that will lead to more repression. Nationally, there is a strong response against the continued violence of ICE. The woman who died is a hero; she died for a noble cause," he added. Investigations against the Argentine Football Association (AFA) are progressing A new criminal complaint is scrutinizing the AFA president, Claudio Chiqui Tapia, for alleged irregularities in international contracts that included 30% commissions. The Judiciary must decide whether to add this complaint to the existing case or open a separate file. "Tapia and Pablo Toviggino [AFA Treasurer] are at the center of the stage. Both had previously built power and were aware of the intricacies of football politics," Carlos Aira, a sports journalist, stated on Cara o Ceca.

Following the US military incursion into Venezuela, Donald Trump reasserted that his country "needs" Greenland "for national security reasons," which puts Washington in tension not only with Denmark, but also with the EU as a bloc given the possibility that the White House might move forward with controlling that Danish territory. "In Europe, they hope that the statements by US officials do not escalate, but the US has been giving clear signals that its interest in Greenland is real, such as the establishment of a consulate on the island, or the designation of an emissary to negotiate eventual sovereignty issues," detailed Emilio Ordóñez, an Argentine international analyst, on Cara o Ceca. "If it materializes, this US initiative puts it on a collision course with the European Union. At this moment, Europe is very tense on several fronts and surely must be re-evaluating its priorities given this hypothesis of conflict with the US, because until now they expected their conflict hypotheses to come from the east, from Russia," concluded the specialist. "Greenland has a key point with a US base that serves as containment against a possible attack. China has 80% of rare earth elements; the US tried to source them from Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile; Greenland is a safe point to acquire that energy, such as, for example, 17.5 billion barrels of oil, a mineral value of 200 billion dollars," he concluded. The Argentine Central Bank acquired a loan to pay debt maturities The banking entity secured a 3 billion dollar loan for one year, at a rate of 7.4%. Next January 9, the Government will have to pay 4.2 billion dollars to holders of Argentine public bonds. "These are different debt instruments. What differentiates it from what happened during Mauricio Macri's government in 2018 is the creditor; one thing is the Argentine Treasury, which has had nine defaults, and another is the Central Bank, which never had one. It not only took out a loan but also provided a guarantee through bonds in case they cannot be met," said Christian Buteler, an Argentine economist, on Cara o Ceca. "Argentina has been living in a crisis for a long time, but there are things that could be solved, such as the fiscal deficit. The Government managed to reach a surplus, which allows for monetary order. Then there are other more difficult variables, such as the exchange rate issue. The exchange rate scheme we have cannot be maintained over time; in fact, the Government changed it twice," he added.

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While the situation of Nicolás Maduro is being defined, detained and put on trial in New York following the US invasion of the South American country, Delcy Rodríguez, acting president, visited the 4F Mountain Barracks, where Hugo Chávez's mausoleum is located, in which she reaffirmed her commitment to the Nation and her loyalty to the homeland. "Constitutionality remains in the hands of the revolutionary Government and it will fight for the return home of our president," said Rigel Sergent on Cara o Ceca, a deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela and a militant of the Settlers' Movement.

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appeared before the Federal Court of New York, after having been captured last Saturday the 3rd in Caracas. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, remain detained in a Brooklyn jail. "I am dismayed by the situation. The Venezuelan people have resisted for more than 20 years. I remember what happened in 2002 with the coup d'état that Hugo Chavez suffered and the people who went to support him. This time the US made highly sophisticated moves and kidnapped the president," said Alicia Castro, an Argentine diplomat, former ambassador to Venezuela and the United Kingdom, on Cara o Ceca. "There is no evidence of drug trafficking in Venezuela, nor links with Maduro. The US wants to send its message that the world belongs to them; they seek to find culprits in Venezuela to justify their actions. Donald Trump explicitly said that the country must return the oil to him when it is a nationalized product," she added. Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein, an international analyst and Venezuelan university professor, stated from Caracas that "the country is calm but a tension and uncertainty are felt given the threat of a new attack by the US."

The new stage came into effect, in which the Central Bank will update the ceiling of the dollar's flotation band according to the previous month's inflation. With this, it seeks to strengthen the accumulation of reserves and order the external front. "In the agreement Argentina signed with the IMF, the Government failed to meet the reserve accumulation target. In January, the body's third review will take place, where its authorities will demand a commitment to this aspect," said Ramiro Tosi, economist and former Undersecretary of Financing, in a dialogue with Cara o Ceca. "The Treasury and the Central Bank must aim for a much more comfortable reserve position than what we have today," he added. "Surely, the closing inflation for 2025 will be around 31% and in 2026 I don't think it will increase much. So far, the Government has managed to keep the dollar from moving much. With this new scheme, we will see that inflation will go down, but much slower," he concluded. Zohran Mamdani took office as Mayor of New York Mamdani, 34, became the first Muslim to govern the city and took office from the vicinity of City Hall, to highlight his commitment to workers, after a campaign focused on the cost of living. "New York has always been against the American president; a Republican hasn't won in many years," said Mauricio Zabalza, a journalist from that city, on Cara o Ceca. "Mamdani insists that he wants to work for locals and not for tourists. That's why he proposes free transportation. New Yorkers spend around 300 dollars a month on transportation. Furthermore, his goal is to make the city safer," he added.

President Javier Milei celebrated the approval of his 2026 Budget Law, a fundamental step for the country to be able to renegotiate debt maturities with international organizations for the new year, and his parliamentarians respond to those who indicate that the approved text intensifies fiscal adjustment. "The year was sealed with the approval of the budget, which is part of fiscal balance. It is something new for Argentina to propose a budget where less is spent than what comes in; thanks to the victory in the midterm elections, we have reconfigured the power structure in parliament," assessed Pablo Cervi, national senator for La Libertad Avanza, on Cara o Ceca.

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It is about the catastrophe at the Buenos Aires nightclub on the night of December 30, 2004, which left 194 dead and around 1,500 injured; the event had strong political and social repercussions. In 'Cara o Ceca' (Heads or Tails), we spoke with Nilda Gómez, president of the Families for Life Association and mother of Mariano Benítez, one of the victims of the tragedy. "The pain is permanent and searing, it's something that cannot be changed. When one commemorates this date, everything that happened resurfaces," she said. "My son was 20 years old when he died. The moment they handed me his body was horrible. It was very difficult for me to put myself back together. It was a fierce struggle; we took over the Government House of the City of Buenos Aires and then the Legislature to get justice," she added. "We are alone in this fight. There was never a solution from any government. Cromañón happened due to greed and corruption," she concluded.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on December 29, 2025.

The incident occurred in the Villa Lugano neighborhood. According to residents' complaints, uniformed officers shot the victim Juan Gabriel González after arriving in the area due to noise complaints. In this regard, the Ministry of Security of the City of Buenos Aires issued a statement announcing that the accused police officer was removed from his position pending the investigation. "The autopsy indicates that Juan Gabriel González died from a fired projectile. It has now been decided to remove the police officer from his post, and an investigation is underway to determine if the bullet was lead or rubber," said Manuel Tufró, director of Justice and Security at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), on Cara o Ceca.

This was shown by a report from the Argentine Confederation of Medium-sized Enterprises (CAME), but each sector showed contrasts. Perfumery led the growth with a year-on-year jump of 27.8%, but Toy Stores suffered a 6.6% decline. "There is a slowdown in inflation, but even so, there is a deterioration of purchasing power because remunerations do not have nominal increases; they only multiply with more hours of work. If one adds up the total family income and confronts it with expenses, the impossibility of sustaining them appears," said Isaac Rudnik, director of the Institute of Social, Economic and Citizen Policy Research (ISEPCi), on Cara o Ceca.

Among the measures announced by the Minister of Deregulation, Federico Sturzenegger, are the elimination of the mandatory requirement to communicate flight plans and the end of the prohibition on initiating a private flight at night. "Starting in March 2026, flights that will not have to present a flight plan are those operated visually, that is, it is more aimed at flight schools that operate with light aircraft," said Diego Dominelli, an aviation journalist, on Cara o Ceca.

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Dante Gebel, an evangelical leader and speaker, has in recent months begun to circulate in surveys, meetings, and conversations related to electoral preparations for 2027, driven by his growing public visibility. Some Peronist figures have come out to support him. "We are in a new era of politics with Javier Milei, which is why these options are appearing. It's not common for a pastor to run, but it seems to me there's a search for a new leader in some sectors of politics," said Marcos Carbonelli, a doctor in Social Sciences and author of the book Evangelicals in Argentine Politics, on Cara o Ceca. "The evangelical Christian movement is growing in Latin America at the expense of Christianity; its discourse is based on experience and emotionality. It better resonates with the times," he added. "Milei has an anti-caste discourse, anger, and rejection of the other. In contrast, Gebel leans more towards serenity and consensus, but it remains to be seen what he can propose economically or in terms of security," he concluded. Bolivian Miners Led Protests Against End of Fuel Subsidies A massive march paralyzed downtown La Paz at the start of the strike called by the Bolivian Workers' Central. According to Andrés Paye, a mining leader, the government “approves norms to favor businessmen and punish the poor”. "It's 3.5 billion dollars a year, that's what the State loses by buying gasoline abroad. It's a shock measure; some acknowledge that it was necessary to remove that subsidy because it was a drain on the state, but they asked for it to be gradual," said Sebastián Ochoa, Sputnik correspondent in Bolivia, on Cara o Ceca.