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Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on December 22, 2025.

The activity has seen ten consecutive quarters of decline, and there is concern in the sector. According to the SME Observatory Foundation, 37% of them lost market share to imports, and 73.3% of those surveyed identified China as the main origin of these imports. "We are experiencing a recession that deepened due to the fall in the domestic market; many companies could not be competitive against imports from China, they have lost production capacity, and this is deepening more and more," said Daniel Rosato, president of Argentine Small and Medium-sized Industrial Companies, in an interview with Cara o Ceca. Regarding the labor reform promoted by Javier Milei's government, the businessman highlighted: "This labor reform does not seek to create jobs; if there is work, yes, but if there isn't, it will generate an inverse effect. Workers lose rights, competitiveness continues to be lost. The dedicated SME industry is semi-paralyzed," he concluded. Mercosur-EU Agreement: "A total liberalization for 91% of European products would be negotiated" The signing of the treaty was frustrated, but Brazil's president, Lula da Silva, anticipated that it would materialize in January, when Paraguay holds the pro tempore presidency of the bloc. "There are tensions because Europeans see it as a 'cows for cars' agreement. Mercosur products would be food, while the EU would commercialize cars or machinery," said Gabriel Merino, international analyst, on Cara o Ceca. "The agreement would be very important for exporting manufactured products with added value, despite the industry having lost relevance in Brazil and the relationship with the bloc and Argentina having less weight," he concluded.

The Russian president reviewed the year and received more than 80 questions from journalists and citizens in about four hours. There he mentioned the Ukrainian conflict and assured that there would not be another "special military operation" if Western countries respect Russia's interests. "We are facing an international context where we are witnessing a West, with its dispersed forces, that resists admitting NATO's defeat by Russia. It's something historic," said international analyst and member of the Argentine Institute of Geopolitical Studies (IADEG) Rubén Guzzetti, from the studios of Cara o Ceca, who analyzed the Russian leader's speech.

While Congress debates the measure, which includes profound changes in legislation, a mobilization called by the General Confederation of Workers is taking place on the street to protest against it. “Formal employment is stagnant, and informal employment is growing. The current labor contract law is outdated, and now we are raising the issue again with the new composition of Congress following the articles that were attempted to be incorporated into the Framework Law,” said Bruno Olivera, senator for La Libertad Avanza, on Cara o Ceca.

Gerardo Torres Zelaya warned about the future of his country after President Xiomara Castro denounced that a coup d'état is brewing following the release of Juan Orlando Hernández and called for mobilization in Tegucigalpa. "If by December 30, which is the maximum deadline to issue an election declaration, there are no certainties, there is a high probability that the elections will be held again," said Gerardo Torres Zelaya, Honduras' vice foreign minister, on Cara o Ceca. "The candidate supported by [US President Donald] Trump was on Juan Orlando Hernández's list, sentenced in the US for drug trafficking. Trump pardoned him and caused criminal groups to reactivate in the country," he added.

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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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