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Israel attacked Iran amid negotiations between Washington and Tehran over the nuclear program: "Benjamin Netanyahu's [Israeli Prime Minister] intention was to sabotage Iran and he did it regardless of what the US wants. Now he will receive a response from Iran that he will not be able to control, even if Donald Trump intervenes," said Marcelo Ramirez, Argentine geopolitical analyst and director of Asia TV, on Heads or Tails.

Following the conviction of former Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her perpetual political disqualification, Jorge Liotti, chief editor of the Politics section of the newspaper La Nación, analyzed the political and social repercussions on Cara o Ceca: "Peronism faces a lack of doctrine. It must update the party's historical struggles in the context of the 21st century. They have to propose new projects. The 'present State' flag no longer exists."

The Supreme Court rejected hearing the case that found the former Argentine president guilty of corruption in public works. A massive mobilization is expected, concentrating everyone from retirees to doctors. Separately, the People's Party of Spain is pushing for early elections and gathering discontent with Pedro Sánchez's government. "I have absolute sadness for the state of Argentine democracy and annoyance at the injustice being committed. The judiciary has been subordinate to economic power for many years," said Jorge Taiana, former Argentine Foreign Minister and Minister of Defense, on Cara o Ceca. "A person was convicted who had no involvement in the events imputed to her and who had no obligation to know about them, this is a mess from a legal point of view. It is a rigged and political trial with a Supreme Court that denied the appeal filed by the defense to uphold the conviction," he added. On the other hand, we spoke with the national senator of the Radical Civic Union for Tierra del Fuego, Pablo Blanco, who endorsed the decision made by the highest Argentine court: "Bitterness is always felt when an official, especially a former president, is convicted of corruption. However, it was a judicial process that went through all the stages and the accused had the opportunity to defend themselves. Now each one must take responsibility for their actions." The People's Party of Spain calls for early elections and gathers discontent with Pedro Sánchez's government The party led by Alberto Nuñez Feijóo gathered a crowd in the center of Madrid to protest against the government of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party headed by Sánchez, over an alleged new case of corruption. In that demonstration, opposition leaders demanded early elections. "The People's Party, when it governed, had convictions for corruption. Now they demand that the same be done with Sánchez. They seek to demonstrate that the ruling party is as bad or worse than them," said Jaime Ferri, Doctor of Political Science and professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, on Cara o Ceca. "There will be no early elections, it would be twisting the arm in the face of the opposition," he added.

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Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with Unión por la Patria representatives in the Senate, before the Supreme Court's decision in the Vialidad case that condemns her to prison for irregularities in the public works bidding process. If the conviction materializes, the leader will not be able to participate in the next elections. Leopoldo Moreau, national deputy of the bloc, pointed in Cara o Ceca against the honorability of Justice: "For a long time this fake trial has sought to ban Cristina. They want the most powerful voice of Peronism to disappear. The Justice system should annul the trial. The president of the court that judged her and the prosecutor were teammates on the same soccer team and played at the country house of Muricio Macri [former president]."

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Argentine Odyssey aired on LN+ on June 9, 2025.

Miguel Uribe was shot three times, one in the head, while participating in a public event in the Modelia neighborhood of Bogotá. Separately, tension continues at the Argentine fair La Salada, one of the largest in Latin America, due to a new seizure of merchandise. The stallholders are demanding a return to activity. He is the pre-candidate for the Centro Democrático party, who remains in critical condition and has had little response to medical interventions. The perpetrator would be a minor, 14 years old, who was arrested by the Police and was carrying the weapon used in the attack. "This situation has been very painful. It stirs up old wounds in the country. 30 years ago, four presidential candidates were killed in the middle of the campaign. We are in shock," said María del Mar Pizarro, representative to the Chamber in Colombia for the Historical Pact and daughter of Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, the leader of the M-19 movement and presidential candidate assassinated in 1990. "The country is going through a very great polarization. This attack, which is political, has been used by both the left and the right to foment hatred. Several sectors pointed against Gustavo Petro for his speeches, but we have seen how people on the left have said that it was a self-attack by the right to win the elections," she added. "The sad thing is that the perpetrator of the attack is a minor. The same thing happened with the murders of 30 years ago, although it was never determined who the intellectual authors were. I fear that the same thing will happen with this case," she concluded. Tension continues in Argentina with the stallholders of La Salada, one of the largest popular markets in South America. The intervention of the Argentine security forces responds to the raids ordered by the justice system, within the framework of the seizure of products that are illegally marketed. The fair closed its doors at the end of May, after the arrest of Jorge Castillo, known as El Rey de La Salada, for tax evasion, smuggling and money laundering. This closure left the workers without access to their jobs, who are protesting at the doors of the establishment demanding that it be reopened while they continue to sell products on the street. "They took all the merchandise. We are working on the street. It is illegal. We want our workplace back," said Lorena Samana, a fairground worker from La Salada, in Cara o Ceca. "I depend on the money I earn at the Fair and no one gives us an answer as to how to continue," she added.

The Argentine government sent Congress a bill with tax changes and in the penal regime to achieve an injection of savings in the market. Separately, Russia celebrates the international day of its language and vindicates the figure of Aleksandr Pushkin. If this initiative prospers, the thresholds that define when there are crimes of evasion will rise. Javier Milei's project formally adopted the name "law of principle of fiscal innocence", and was already sent to the Chamber of Deputies. "I think it's good that everyone can make transactions in the currency they want, but I have my doubts that people will take out the dollars they have saved because, in general, they are emergency savings. Argentines are afraid that the State will confiscate their money and that is why they keep it outside the banking system," said Roberto Cachanosky, an Argentine economist, in Cara o Ceca. "The economic plan that Milei is carrying out is not sustainable. At some point, this will end due to some exchange rate jump or the bankruptcy of companies," he added. Russia celebrates the international day of its language. Like every June 6, the Day of the Russian Language is commemorated. This date coincides with the birth of Alexandr Pushkin (June 6, 1799), whose work has become a symbol of Russian literature. The festival was established in 2010 to highlight the importance of language as the basis of cultural heritage and the unity of a multinational country. "Pushkin merged colloquial language with classical literary forms. He had a prodigious memory, he wrote poems from memory. He also wrote stories and essays for adults and children. He is the father of modern Russian literature," commented Dina Oyun, director of the Russian House in Argentina, in Cara o Ceca. At that time, the French language was widespread among the nobility, until Pushkin elevated the local language. "It gives me great pain that they destroy his statues in Ukraine. There they try to cancel the Russian language. Pushkin is great and contributed to the development of Russian culture in the world," she concluded.

The Javier Milei government harshly criticized the attitude of legislators who supported the increase in pensions. In other news, Ecuador approved a reform allowing foreign military bases on its territory.

Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner stirred up Peronism's internal affairs by confirming her candidacy for deputy for the main section of Buenos Aires province for the local elections on September 7, but unity with Governor Axel Kicillof is not yet guaranteed. In Heads or Tails we spoke with Gaston Granados, mayor of the Buenos Aires municipality of Ezeiza, who supported the former president's decision: "Cristina Kirchner and Axel Kicillof had a telephone conversation, regardless of what some other colleague may say to the contrary. We have to be together because a difficult election is coming. While unity does not guarantee us victory, going separately will lead us to defeat.”

The Chamber of Deputies debates, in a special session promoted by the opposition, sensitive issues such as the declaration of emergency in disability matters, the increase in pensions, and the extension of the pension moratorium. The Government has announced that it will veto any project that alters the fiscal balance. "We are the representatives of the people and we must exercise our functions independently of what President Javier Milei thinks, understands, or comprehends about institutions, democracy, and Parliament," Juan Brugge, deputy of Encuentro Federal, told Una mañana por descubrir. Brugge confirmed that the majority of his bloc will vote in favor of these laws and justified that "it is appropriate to be on the side of the people in causes like these." "We should ask part of the opposition, such as Propuesta Republicana (PRO) and the Unión Cívica Radical, why they shield the president from the needs of pensioners, people with disabilities, the conflicts in the health system, and the impossibility of declaring an emergency due to the natural disasters that recently occurred in the province of Buenos Aires," he concluded. Salary conflict in the Garrahan pediatric hospital: "We are still on an indefinite strike." While the resident doctors' strike continues, the Argentine Government has called a hearing with the hospital's unions. In the last assembly, the workers decided to reject a non-remunerative bonus of 500,000 pesos (approximately 424 dollars) offered by the Government. Garrahan is the most important pediatric center in the country. In dialogue with Una mañana por descubrir, Camila Dragani, a resident doctor at the hospital, stated: "We are continuing with the same indefinite strike measure with the aim of forming a fluid dialogue table with the Ministry of Health. So far, we have not been offered a draft resolution for salary restructuring."

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El bloque peronista opositor de Unión por la Patria impulsa en el Congreso un incremento excepcional y de emergencia equivalente al 7,2% de las jubilaciones y pensiones. Milei anunció que lo vetará, si sale. La Cámara de Diputados también está dispuesta a debatir la prórroga de la moratoria previsional, formalmente llamada Plan de Pago de Deuda Previsional, que permite a adultos mayores jubilarse a pesar de no contar con los años de aportes necesarios. Lee Jae-myung se impondría como presidente surcoreano.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Argentine Odyssey aired on LN+ on June 2, 2025.

Following the officialization of the immigration reform, the Argentine Government expelled five foreign citizens with criminal records. In Heads or Tails, Ivan Dubois, Mercosur parliamentarian for Argentina for La Libertad Avanza, defended the new policy in this matter: "Argentina was one of the Latin American countries where it was easier to enter. We had very few requirements to enter, there were no border controls or restrictions to access the services offered by our Nation."

The government issued a $1 billion bond, allowing it to meet upcoming debt maturities in July of $4.3 billion. Separately, Israel accepted a new truce with Hamas proposed by the United States. "The positive aspect of the bond is the foray into the international market; it's a way to open the door to external financing without canceling debt. This will secure reserves, lower the country's risk, and comply with the International Monetary Fund. The problem is that the rate is very high, and that already indicates that [Javier] Milei will not be able to have that 5% annual inflation," said Gabriel Rubinstein, former Deputy Minister of Economy of Argentina, on Cara o ceca. Rubinstein praised Milei's economic management and rated it above the performance of Sergio Massa, whom he seconded. "The government's objective is to lower inflation, and it is achieving it. Luis Caputo's management is being more successful than that of Sergio Massa [former Minister of Economy of Alberto Fernández], mainly because he has a president who takes responsibility for the fiscal deficit, and Caputo is fulfilling it; if it were not so, he would have already fired him," he stated. Israel accepted a new truce with Hamas proposed by the United States. Signs of progress towards a temporary truce emerged after the push by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, from which more captured hostages can be returned. "Until it is signed by both parties, this agreement must be taken with a grain of salt. Let's remember that, previously, the US has said that Israel has maintained that it had signed things, when in reality it had not," commented Melisa Trad, a journalist specializing in the Middle East, on Cara o ceca. "The international community is in crisis. Although many more things are happening in the world, such as the civil war in Sudan, what Israel is doing in Gaza highlights a hypocrisy of the Western world," she concluded.

It's about Hebe Casado, from Mendoza, who left Propuesta Republicana (PRO) and signed the forms to join La Libertad Avanza (LLA). Separately, Russia rejected the authorization of the use of long-range weapons from Germany to Ukraine. "I joined PRO in 2015 thinking about a radical change that the country needed. Now I believe that Javier Milei is carrying that out and that PRO has become a neighborhood party in the City of Buenos Aires with no influence in the provinces," said Hebe Casado, vice governor of the province of Mendoza, in Cara o ceca. "Mendoza was an indebted province and, thanks to this Government's adjustment, it has achieved fiscal order; it doesn't spend more than it earns. In addition, we have good health, security, and education services. Unlike other provinces, Mendoza was the first to privatize a state-owned company, which is having positive results," she continued. Russia rejected the authorization of the use of long-range weapons from Germany to Ukraine. The Kremlin described the alleged lifting of restrictions as "a quite dangerous decision." Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov stressed that this goes absolutely against Russia's aspirations to "reach a political agreement and the efforts that are being made now within the framework of the agreement." "It will be important to determine if the European Union [EU] backs up what it says with action," said Guillermo Caviasca, an Argentine doctor in History, in Cara o ceca. "Friedrich Merz's [German Chancellor] statements are not surprising, because he had already stated it before being a candidate. He is trying to be consistent with what he had said and support the EU establishment, which is controlling the electoral results of the different countries so that they don't get out of hand. We must not lose sight of the results in Romania or the attempts to condemn Le Pen in France and to outlaw the German opposition," he added.

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Denmark set the retirement age as the highest in Europe and the world, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Separately, La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and Propuesta Republicana (PRO) sealed a front in the province of Buenos Aires to confront Peronism. The European country established that, as of 2040, a minimum of 70 years will be required to become a pensioner. The Danish reform is in line with the recommendations of international organizations to combat the impact on the economy of the aging population, a product of the low birth rate and the increase in life expectancy. "Denmark's decision is good, because it shows that there is an improvement in living conditions and education. People are healthier, want to work and can do it. In 1800, a 50-year-old person was old, in 1900, a 60-year-old person was old, but now saying that is ridiculous. So, the Danes wanted to reflect that in the pension system," said Rafael Rofman, an Argentine researcher at the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) and a doctor in Demography, in Cara o Ceca. "It is a rare phenomenon, all over the world. Fertility decreased rapidly and we age later. The proportion of the population that is not of working age, children and older adults, is the lowest in history compared to those who are," he continued. The ruling party and the PRO agreed on an alliance in the province of Buenos Aires The agreement was ratified by the national deputy and Buenos Aires referent of La Libertad Avanza, José Luis Espert, who highlighted the importance of forming an "anti-misery, anti-Kirchnerist" front in the face of the upcoming elections that will be held in the province of Buenos Aires, led by Axel Kicillof, referent of Kirchnerism. "For months we have been working together with the PRO to reach the agreement. We are analyzing a provincial project that accompanies the policies of President Javier Milei. In that line is that we will continue the next meetings," said Alejandro Carrancio, vice president of La Libertad Avanza Buenos Aires, in Cara o Ceca.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Argentine Odyssey aired on LN+ on May 26, 2025.