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Argentina Bans 60 Journalists From Casa Rosada

Is Milei waging a war on press freedom or finally holding corrupt media accountable?

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Argentina Bans 60 Journalists From Casa Rosada

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Above: The Casa Rosada government palace is pictured in Buenos Aires on April 23. Image credit: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Argentina's press freedom has collapsed under Milei, with 60 journalists banned from the Casa Rosada and a documented pattern of verbal attacks, accreditation restrictions and physical violence against reporters. The country has dropped 47 places on RSF's World Press Freedom Index in just two years. Silencing critical voices through institutional mechanisms and hate speech reveals ongoing authoritarian intimidation.

PEN International

Right narrative

The media outlets crying censorship are the same ones that lost government advertising because they traded in lies, invented sources and made out-of-context smears. Restricting access for bad-faith actors isn't suppression — it's accountability. Milei ended the corrupt arrangement where state funds kept partisan propagandists on the payroll, and now those same outlets are weaponizing "press freedom" to reclaim their grip on public narrative.

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