Argentina · POLITICS

Key Facts

—What happened Luis Caputo used X posts on 25 August 2026 to demand a law punishing journalists for unfounded reports, saying such writing should not be consequence-free.

—The trigger A journalist’s post linked Caputo to businessman Julio Made and a ‘grupo Lenor’ allegedly favored by a fuel decree.

—The quote Caputo wrote that, for certain journalists, lying ‘seems to be an acquired right’, and demanded legislation.