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Buenos Aires.- The government of Argentina's president, the far-right Javier Milei, will once again allow accredited journalists access to the Casa Rosada, the Executive's headquarters, official sources confirmed to EFE this Thursday.
"The press room will reopen," sources consulted indicated.
In an unprecedented move, the Milei government, with a complicated relationship with the press, disabled a week ago the fingerprint registration that allowed about 60 accredited journalists from different national and foreign media to enter the Casa Rosada to carry out their daily informative work in the press room.
The decision was made shortly after the Government denounced journalists Luciana Geuna and Ignacio Salerno, from the local television channel Todo Noticias (TN), in court for an alleged security breach at the Casa Rosada for recording images of the interior of the building and then broadcasting them on a program about the internal affairs within the Executive branch.
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The Government alleged that the decision to prevent the entry of accredited journalists was made "preventively" following a complaint from Casa Militar (in charge of presidential security) for "illegal espionage" and that the objective of the measure is to "guarantee national security".
Various press groups and opposition leaders repudiated Milei's decision, including the Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA), which last Monday filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
The situation of the Argentinian press
This Thursday, FOPEA released a report indicating that Argentina recorded 278 attacks against the press in 2025, with a strong prominence of the Milei government.
The 278 aggressions recorded in 2025 not only represent the highest figure since FOPEA began its measurement almost two decades ago, but also show a 55% increase compared to 2024, when 179 attacks were recorded. According to the report, Milei was the author of 119 of the episodes surveyed, remaining for the second consecutive year at the head of that statistic. Among the most frequent aggressions, stigmatizing speeches stood out, with 139 cases, followed by 58 attacks on the integrity of journalists, of which nine were physical assaults.
