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Buenos Aires Times

Argentine center-right

Owned byGrupo Perfil (Editorial Perfil S.A.), controlled by the Fontevecchia family — chiefly Jorge Fontevecchia, co-founder and CEO
FundingPrimarily advertising revenue; Perfil has a stated policy of not accepting Argentine government advertising, positioning it as commercially independent from the state
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The Buenos Aires Times launched on September 2, 2017 — roughly one month after the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentina's 141-year-old English-language institution, ceased publication. Editorial Perfil, led by Jorge Fontevecchia, created it explicitly as the Herald's successor and positioned it for the same audience: English-speaking expatriates, diplomats, and the international business community in Argentina. Grupo Perfil itself was co-founded in 1976 by Alberto and Jorge Fontevecchia during Argentina's military dictatorship; the company faced repeated harassment and Jorge Fontevecchia was briefly detained at a clandestine detention center, giving the group a long-standing identity as independent, opposition-leaning press. Perfil has a formal policy of refusing official government advertising, which it says insulates its editorial decisions from state pressure. Media Bias/Fact Check rates the Buenos Aires Times as right-center in editorial slant, with high factual reporting. The outlet covers the Milei government's tight alliance with the Trump administration in a largely straight-news mode, consistent with its role as a record-of-record paper for Argentina's Anglophone audience. It has no significant editorial controversies of its own distinct from those of its parent group.

Sources

  1. Buenos Aires Times – Bias and Credibility, Media Bias/Fact Check
  2. Buenos Aires Herald – Wikipedia
  3. Perfil – Wikipedia
  4. Jorge Fontevecchia – Simple English Wikipedia
  5. Grupo Perfil – Media Ownership Monitor
  6. Diario Perfil – Media Ownership Monitor
  7. Trump administration urges Milei to advance US-Argentina trade deal – Buenos Aires Times

Profile compiled 2026-09-05; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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