Martín Plot is research professor of political theory and theories of democracy at Argentina’s CONICET and the National University of San Martín. His latest book is Chaos and Cosmos: The Imaginary and the Political in Jorge Luis Borges.

July 18, 2026

• Mark Healey
• Martín Plot
• Gabriel Puricelli
• Ernesto Semán

Against Geopolitical Football Moralizing

Anglo-American commentary has lost its mind, blending “VAR-gentina” complaints with outrage over Milei’s cozy relationship with Trump and Netanyahu. Don’t buy the moralizing: Argentina is still worth rooting for.