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Argentina opens public recruitment drive for intelligence agency
Argentina’s intelligence agency SIDE has launched a public drive to recruit spies.
The campaign uses retro-style, AI-generated posters and is open to Argentines with a secondary-school education.
Applicants will undergo assessments and training at the intelligence academy, but the agency has not said how many positions are available or what the employment conditions are.
Presidential spokesman Adrián Ravier said the recruitment is needed because of global competition for resources and technology, and Argentina’s strategic position in the South Atlantic and near Antarctica.
SIDE says the drive aims to make intelligence careers more transparent and professional, with selection based on merit, training and results.
The recruitment comes as President Javier Milei’s government has cut public-sector jobs, while SIDE’s budget has risen sharply since 2023.
Argentina’s intelligence agency has launched a public recruitment campaign for spies.
The call is open to Argentines with a secondary-school education and includes assessments and training at the intelligence academy.
Presidential spokesman Adrián Ravier said the campaign responds to a changing international context and Argentina’s strategic position.
The agency said it aims to promote transparency and professionalisation in intelligence careers.
The agency did not specify the number of vacancies or employment conditions.
- Who
- Argentina’s State Intelligence Secretariat, known as SIDE, is recruiting.
- What
- It launched a public campaign to recruit spies, with assessments and training for applicants.
- When
- The campaign was announced on Tuesday; the article was published on November 3, 2026.
- Where
- Argentina.
- Why
- The agency said it aims to promote transparency and professionalisation. Ravier cited international competition and Argentina’s strategic value.
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Javier Milei took office, and his administration began cutting jobs across the national public administration.
SIDE received a second budget increase, bringing its allocation to around 176 billion pesos.
Presidential spokesman Adrián Ravier announced that the recruitment call was open to Argentines with a secondary-school education.
- Agency
- Secretaría de Inteligencia del Estado (SIDE)
- Eligibility
- Argentines with a secondary-school education
- Training
- Assessments and training at the intelligence academy
- Budget
- Around 176 billion pesos, approximately US$112 million
- Public-sector cuts
- Around 81,000 jobs since December 2023, approximately 16 percent of the state workforce
What people are saying
We live in a changing and turbulent international context. The world is at war,
Our position in the South Atlantic and our projection towards Antarctica give us strategic value. We have what the world needs and must have the capabilities to protect it,
transparency and professionalisation
merit, training and results.