In this paper we examine the relation between the conceptual categories of poverty and corruption in the discourse of the press in Argentina. The problem of poverty is the topic of an on-going research project (Pardo et al., 2003), which analyses the way in which arguments are presented in the press regarding how the present economic, political and social situation arose in Argentina. Our analysis shows that the concept of corruption is seen as a highly relevant factor for explaining some of the possible causes of the present poverty index in the country.