#8M: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Cecilia Palmeiro: ‘Feminism is a space of resistance and social transformation’ 08-03-2024 06:10 Professor, activist and founding member of Ni Una Menos movement reflects on challenges facing women in Argentina and her hopes for the future.
FEATURE INTERVIEW Ian Bremmer: ‘No matter who wins, many Americans will not accept the legitimacy of the election’ 02-03-2024 06:53 Influential political analyst and founder of the Eurasia Group traces a panorama of the elections which will be dogged by the spectre of the assault on Capitol Hill and the possible conviction of Donald Trump. In a feature-length interview, he debates the new world order – and offers a few remarks on Javier Milei. by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti
POLITICS & CONGRESS Milei won't resubmit reform plan to Congress until late 2025 29-02-2024 11:04 In an interview with British newspaper the 'Financial Times,' President Javier Milei says his sweeping 'omnibus bill' will be resubmitted to Congress – but not until December 2025
INTERVIEW Waldo Wolff: ‘With tougher penalties in the City, we can lower crime by 50%’ 19-02-2024 17:26 Buenos Aires City Security Minister Waldo Wolff details reforms implemented by the new administration, explains how crime could be further slashed and why “Jorge Macri is a modern leader.” by Ezequiel Spillman
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Silvia Labayrú: ‘I was the first, I believe, to give birth at ESMA’ 17-02-2024 06:43 Silvia Labayrú is a survivor of one of Argentina’s darkest places during the 1976-1983 era of state terrorism. Held at the ex-ESMA Navy Mechanics School, which served as a clandestine detention centre during the dictatorship’s rein of terror, she was kidnapped, tortured and raped several times during her captivity. In a feature interview, she recalls her experience and reveals the horrors she suffered during those black days. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW Cristian Ritondo: ‘Juntos por el Cambio, as we knew it, no longer exists’ 06-02-2024 15:06 Frente PRO chairman discusses President Milei's omnibus bill, how deadlock was overcome and criticises those who will not back the sweeping reform plan. by Ezequiel Spillman
TRAVEL & TOURISM Latin American travel firm Despegar eyes takeovers, robust growth 31-01-2024 19:59 Argentine travel booking firm Despegar.com plans to boost revenue and scout for takeover targets across Latin America.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Emilce Cuda: ‘It’s a fantasy that we’re individuals, we’re in relationships with others’ 27-01-2024 07:00 Theologian Emilce Cuda is the first Argentine laywoman to receive a pontifical PhD in moral theology and the first female to hold an executive position on the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In an interview, she discusses Pope Francis and explains why “individualism is an egotistical position.” by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Rodolfo Barra: ‘Emergency decrees are for when the going gets tough’ 13-01-2024 06:41 Argentina’s new Treasury attorney defends President Javier Milei’s emergency decree in a feature-length interview that also touches on protest rights, the Supreme Court and his Nazi past during adolescence. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Pablo Gerchunoff: ‘People voted for a scream of fury… inside it lies change’ 06-01-2024 07:23 Renowned economist, essayist and researcher Pablo Gerchunoff analyses the ascent of Javier Milei to the Presidency. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘A disruption evidently captivated most Argentines’ 23-12-2023 06:46 Lawyer, social leader and former presidential candidate Juan Grabois on Javier Milei, the government’s economic emergency measures and receiving criticism from both sides. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Ramiro Marra: ‘The economic future will be very difficult in the short term’ 16-12-2023 06:01 Buenos Aires City lawmaker and former mayoral candidate Ramiro Marra on La Libertad Avanza, his relationship with Javier Milei and why he isn’t a member of the new president’s government. by Jorge Fontevecchia
President on poverty 'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate 04-12-2023 13:53 President Alberto Fernández has questioned the INDEC national statistics bureau, saying he think that Argentina’s official poverty rate is “badly measured.”
EXCLUSIVE ‘Carlitos has the courage’ – Agüero impressed by Tevez’s start at Independiente 02-12-2023 10:16 Ex-Rojo favourite Sergio Agüero says his former Argentina international teammate Carlos Tevez has “handled the pressure well” in his debut season in Avellaneda. by Dan Edwards
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO President Alberto Fernández: ‘Milei should give Macri as wide a berth as possible’ 01-12-2023 15:04 Just days after meeting with his successor, Argentina’s outgoing president sits down to reflect on his four years of government, the challenges he faced and why he believes Javier Milei won last month’s run-off. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: ‘PRO today is allying itself with an extreme rightist’ 11-11-2023 04:23 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta on his PASO primary defeat, the future of Juntos por el Cambio, Macri and Bullrich’s decision to back Milei and what happens after December 10. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Carlos Melconian: ‘I believe that there is an opportunity because we have touched bottom’ 14-10-2023 05:53 Famous for being the “king of metaphor,” Carlos Melconian will be Argentina’s next economy minister if Patricia Bullrich wins the upcoming election. In an extensive interview he explains his integral plan for putting Argentina back on its feet. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Gabriel Rubinstein: ‘A fiscal surplus, sustained over time, is the key to start solving inflation’ 14-10-2023 05:49 Argentina’s Economic Policy Secretary Gabriel Rubinstein presents the case for the ruling coalition, argues that inflation is slowing from its post-PASO devaluation-led peak and highlights the importance of the consensus implicit in all the political parties involved in the electoral race. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW Santiago Siri: ‘As a programmer, I'm threatened by Artificial Intelligence’ 07-10-2023 06:23 Santiago Siri suggests a holy trinity of “crypto, trap and La Scaloneta” will save Argentina. And he is paying attention to the progress of Artificial Intelligence.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Luis Ignacio Brusco: Understanding why we vote differently 30-09-2023 05:36 Psychiatrist, neurologist and researcher, dean of the UBA Medical Faculty and Argentine Neuropsychiatric Association, MD and PhD, discusses why we vote differently and the cerebral functions which enter into decision-making. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Florencio Randazzo: ‘If Milei is so awful, you should ask the politicians what happened’ 23-09-2023 05:55 Florencio Randazzo, vice-presidential candidate for Hacemos por Nuestro País, on why he is “ashamed” of the current government, how the main coalitions benefit from polarisation and why Javier Milei’s rhetoric isn’t so irrational. by Jorge Fontevecchia
RARE INTERVIEW Eduardo Eurnekian: ‘Milei is not up to the task of judging the Pope’ 15-09-2023 17:59 Billionaire businessman – and former boss of Javier Milei – takes aim at the La Libertad Avanza candidate and his comments on Pope Francis in a rare interview.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva: ‘The Pope wants to come to Argentina’ 09-09-2023 06:35 Metropolitan Archbishop and the Primate of Argentina on Pope Francis, poverty and the need for a solution to crime that isn’t prisons. by Sonia Avalos, AFP
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Alejandro Werner: ‘Trump would’ve backed Fernández and Biden would’ve Macri’ 02-09-2023 06:17 Former Western Hemisphere director for the International Monetary Fund and ex-Mexico government official Alejandro Werner on Argentina’s programme, political backing from Washington and the country’s troubled relationship with the multilateral lender. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT Alberto Fernández: ‘I’d like to have better relations with Cristina’ 24-08-2023 18:14 In an interview, Argentina’s president speaks about the country's potential incorporation into the BRICS bloc of emerging market economies and addresses the election and his role in it, assuring: “Milei is Macri and Macri is Milei.” by Jorge Fontevecchia
JAVIER MILEI INTERVIEW Five giant dogs are the only issue that Javier Milei won’t touch 16-08-2023 21:57 The world's most famous dogs this week all belong to Javier Milei – just don't ask him about them...
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Sabino Vaca Narvaja: ‘We look to a world which no longer exists, a Eurocentric world’ 29-07-2023 06:29 Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentina’s ambassador to China, on bilateral relations with Beijing, why trade ties must be deepened and the need to rethink the Foreign Ministry and our approach to the East. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Carlos Pagni: 'If I talk to Peter and not to Paul, that would bore me.' 15-07-2023 06:18 Carlos Pagni, Argentina’s most influential journalist, on the legacy of the 2001 crisis, talking to both sides and why he’d rather untie than cut knots.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘Massa is my internal rival but my political enemies are Bullrich and Morales’ 08-07-2023 06:50 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois – newly confirmed as a presidential candidate for the ruling Unión por la Patria – on his primary rival Sergio Massa, tackling poverty and inequality and why he’s running for the Casa Rosada. by Jorge Fontevecchia
MIGRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS Migration 'only option' for many in Latin America, says food aid chief 05-07-2023 12:19 Many people in Latin America see migration as "the only option they have" after enduring successive crises of climate change, Covid and spiking food prices, says World Food Programme's head for the region Lola Castro.
INTERVIEW Ambassador highlights modern mosaic on Canada Day 01-07-2023 06:12 Canadian Ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay Reid Sirrs on national identity, lithium and mining, trade ties and revisiting family roots in Buenos Aires. by Michael Soltys
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Alfredo Cornejo: ‘People vote far more freely in the PASOs’ 23-06-2023 01:11 Senator Alfredo Cornejo, candidate for Mendoza Province governor and a leading figure in the Unión Cívica Radical, on the provincial elections so far and his party's relationship with PRO. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW Latin America bank eyes finance 'umbrella' role for Amazon rainforest 20-06-2023 15:51 Inter-American Development Bank wants to play a central role as an "umbrella" organisation coordinating climate-related projects in the vulnerable rainforest, says new chief Ilan Goldfajni.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Fernando Straface: ‘There's genuine US concern about Chinese presence in the region' 17-06-2023 06:39 Fernando Straface, secretary-general and secretary of foreign affairs for the Buenos Aires City government, on international relations, the legacy of the Mauricio Macri government and what a Horario Rodríguez Larreta Presidency would look like. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Martín Guzmán: ‘Abandoning the currency never did anybody any good’ 10-06-2023 06:27 Argentina’s former economy minister on tackling inflation, unifying the exchange rate regime, the IMF debt deal he negotiated and what happens after the October election. by Jorge Fontevecchia
MESSI ON THE MOVE Argentina's captain brings glory years in Europe to a close 07-06-2023 17:19 In making a move to the United States, 'La Pulga' is following in the footsteps of legendary stars such as Pelé and Johan Cruyff.
MESSI ON THE MOVE Messi chooses Miami: Argentina skipper confirms he will move to MLS 07-06-2023 17:14 Argentina's World Cup winning captain reveals he will sign for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, choosing the United States as his next destination over a Barcelona reunion or blockbuster deal in Saudi Arabia.
Dinesh Bhatia interview India supports Argentina’s bid to join BRICS, says ambassador 03-06-2023 06:15 India’s envoy in Argentina, Dinesh Bhatia, discusses trade deficits, defence opportunities, lithium and gas collaboration and the importance of cultural ties. by Api Dhadda
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Patricia Bullrich: ‘I’m carrying out a campaign of truth’ 26-05-2023 17:00 Presidential hopeful and former security minister on having the character to lead, the challenges facing Argentina and how she wants to change the country. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Carlos Heller: ‘Lowering inflation is a must, otherwise no success is possible’ 20-05-2023 07:00 Banco Credicoop banker and national deputy Carlos Heller on the never-ending battle against inflation, its causes and the impact of the drought on Argentina’s economy. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Marta Minujín: ‘I was born an artist … I can’t do anything else!’ 13-05-2023 08:24 Conceptual artist and pop art goddess Marta Minujín on four decades of democracy, her greatest creations and turning 80 years young. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jorge Macri: ‘I’m not going to tell other candidates what they should do… I’m going to run’ 06-05-2023 06:58 Buenos Aires City government minister and mayoral hopeful on meeting the requisites to run, the controversy over concurrent elections and why he wants to lead the nation’s capital. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Aníbal Fernández: ‘I understand and share the president’s view on re-election’ 29-04-2023 05:06 Argentina’s security minister on Alberto Fernández’s decision to end his re-election bid, his rocky relationship with Máximo Kirchner and La Cámpora and why he says the things he says. by Jorge Fontevecchia
AIRLINES & AVIATION Low-cost airlines: Domestic passenger growth can take off 24-04-2023 07:00 Mauricio Sana and Gonzalo Pérez Corral, the CEOs of Flybondi and JetSMART respectively, agree that the number of domestic passengers could be doubled with a better commercial aviation policy. The duo offer their opinion on Aerolíneas Argentinas, explain why they cannot get more room at downtown Aeroparque and detail their relationship with government ministries. by Claudio Celano Gómez
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Schiaretti: ‘Fiscal balance should not entail extreme austerity’ 22-04-2023 06:29 Three-term Córdoba Province governor on transcending ‘la grieta,’ why Peronism must split from Kirchnerism and why export duties on the agricultural sector should be removed. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO María Eugenia Vidal: ‘The government never had a serious and consistent economic programme’ 15-04-2023 06:43 National deputy and former Buenos Aires Province governor on her presidential ambitions, hawks and doves, her recent marriage and learning from defeat. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Martín Redrado: ‘We believe shock policies are what's needed’ 31-03-2023 15:30 Economist and Strategic Affairs Secretary for the Buenos Aires City Government discusses his current role, the need for “shock” policies after the election and why he is convinced Horacio Rodríguez Larreta should be Argentina’s next president. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Interview with president Alberto Fernández says Milei is a ‘threat’ to democracy 30-03-2023 14:24 Argentina’s president gives interview discussing his meeting with US President Joe Biden, the ruling coalition’s line-up for the PASO primaries, whether he will run for a second term and why he thinks libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei is a “threat to democracy.”
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jorge Argüello: ‘Our top investor is the US, our leading trade partner is China’ 25-03-2023 07:00 Argentina’s ambassador to the United States talks superpowers and geopolitics, emerging economies, the US ‘grieta’ and bilateral relations with Washington. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Pope Francis: ‘Reaching my age in good health is a grace but I don’t know how long it will last’ 17-03-2023 07:41 A special interview with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the leader of the Catholic Church, to mark the tenth anniversary of his papacy. A historic interview for a historic personality. by Jorge Fontevecchia