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Gabriel Ziblat

Editor de Política - Diario Perfil.

‘Plan M’: Ratify leadership, promote competition and delay definitions

28-10-2022 14:28 Mauricio Macri has yet to answer whether he intends to run for a return to the presidency, a question he plans to resolve between next March and April. Meanwhile, he will continue encouraging competition while seeking to position himself as the leader insisting on the need to underwrite change.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Opposition X-ray

Juntos now has more infighting within parties than between allies

21-10-2022 09:06 Radicals and PRO showing more tension between party colleagues than alliance partners. Meetings, whether public or secret, are drawing attention.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Patricia Bullrich embraces Mauricio Macri.

'BULLRICHMANIA'

With Macri watching on, Bullrich outlines presidential ambitions

08-06-2022 15:53 Patricia Bullrich outlines her vision of Argentina’s future and shows off the key figures behind her 2023 bid for the Casa Rosada.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Vice-President and Senate president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner prepares to lead a session of the upper house.

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

With these results, Cristina loses control and quorum in the Senate

14-11-2021 22:12 Preliminary results confirm PASO losses in La Pampa, Chubut and Santa Fe. Add in the seats lost in Córdoba and Corrientes and Frente de Todos has just 35 senators to play with.

by Gabriel Ziblat

ELECTIONS 2021: PREVIEW

Ten races to watch in Argentina’s midterm elections

14-11-2021 08:57 Two issues will attract the most attention as Sunday night’s results come in: what happens in the provinces and whether Kirchnerismo loses quorum in the Senate. The results in Santa Fe, Chubut and La Pampa will be crucial.

by Gabriel Ziblat

MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2021

Midterm elections 2021: Pollsters forecast similar results to PASO

10-11-2021 16:01 Seven of Argentina’s top pollsters agree that the numbers won’t change much from the primaries, though there will be some differences. Some see the government pulling back points in the midterms; others envisage the opposition stretching their advantage.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Candidates and leaders from the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition pose for a photograph at a hotel in Buenos Aires City in September 2021.

ELECTIONS 2021

Opposition presents united front as its eyes PASO repeat in November

22-09-2021 12:10 Juntos por el Cambio’s candidates for Congress unite for national meeting. Strong criticism of government, especially regarding internal disputes, as opposition eyes 45% of vote in November.

by Gabriel Ziblat

PASO 2021: OPINION & ANALYSIS

November repeat would leave Frente de Todos losers in both Houses of Congress

14-09-2021 15:20 With their lower house margin potentially down to one deputy and the possible loss of a comfortable Senate majority, the ruling coalition emerges badly damaged from last Sunday’s PASO primary voting.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Candidates on the campaign trail before the PASO primaries, in the final week of campaigning.

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Turnout and undecided voters prove to be obstacles for pollsters

09-09-2021 23:27 Pollsters agree that the result in Buenos Aires Province will be closer than expected, but none pick the same winner. Most of the undefined are Frente de Todos voters in 2019.

by Gabriel Ziblat

The 16-29 age-group in the 2021 PASO primaries represents 30 percent of the electorate, or well over 10 million possible votes.

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Chasing the elusive youth vote

07-09-2021 14:21 The 16-29 age-group in the PASO represents 30 percent of the electorate, or well over 10 million possible votes.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Disarray? Moderates and hardliners in the opposition vie for leadership ahead of this year’s PASO primaries and midterm elections.

POLITICS

Opposition lacking definitions and a leader as elections near

05-06-2021 00:26 There’s plenty left to resolve for Juntos por el Cambio as this year’s PASO primaries and midterm elections approach. Internal tensions are growing and the lack of a clear leader leaves a lot of room for debate.

by Gabriel Ziblat

From left to right: Patricia Bullrich, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, María Eugenia Vidal. At the back, Mauricio Macri.

CITY MAYOR, NEXT PRESIDENT?

Rodríguez Larreta’s labyrinth

17-04-2021 09:06 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta marks out his differences with the government and the hardliners in the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition.

by Gabriel Ziblat

What the State spent funds on (in millions of pesos).

ANALYSING BUDGET

Budget 2020: 60% used to pay pensions, social plans or subsidies

16-01-2021 08:26 Six out of every 10 pesos in last year’s Budget went to paying for pensions, social plans or business subsidies. Both government and private calculations estimate last year’s primary deficit to be around 6.5% of GDP.

by Gabriel Ziblat

MACRI'S NEXT MOVE?

Macri ponders post-presidential role as global anti-populist leader

20-11-2019 22:02 Argentina's outgoing leader is not just convinced he has a role to play as opposition leader, he's also looking farther afield.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Despite fierce opposition, the Macri government's 2019 Budget passed the Lower House.

2019 Elections

Peronists set to dominate divided Congress

23-06-2019 16:53 While all eyes are on the presidential elections in Argentina, the race for the country's Congress is key to understanding what policy scenarios the next government will face.

by Gabriel Ziblat