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James Neilson

Former editor of the Buenos Aires Herald (1979-1986).

Make way for the shantytown liberals

25-09-2021 00:01 Some commentators and politicians have been considering the intriguing possibility that people who live in the country’s squalid urban slums could be acquiring a taste for free-market capitalism.

by James Neilson

opinion and analysis

Kirchnerites reaping the whirlwind

18-09-2021 00:01 For there to be any chance of the country emerging relatively unscathed from the mess Cristina, with the help of easily bamboozled voters, has got it into, Alberto would have to start behaving like a genuine president.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Closing time in the gardens of the West

11-09-2021 09:48 Perhaps it is premature to talk, as the British essayist Cyril Connolly did soon after World War II, of “closing time in the gardens of the West,” but for many it does feel that something like that is taking place.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Playtime for politicians

04-09-2021 10:18 In Argentina, politics has always had more to do with tribal feelings than with anything else.

by James Neilson

As I see it

When weakness is strength

27-08-2021 23:23 In politics, having an unprepossessing alternative at hand can be a big advantage.

by James Neilson

As I see it

A most humiliating retreat

21-08-2021 21:36 The United States handed Afghanistan back to the Taliban because years ago most of her political leaders, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden, had come to the conclusion that “nation-building” was utter folly.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Desperately looking for an exit

14-08-2021 07:27 Though representatives of both sides are only too happy to tell us how much they detest their adversaries, they show little interest in examining their own record.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Journey to an unknown destination

07-08-2021 11:31 If mere facts are anything to go by, Argentina is heading for yet another almighty crash.

by James Neilson

As I see it

A tragedy in the making

31-07-2021 00:41 The Peronists have little interest in confronting the unions. However, in view of what the country will be up against in the very near future, the more realistic among them must be having second thoughts.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Taking sides in the new cold war

24-07-2021 00:35 Joe Biden wants his country to lead a coalition of the willing to help him wage what, he hopes, will remain a cold war against China, Russia and other autocracies.

by James Neilson

Cuba and the United States - Art by Joaquín Temes

As I see it

Cuba’s hard-right dictatorship

17-07-2021 11:12 For fanatics, the cause they are devoted to is infinitely more important than anything else, and there can be no doubt at all that, despite the evident failure of the revolution to deliver the promised goods, there are still plenty of fanatics in Cuba.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

09-07-2021 22:22 The United States decided to retreat from Afghanistan after both Trump and his followers and Biden and his asked themselves: what is in it for us? The answer they gave themselves was: nothing much.

by James Neilson

As I see it

A great time for malcontents

03-07-2021 23:17 In the rich Western countries and their cultural offshoots, what was once the fringe has become the centre.

by James Neilson

News of James Neilson

James Neilson

Make way for the shantytown liberals

Kirchnerites reaping the whirlwind

Closing time in the gardens of the West

Playtime for politicians

When weakness is strength

A most humiliating retreat

Desperately looking for an exit

Journey to an unknown destination

A tragedy in the making

Taking sides in the new cold war

Cuba’s hard-right dictatorship

Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

A great time for malcontents

Joe Biden and his gaffe-prone doppelganger

Asking for the impossible

Alberto blunders into a political minefield

Through the foreign-policy looking glass

An extremely sensitive superpower

Ploughing on regardless

Alberto’s modest proposal

A psychodrama the country could do without

Life after the great pandemic

Going green will be anything but easy

Joe Biden sounds the retreat

Back to square one

Some lessons in elementary Chinese

A country caught in a time warp

Declare me innocent, or else

Vaccines bring problems in their wake

Alberto on the psychiatrist’s couch

Kirchnerites find the race card tempting

A most unlikely reformer

Here we go again

Weighed down by an entitlement culture

Take me to your leader

Life without Trump will not be easy

Censorship is on the march

Too many very angry people

Sorry, capitalism is not about to die

The great coronavirus war

From Vladimir with love

Cristina, Alberto and the never-ending crisis

Buenos Aires under fire

A hero of our time

We don't need no education

The coronavirus remains far from beaten

A far from convincing victory

Macron takes on the Muslim world

The times have certainly changed

On the lookout for dangerous thoughts