News of buenos aires

New economy minister vows to respect IMF deficit deal

04-08-2022 18:36 Sergio Massa, Argentina’s third new economy minister in a month, promised to reduce public deficit, as agreed with the IMF, after he was sworn into office.

Argentina pledges end of money printing to battle 60% inflation

03-08-2022 22:32 New Economy Minister announces plan to slow down Argentina’s financial crisis hours after he was sworn in. Sergio Massa says he will stop money printing to slow inflation.

Argentina Names Third Economy Minister in a Month Amid Crisis

28-07-2022 19:55 Sergio Massa is the new economy minister, in an expanded role. The former lower house speaker takes over from Silvina Batakis, who held office for only three weeks.

Argentine protesters demand universal living wage

28-07-2022 18:17 Central Buenos Aires saw a crowd of demonstrators calling for a “universal salary” this Thursday as heads roll in cabinet reshuffle.

Argentina Economy Minister says she has strong political support

27-07-2022 15:55 New Economy Minister for Argentina Silvina Batakis tells Washington reporters she will stabilise economy, claiming strong political support from the government.

Grabois talks “blood on the streets”

25-07-2022 17:28 Picket leader warns of future looting while rival Raúl Castells tries it out in a Rosario supermarket.

A trail of two (big) chitties

15-07-2022 13:00 Throughout most of this century Argentina has sought to make a virtue out of necessity by demonising debt so that if that was ever a virtue, it has become a deadly vice – the options to an inflationary expansion of the money supply are few and far between.

by Michael Soltys

Devil take the hindmost

15-07-2022 13:00 In an age in which it is assumed that just about everything must change with the times or be thrown on the scrap heap, people who are unable to keep up risk getting swept aside.

by James Neilson

Leaps in the dark

09-07-2022 06:00 Always subordinating economic policy to electoral strategy in classic populist style, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seems convinced that a 2023 election irretrievably lost with Martín Guzmán’s IMF orientation can be turned around with an extreme transformation.

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

05-07-2022 15:09 Courts recognise that planes from Campo de Mayo military garrison were used to throw disappeared detainees to their death in Río de la Plata; Four ex-Army officers handed life terms for crimes against humanity.

US Ambassador Marc Stanley: ‘I see a once in a generation opportunity for Argentina'

01-07-2022 14:30 Joe Biden’s envoy in Buenos Aires discusses his approach to diplomacy, bilateral relations and President Fernández's upcoming trip to Washington.

by James Grainger

The Supreme Court has Cristina in its sights

25-06-2022 00:01 People are beginning to link the inability of the “political class” to run the country in a reasonably competent manner to the corrupt behaviour of some of its leading members.

by James Neilson

Recycled blankets and soup – volunteers help homeless as temperatures plummet

23-06-2022 23:16 Members of the Dando Una Mano and La Sachetera NGOs are providing vital assistance to the homeless in and around the capital as those living rough struggle against the freezing temperatures of the cold southern winter.

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

23-06-2022 11:49 Blaze broke out on the seventh floor of a 14-storey building located on Avenida Córdoba and Calle Ecuador; Three minors and two women killed, at least 18 injured.

‘Old’ Buenos Aires gets a face-lift, revitalising its historic centre

17-06-2022 09:23 The capital’s historic centre is going through some urban renewal in a bid to rescue its weary core from the ravages of the pandemic.

Boca showing lack of ‘empathy’ over sex abuse claims, says footballer’s accuser

16-06-2022 15:08 Tamara Doldán, the woman who accused Colombia and Boca Juniors star Sebastián Villa of sexual abuse and rape, criticises club’s response to allegations.

City Hall bans use of inclusive language in Buenos Aires' schools

10-06-2022 17:22 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta has banned the use of inclusive Spanish language in schools across the capital; Critics push back against measure.

Never a peak period for summits

09-06-2022 23:10 While it is rarely a good idea to draw conclusions on anything still in progress, the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles looked to have been strangled at birth.

Could Bogotá become Petrograd?

03-06-2022 11:01 Argentina’s past might herald Colombia’s present, which might in turn offer clues for our future.

by Michael Soltys

Back(s) to the future in the present (very) tense

28-05-2022 01:41 Instead of seeking any consensus to confront this impending national emergency, the political spectrum is increasingly fragmented at various levels.