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Argentina appeals US$16-billion YPF court ruling

04-07-2025 08:42 Argentina appeals US judge's order to hand over 51% of shares in YPF in expropriation case; Milei points finger at Kicillof, Fernández de Kirchner as fears over ruling impact grow.

Investors see way for Milei to end fight over YPF

03-07-2025 16:43 Could there be a silver lining for Javier Milei in the multibillion-dollar US judgment targeting Argentina’s main oil producer?

Begin the begin

21-06-2025 06:28 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is paradoxically sidelined and occupying centre stage at the same time. With her exclusion from any electoral candidacy, the campaign effectively starts again.

by Michael Soltys

Dissidence will be treated as treason

21-06-2025 05:59 A leader as experienced as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner knows there is no time to waste, as the window of opportunity could quickly close.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Damocles’ sword and a Mexican stand-off in the Province

07-06-2025 06:26 Argentina’s Supreme Court has driven itself into a corner. It’s sitting on one of the most consequential rulings in the nation’s political history.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Buenos Aires Province debt climbs as Milei confronts local election test

05-06-2025 12:35 Dollar notes issued by Buenos Aires Province are the best-performing government credits across emerging-markets since La Libertad Avanza won in a city hall race in mid-May.

More to lose than to win

16-05-2025 10:15 In the City, the battle for first place is less interesting than the struggle between the Mileis and the Macris.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

New songs and Peronism

10-05-2025 07:50 Kirchnerism has no lyrics for its new songs – every intervention by CFK against Milei is always geared to the economic terrain, but from the perspective of his collapse and not improving on his achievements.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

First day of the rest of the year

19-04-2025 06:00 Economists have hailed the exit from the cepo as a milestone but this columnist hesitates to consider it an electoral game-changer – there is both too much and too little time for that.

by Michael Soltys

CFK airs gripes, but accepts Kicillof’s electoral advance

15-04-2025 16:07 Former president and PJ chair Cristina Fernández de Kirchner argues that it would be "best for Buenos Aires Province to vote once" in October, but she calls for support for Governor Axel Kicillof’s bill – while describing it as “a political error.”

Milei pledges 200 billion pesos for Bahía Blanca after criticism

13-03-2025 00:20 President insulted during surprise visit to Bahía Blanca, deluge-stricken city devastated by last Friday’s storm; Milei announces US$184 million in funding, but local authorities say reconstruction could cost up to US$400 million.

Milei tells Kicillof to resign over Buenos Aires Province ‘bloodbath’

28-02-2025 15:46 Opposition expresses outrage as President Javier Milei calls on Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign in response to shocking killing of seven-year-old.

United yet disorganised: Peronism comes to terms with a year of Milei

12-12-2024 18:10 What remains of the Unión por la Patria coalition could only manage a photo-op and is far from placing things in order. The internal differences and disputes stalling the bid to reach unity in 2025.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Rescuers confirm second fatality from Villa Gesell hotel collapse

31-10-2024 15:40 Second fatality recorded after 10-storey building housing hotel collapses in seaside resort of Villa Gesell; Rescue workers scramble to find missing, as fears grow for those trapped by rubble.

Burford cites governor in pursuit of US$16-billion YPF award

13-08-2024 14:39 Burford Capital suggests remarks by Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof support its push to collect a US$16-billion US court award against YPF oil company.

Axel Kicillof: The economics of cruelty

10-08-2024 06:57 Thanks to Milei, the rich are richer and the poor poorer while the middle class is in free fall.

Kicillof announces wage increase for state workers

18-03-2024 15:11 Salaries of state teachers, police officers and public employees will rise by 13.5% this month, orders Buenos Aires Province Axel Kicillof, in defiance of President Javeir Milei’s cost-cutting plans.

Kicillof pushes the accelerator

09-03-2024 06:47 The racetrack metaphor employed by Axel Kicillof to reject Javier Milei’s invitation to his Pacto del 25 de Mayo would seem in line with the acceleration he has decided to give his positioning as an opposition leader.

by Javier Calvo

Insaurralde, Milei, Melconian and the dirty campaign

12-10-2023 14:46 We’re into the tortuous last stretch of the campaign and political operations are underway.

by Javier Calvo

Insaurralde: Have lords of gambling lost their provincial ‘croupier’?

07-10-2023 06:18 Martín Insaurralde’s exit as Cabinet chief in Buenos Aires Province has also created a vacuum in the world of the unwritten rules of the gambling business.