News of Carlos Enrique Petroni

Between Milei and Lula, Paraguay finance chief eyes austere path

07-01-2025 12:32 Paraguay Finance Minister Carlos Fernández argues sustainable fiscal policy matters in a region exposed to international crisis.

Abuelas announce discovery of 138th child taken by dictatorship

27-12-2024 20:50 Human rights group Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo confirms they have found the 138th missing grandchild snatched by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Brazil, Spain struggle to shake criticism as Maduro enablers

25-09-2024 18:06 At a recent United Nations gathering, Brazilian President Lula and Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez faced scrutiny for their ambiguous stance on Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela.

'They notified me I had to go,' says retiring Supreme Court justice

23-09-2024 14:27 Juan Carlos Maqueda, who will step down from his seat on the nation’s highest tribunal at the end of the year, reveals he was not consulted as to whether he wanted to continue in situ and was asked to leave by President Javier Milei’s government.

by Rodis Recalt

Is there life after presidency?

10-08-2024 05:12 If vice-presidents have historically been a pebble in the shoe for heads of state, ex-presidents have also been a factor worthy of mention.

by Michael Soltys

Brazil halts chicken exports to EU and Argentina on virus

19-07-2024 15:22 Brazil is halting chicken exports to the European Union and Argentina after a virulent poultry disease was found on a commercial farm, disrupting shipments from the world’s largest exporter.

Carlos Tevez resigns as coach of Independiente

17-05-2024 17:09 Sunday’s will be his last match.

Agüero allies himself with Milei, says City Football Group interested in Argentina

08-04-2024 15:30 Sergio Agüero, proclaiming the privatisation model for nation's top football clubs, has spoken with President Javier Milei. Tipping his former club Independiente as an option, the ex-Rojo star says the City Football Group are interested in Argentina.

by Agustín Colombo

'Los dueños de la tierra': Argentina’s 20 biggest landowners

24-02-2024 06:25 Among those who concentrate the most terrain are businessmen and groups with between 100,000 and over a million hectares of land of every type. Some like Benetton or the Cresud, owned by Eduardo Elsztain, are better-known, but companies with Chinese, Swiss and Chilean capital also appear, along with bit players.

by Ariel Stemphelet

Islamic association decries vandalism of Carlos Menem Sr and Jr tombs

16-02-2024 10:05 Tombs of former president Carlos Menem and his son Carlos Jr vandalised along with 100 other graves at the Buenos Aires Islamic Cemetery.

Carlos Tevez voices support for Javier Milei’s government

19-01-2024 12:39 Independiente coach says he has “hope” for libertarian president and that this is “the way that can change something” for Argentina.

How Argentina arrived to 40 years of democracy

09-12-2023 09:31 From Raúl Alfonsín to Alberto Fernández, a breathless, compressed account of how Argentina traversed four decades of democracy.

by Michael Soltys

Wind farms graft probe: Audit report finds ‘irregularities’ and big profits

16-11-2023 14:46 AGN General Auditing Office detects “serious irregularities” in process behind tender that saw group involving Macri family and ex-Boca striker Carlos Tevez win renewable energies bid.

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

Bullrich adviser says dollar, peso will co-exist in Argentina

26-09-2023 23:54 “The peso and the dollar will coexist” if Patricia Bullrich is elected as president, says Carlos Melconian.

Castle in Concordia evokes enigmatic visit by 'Little Prince' author

13-09-2023 12:44 El Castillo San Carlos, on the banks of the Uruguay River in the city of Concordia, captivated French writer, poet, journalist and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), author of ‘The Little Prince.’

Bullrich presents Melconian as pick for economy minister

30-08-2023 18:50 Juntos por el Cambio presidential hopeful taps Carlos Melconian and his Fundación Mediterránea-IERAL development programme for Argentina.

Opposition leader unveils economy chief ahead of election

30-08-2023 18:49 Opposition presidential candidate unveils Carlos Melconian, an experienced celebrity economist who leads a local think tank, as her potential economy minister in an attempt to focus her campaign on the issue.

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.

Candidacy-buying allegations pile pressure on Javier Milei

14-07-2023 07:45 Libertarian lawmaker rejects multiple claims from former allies that his party is selling candidacies and places on its electoral lists for cold hard cash (in dollars, of course).