News of Carlos Wagner

PRO says it won’t support Milei’s Supreme Court push

27-02-2025 19:50 Former president Mauricio Macri – who in 2015 attempted to impose Supreme Court justices by decree before backtracking – says his PRO party will not support appointment by decree.

García-Mansilla sworn-in amid Supreme Court controversy

27-02-2025 16:38 President Milei imposes two new justices on nation’s highest tribunal by decree, defying Congress; Nominees for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of the next legislative period.”

Pope voices concern over missing seven-year-old

15-01-2025 13:58 Pontiff expresses fears over disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña, the young boy who went missing in Corrientes seven months ago, noting hypothesis that child was “taken away to extract his organs for transplants.”

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.

Laughing and crying at the same time

05-10-2024 05:51 A joker of sorts, Santiago Caputo seems to always be looking for ways to “troll” his audience. One example could be his boss’ recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly, in which multiple paragraphs were “copy-pasted” direct out of an episode of The West Wing.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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.

Two months since Loan disappeared – how the case continues

14-08-2024 12:11 Seven people remain in jail accused of a link to the boy’s abduction, while Judge Cristina Penzo hears key testimony from the boy’s relative.

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

Priests pressure Pettovello, government on social policies

13-06-2024 09:09 Criticism from Church leaders picks up amid increased tensions over lack of food supplies at soup kitchens and community canteens.

Carlos Tevez resigns as coach of Independiente

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

Tevez’s spat with Tapia shows consequences of AFA’s chaos

08-03-2024 11:23 Carlos Tevez declared open rebellion against Argentine football's reigning powers this week after seeing his Independiente side held against Barracas Central, in a match peppered with dubious refereeing decisions.

by Dan Edwards

'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

City Hall official found dead, day after being accused of sexual abuse

24-01-2024 23:34 The lifeless body of City Housing Institute chief Carlos Pedrini was found dead in his home on Tuesday afternoon, just one day after he was accused of sexual abuse.

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.

Wall Street cheers as Milei swaps dollarisation for Macri brass

24-11-2023 13:07 Javier Milei pivots away from advisers advocating for his most dramatic campaign promises, choosing Wall Street veterans closer to Mauricio Macri.

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.

Bullrich lashes out at ‘dirty campaigning’ ahead of election

11-10-2023 14:48 Opposition presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich lashed out at “dirty campaigning” on Wednesday after the publication of controversial audio supposedly attributable to her pick for economy minister.

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.

Tevez's appointment injects life into the red side of Avellaneda

31-08-2023 11:39 Few expected to be watching Independiente fighting out a bitter battle against relegation with Carlos Tevez at the helm, but the ex-Boca star has his team looking more adventurous in the fight for survival.

by Dan Edwards

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.