News of Ignacio Copani

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

LATE PONTIFF'S LEGACY

'Slum priests' take Pope's message to the poor

24-04-2025 11:18 The loss of Pope Francis has deeply affected the Catholic community worldwide, yet, priests from his hometown of Buenos Aires are keeping his legacy alive.

ENERGY & GAS

PAE confirms shale gas reserves in Chubut Province

15-04-2025 16:51 Pan American Energy to invest US$250 million in project to exploit shale gas findings in Cerro Dragon field, says Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres.

UKRAINE CONFLICT

Zelenskyy left in the cold as Milei takes Trumpian twist

28-02-2025 14:57 Once a close ally, Milei turned his back on Zelenskyy after Argentina’s government failed to condemn Russian aggression in a controversial UN vote last week.

by Zella Milfred

ENVIRONMENT

Hundreds of homes evacuated as Patagonia fires spread

16-01-2025 14:49 Forest fires in Patagonia force evacuation of 200 families, destroying some 2,000 hectares of terrain in the town of Epuyén.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur deal ‘in sight,’ says top European official

05-12-2024 20:49 Chances of a sealed deal seemed slim at press time as leaders in France, Italy renew criticism.

Mercosur Trade Deal

EU chief lands in South America to close contentious Mercosur deal

05-12-2024 13:21 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen lands in Montevideo at the LXV Mercosur Summit, where the goal is to hopefully close the Mercosur Trade Deal. With France's President Macron expressing his distaste, and Brazil's President Lula in support, there is much to discuss this week.

SINGER IN COURT

L-Gante acquitted of kidnapping charges, avoids jail time

29-10-2024 08:29 Cumbia star L-Gante acquitted of kidnapping charges, avoiding jail time, though he receives three-year suspended prison sentence.

INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Argentina dodges FATF money-laundering ‘grey list’

24-10-2024 18:44 Financial Action Task Force money-laundering watchdog approves report on Argentina and Milei government avoids possible sanctions which might have placed investments at risk.

EDITORIAL

Pouring oil on the flames

02-03-2024 05:57 If the spark that lit the fire was the threat of Chubut’s PRO Governor Ignacio Torres to cut off all oil and gas unless the cutbacks were reversed, this might appear a wild outburst – but it was less random and accidental than it might seem.

Politics

Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Torres: the governor who lit the provincial fuse

01-03-2024 06:28 From the PRO leader’s political beginnings in Trelew, his links to Patricia Bullrich and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and his history with Mario Das Neves. How he constructed his candidacy and the special advisor with whom he worked but now at odds. A profile of the youngest provincial governor in office today.

by Ezequiel Spillman

POLITICS

Milei’s bold decree teeters as Argentina's provinces resist

27-02-2024 19:21 Growing opposition to President Javier Milei’s sweeping decree in the Senate puts it at risk of being overturned as regular sessions get underway next week.

POLITICS

Bullrich divides PRO as she backs Milei in Chubut funding row

27-02-2024 16:49 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich intervenes forcefully in the spat between President Javier Milei and Chubut's PRO Governor Ignacio Torres.

POLITICS

Milei criticised for liking Down syndrome tweet mocking governor

27-02-2024 14:58 Latest in a long line of controversies: President Javier Milei in hot water after liking an offensive post on social media mocking Chubut governor that showed him with a disability.

POLITICS

Provincial governments threaten oil supply cuts in dispute with Milei

24-02-2024 19:02 "Not a drop of oil will come out on Wednesday if they don't respect the provinces once and for all and take their foot off our back," declares Chubut Province Governor Ignacio Torres, backed by five other provincial goverrnments.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Chubut governor: Fire in Los Alerces National Park caused by arson

29-01-2024 10:17 Firefighters continue to battle flames that are ravaging Los Alerces National Park; Chubut Province Governor Ignacio Torres alleges blaze was started by RAM Mapuche indigenous group.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Luis Ignacio Brusco: Understanding why we vote differently

30-09-2023 05:36 Psychiatrist, neurologist and researcher, dean of the UBA Medical Faculty and Argentine Neuropsychiatric Association, MD and PhD, discusses why we vote differently and the cerebral functions which enter into decision-making.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva: ‘The Pope wants to come to Argentina’

09-09-2023 06:35 Metropolitan Archbishop and the Primate of Argentina on Pope Francis, poverty and the need for a solution to crime that isn’t prisons.

by Sonia Avalos, AFP

FOOTBALL

Clubs are snatching up Argentina’s youngsters at an accelerating rate

10-08-2023 23:11 With the best players moving earlier and earlier, Argentina’s clubs must compromise, picking up those either too young, too old or not good enough to play elsewhere, or else gamble that yesterday's wonderkid who flamed out overseas can rediscover his best form back home.

by Dan Edwards

2023 election

Traders go to US for Argentina stocks to hedge election bet

02-08-2023 13:53 Investors are cautiously looking at US-listed shares of Latin American companies with operations in Argentina, anticipating benefits from market-friendly policies after this year's elections, but refraining from direct investment until long-term stability is established.