News of 2023

Jorge Macri chosen as PRO mayoral candidate in City

30-05-2023 17:45 Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta confirmed that Jorge Macri will be PRO's solo candidate in Buenos Aires City; Ex-Vicente López leader outperforms Fernán Quirós in polling.

Agustín Rossi officially launches presidential candidacy

29-05-2023 20:23 Cabinet chief formally announces his campaign on social networks; Veteran Peronist recalls ‘happy years’ of Néstor and Cristina Kirchner governments, acknowledges ‘inflation, insecurity and uncertainty.’

Patricia Bullrich: ‘I’m carrying out a campaign of truth’

26-05-2023 17:00 Presidential hopeful and former security minister on having the character to lead, the challenges facing Argentina and how she wants to change the country.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The kids are alright

25-05-2023 00:51 The young Albiceleste and their coach still need to keep improving, particularly at the back, if they are to hold any hope of repeating the nation's past U-20 World Cup triumphs.

by Dan Edwards

Candidate without a ballot: CFK will campaign to ensure transfer of votes

23-05-2023 15:31 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner does not want an extended PASO campaign for the ruling party. In this election, the most important thing is the ‘floor,’ not the ‘ceiling,’ she believes.

by Rosario Ayerdi

U20 World Cup: Argentina secure narrow 2-1 win over Uzbekistan

21-05-2023 11:00 Argentina’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup campaign got off to a winning start on Saturday with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Uzbekistan.

Politics in a labyrinth

20-05-2023 07:00 Cristina’s political renouncement was nothing more than the acknowledgement that winning a presidential election was statistically impossible and would cause more harm than good for her political cause.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei’s electoral platform: Dollarisation, privatisations, guns, no sexual education

18-05-2023 15:33 Leaked electoral platform presented by libertarian lawmaker to Judge María Servini features more than 60 proposals he aims to put into practice if he becomes president.

‘Super Sunday’ elections continue run of ruling party wins

15-05-2023 18:14 Peronist governors in the provinces of Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa and Salta returned for new terms.

Reports: Chelsea agree terms with Pochettino

15-05-2023 10:27 Argentine coach reportedly set to join Chelsea at the end of this season as he returns to the Premier League four years after his sacking by Tottenham Hotspur.

The Supreme Court’s political muscle

13-05-2023 08:35 The Supreme Court’s decision must be read purely in political terms, demonstrating that it won’t back down and has the intention to play hard ball in the political arena.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Prices rose 8.4% in April, pushing annual inflation rate to 108.8%

12-05-2023 16:06 Consumer prices rose 8.4% last month, reveals INDEC national statistics bureau; Inflation over the last year totals 108.8%, according to official data.

Ruling parties win gubernatorial elections in La Rioja, Jujuy and Misiones

08-05-2023 11:08 No surprises in first ‘Super Sunday’ of year as Argentina’s 2023 election calendar advances; Hugo Passalacqua elected governor in Misiones by huge margin; Ricardo Quintela secures re-election for Frente de Todos in La Rioja; Radical Carlos Sadir triumphs in Jujuy to succeed Gerardo Morales.

Three’s a crowd

06-05-2023 06:47 Tomorrow is Jujuy’s turn to go to the polls together with La Rioja and Misiones – can lightning strike twice?

by Michael Soltys

Eight provincial elections to watch with national impact

04-05-2023 00:23 The first two weekends of May come with several provincial elections in which Argentina’s two main coalitions (Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio) can take the temperature of the hinterland. This Sunday will see gubernatorial elections in Jujuy, Misiones and La Rioja, followed by Tucumán, San Juan, Salta, La Pampa and Tierra del Fuego the next Sunday. In all cases the incumbent governments, whether belonging to one of the two main coalitions or provincial parties are tipped as favourites.

Soledad Acuña pulls out of race to become next City mayor

02-05-2023 17:13 Buenos Aires City education minister formally announces her withdrawal from race to become next mayor of capital.

by James Grainger

Out of the pink (house) and into the blue

29-04-2023 06:55 In a country where the urgent almost invariably displaces the important, Alberto Fernández’s premature entry into “lame duck” status has had immediate consequences.

by Michael Soltys

Aníbal Fernández: ‘I understand and share the president’s view on re-election’

29-04-2023 05:06 Argentina’s security minister on Alberto Fernández’s decision to end his re-election bid, his rocky relationship with Máximo Kirchner and La Cámpora and why he says the things he says.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Fernández de Kirchner blames IMF for peso sell-off, inflation

27-04-2023 23:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner criticises the International Monetary Fund for prohibiting Argentina's Central Bank from intervening in financial markets to tame currency volatility in keynote speech.

Amid turbulence and tensions, PRO puts on united front

27-04-2023 19:47 Key leaders from the centre-right party meet on Friday in San Isidro with talks over the opposition coalition’s line-up for the elections ongoing.