ELECTION 2023 Tolosa Paz confirms run for Buenos Aires Province governor Yesterdat 15:43 Social Development Victoria Tolosa Paz signs up with Daniel Scioli and announces she will run for governor in the Frente de Todos primary in Buenos Aires Province.
FIFA U20 WORLD CUP Critics swift to descend on Argentina’s youngsters – and their coach Yesterdat 13:48 The dream is over for Argentina's young hopefuls. Coach Javier Mascherano is under fire, but beyond the hysteria, there were signs of promise in the Albiceleste's campaign. by Dan Edwards
FIFA U20 WORLD CUP Argentina eliminated: Nigeria knock out U-20 World Cup hosts Yesterdat 01:11 Albiceleste youth side exits FIFIA Under-20 World Cup tournament at last-16 stage after 2-0 defeat to Nigeria in San Juan.
ELECTIONS 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.
ELECTION 2023 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.’
ELECTION 2023 Javier Milei confident he’ll win election in run-off 29-05-2023 15:32 Libertarian presidential hopeful confident that he will win Argentina's Presidency in a second-round run-off, forecasting a triumph over Juntos por el Cambio or Frente de Todos, no matter who the candidate.
FIFA U20 WORLD CUP U20 World Cup: Argentina top group after thrashing New Zealand 5-0 27-05-2023 09:57 Glorious goal from Luka Romero is the pick of the bunch as Argentina thrash New Zealand 5-0 to finish top of Group A at the FIFA U20 World Cup.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS A no-win election 27-05-2023 06:45 The fact remains that the last three people to run Argentina have all opted to sit this election out. The only question here is what lies behind their “fear to tread.” by Michael Soltys
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO 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
FIFA U20 WORLD CUP 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
POLITICS Máximo Kirchner to join Sergio Massa on trip to China 24-05-2023 18:05 National lawmaker and vice-president’s son will form part of Argentine delegation travelling to China between May 29 and June 4, stopping in Beijing and Shanghai. This will be the first trip he has made outside the country. by Rodis Recalt
ELECTION 2023: FRENTE DE TODOS With Cristina out the race, talks over ruling coalition's candidates ramp up 24-05-2023 10:23 With Cristina Fernández de Kirchner officially out of the running, discussions over Frente de Todos’ potential presidential candidates are speeding up.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Economy grew less than expected on drought, inflation 23-05-2023 18:31 Economic activity rose 0.1% in March from the previous month, reveals INDEC, less than forecast by analysts.
ELECTIONS 2023: ANALYSIS 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
FIFA U20 WORLD CUP 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.
POLITICAL INSIDER Veep seeks square of unity instead of clamour for Cristina 20-05-2023 15:51 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will address the 25 de Mayo rally this week, but will not bless a new candidate for the October elections. She will repeat, however, that her name will not be on the ballot. by Rosario Ayerdi
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS Under the volcano 20-05-2023 07:00 If three-quarters of the disenchanted in Tierra del Fuego preferred to vote blank than for an explicitly libertarian candidate, who is to say this might not be replicated nationwide? by Michael Soltys
As I see it The queen bee is leaving the hive 20-05-2023 07:00 Unfortunately for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and for the movement that sprung up around her, almost all her acolytes are minor figures, as are most of her allies. by James Neilson
ELECTIONS 2023 – ANALYSIS 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
Election 2023 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.
ELECTIONS 2023 City mayoral race takes shape as PRO leaders align 16-05-2023 22:15 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Patricia Bullrich agree to unite behind a single candidate in capital; PRO will stage competitive PASO in Buenos Aires Province.
ELECTIONS 2023 Rebuffing clamour for candidacy, Cristina says she won't run 16-05-2023 20:10 In an open letter published on her website, Argentina's vice-president details her "reasoned and thought-out decision" not to run for office in October elections.
ELECTIONS 2023 Lacking results, Massa tries to sustain a possible presidential bid 16-05-2023 16:39 With inflation soaring and damaging his chances of a run for the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s economy minister is shifting back to a political approach by Rosario Ayerdi
ELECTIONS 2023 ‘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.
FOOTBALL 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.
ELECTIONS 2023: PROFILE Patricia Bullrich vows crackdown to halt sell-off 14-05-2023 08:06 Argentina is suffering economic carnage – this hard-liner thinks she has the solution.
ELECTIONS 2023 Potential presidents catch the eye at AmCham summit 13-05-2023 09:12 Four potential candidates put on their best faces for business community, pitching their plans – and conditions for running. by James Grainger
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS To vote or not to vote 13-05-2023 08:45 However cavalier the strongmen of these two inland provinces have been with constitutional limits in seeking multiple consecutive terms, the last-minute timing of the Supreme Court’s interruption of the electoral process is extremely unfortunate, lending itself easily to government outrage. by Michael Soltys
Elections 2023 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
ECONOMIC INDICATORS 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.
ELECTIONS 2023 Manzur withdraws Tucumán candidacy after Supreme Court ruling 12-05-2023 09:03 Ex-Cabinet chief governor announces he will no longer run as lieutenant governor for northern province, with provincial Interior Minister Miguel Acevedo set to replace him as Osvaldo Jaldo’s running-mate.
POLITICS & JUDICIARY Government’s row with Supreme Court hits new heights 11-05-2023 23:36 Explosive reaction to ruling suspending gubernatorial elections in San Juan and Tucumán; President Alberto Fernández accuses justices of targeting Peronist candidates.
ELECTIONS 2023 Supreme Court suspends elections in San Juan, Tucumán 09-05-2023 18:19 Supreme Court suspends provincial elections in San Juan and Tucumán, just five days before voters are due to go to the ballot-box.
ELECTIONS 2023 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.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS 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
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Peronism’s identity crisis 06-05-2023 06:29 What is under discussion is much more than a candidacy. It is the search for a new leader who, on their own and without intermediaries, is competitive enough to assume power and unify Peronism. by Gustavo González
ELECTION 2023 María Eugenia Vidal drops out of presidential race 04-05-2023 20:54 Ex-Buenos Aires Province governor pulls out of race for Casa Rosada and calls for unity in opposition coalition; Vidal vows to continue “working for and to recover Argentina.”
ELECTIONS 2023 Kicillof on re-election: ‘It would be the natural thing to do’ 04-05-2023 16:59 Buenos Aires Province aiming to secure second term in this election and disassociates himself from rumours he may be asked to launch a presidential pre-candidacy.
ELECTION 2023: TWO SUPER-SUNDAYS 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.
ELECTIONS 2023 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
ANALYSIS: Paraguayan election 2023 Ruling party candidate scores big win in Paraguay vote 02-05-2023 00:40 Paraguayans elect new president from ruling right-wing Colorado Party, which has remained in power for nearly eight decades.
Paraguayan election 2023 Paraguay's Santiago Peña: Fresh face of institutional power 01-05-2023 09:09 An economist and former finance minister, Santiago Peña managed to keep the party's hegemony intact despite deep divisions over corruption claims against some of its top leaders.
POLITICAL INSIDER Alberto, CFK and Massa: three different strategies for upcoming elections 30-04-2023 09:07 Sergio Massa’s management is supported by Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but she has not blessed his candidacy. President Alberto Fernández insists that he will present his own hopeful, but the economy minister’s battle against inflation and currency crises – and how they play out – could be the deciding factor. by Rosario Ayerdi
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS 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
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO 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
ARGENTINES IN EUROPE Valentín 'Taty' Castellanos: La Liga’s new sensation 28-04-2023 10:32 Mendoza-born forward has stolen headlines after smashing four past Real Madrid. The 24-year-old’s globetrotting career and rise up the footballing ladder to La Liga says much about modern football. by Dan Edwards
FIERY SPEECH FROM CFK Cristina attacks Milei's dollarisation plan, blames IMF for inflation 27-04-2023 23:52 Vice-president declares that dollarisation would be “worse than convertibility” as she delivers highly anticipated speech that attacks IMF policies, opposition ‘inheritance’ and Javier Milei.
ELECTION 2023 CFK confirms she will not run for presidency 27-04-2023 23:27 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reiterated on Thursday that she will not be a candidate in the October presidential elections.
POLITICS & ECONOMY 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.
OPPOSITION EYE 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.