COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Jubilant Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first leftist president 20-06-2022 14:35 Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first ever left-wing president after defeating millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernández in run-off.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Here’s how radical Gustavo Petro can be as Colombian president 20-06-2022 14:26 Investors in Colombia are trying to gauge how radical Gustavo Petro's government will be. Here's a look at some of the leftist leader's main proposals for the economy.
POLITICAL PANORAMA Poll: 75% of voters disapprove of President Fernández’s government 16-06-2022 10:40 Presidential approval has picked up slightly but remains close to its lowest levels – three-quarters of voters disapprove of the Alberto Fernández government, according to a new UDESA survey. Inflation spans the grieta rift and is the biggest worry. by Gabriel Irungaray
'BULLRICHMANIA' With Macri watching on, Bullrich outlines presidential ambitions 08-06-2022 15:53 Patricia Bullrich outlines her vision of Argentina’s future and shows off the key figures behind her 2023 bid for the Casa Rosada. by Gabriel Ziblat
AND THAT REMINDS ME… Could Bogotá become Petrograd? 03-06-2022 11:01 Argentina’s past might herald Colombia’s present, which might in turn offer clues for our future. by Michael Soltys
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombian outsider makes run-off with real shot at presidency 31-05-2022 11:18 Rodolfo Hernández, who was little known at the start of the year, surged into Colombia’s presidential run-off – and he now has a real chance at winning against leftist rival Gustavo Petro.
POLITICS ‘Unsalted eggs’ and Rodríguez Larreta’s fight against everyone (including Milei) for 2023 28-05-2022 00:54 Given Argentina’s particular electoral system, we have a three-round bout ahead of us. by Agustino Fontevecchia
BLOOMBERG Colombia’s number one banker has no fear of leftist front-runner 19-05-2022 08:00 Luis Carlos Sarmiento Gutiérrez would figure to be one of the people fretting the most about the looming election of the first left-wing leader in Colombia’s modern history. But, at least publicly, he betrays little angst about the outcome of the vote this month.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombia election front-runner Petro beefs up security over violence threat 12-05-2022 12:53 Colombia is the only major country in Latin America that’s never had a leftist leader, and polls suggest it’s about to get one in Gustavo Petro. That’s raising the campaign temperature in a country with a history of political violence.
NEW SURVEY Close to a third of opposition voters would back Milei in 2023, claims poll 03-05-2022 15:46 Just under 29% of those who voted for Juntos por el Cambio in the 2021 midterm elections say they would back Javier Milei in 2023 presidential ballot, a new poll by Management & Fit finds.
ELECTIONS 2023 María Eugenia Vidal: 'I would like to be Argentina's president' 25-04-2022 17:44 National lawmaker reignites speculation over opposition's 2023 candidate by admitting that she would like to be Argentina’s president.
POLITICS / ANALYSIS We need to talk about Mauricio – the dilemma facing the opposition 15-04-2022 12:03 Some in Juntos por el Cambio want the former president to step aside, though all the coalition’s key leaders recognise they will need him for the 2023 election. The former president has reached a peace accord with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta but it’s daggers drawn with Gerardo Morales – what is Mauricio Macri’s place in the grand scheme of things? by Carlos Claá
Opposition leader Macri returns to political foreground as 2023 speculation picks up 15-04-2022 01:36 Former presidents meets with members of the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition as speculation over another run at the Casa Rosada picks up.
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 Bolsonaro and Lula already in campaign mode in Brazil 04-04-2022 07:24 There are more than four months to go until the race for Brazil's October elections officially starts, but the leading candidates are already on the campaign trail.
RUGBY Cheika named as new Argentina coach ahead of World Cup 13-03-2022 17:03 Australian coach Michael Cheika confirmed as new boss of the Pumas, Argentina's national rugby union team.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Patricia Bullrich: ‘Argentina needs convictions to come out of the crisis’ 04-03-2022 17:50 PRO party chair, opposition leader and former security minister Patricia Bullrich on Argentina and the IMF, upheaval in the ruling coalition and Mauricio Macri’s future role. by Jorge Fontevecchia
As I see it All the time in the world 04-02-2022 23:07 The ill-tempered conflict between those who still hope Alberto will succeed in taming the Kirchnerites and their rivals who want him to remain under Cristina’s thumb confronts the opposition alliance with an awkward dilemma.
BLOOMBERG – INTERVIEW Colombia presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro seeks global anti-oil bloc 17-01-2022 06:59 Colombia’s presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro is calling on ideological allies across Latin America and the world to join him in forming a new bloc to lead the economy away from fossil fuels.
ELECTIONS 2021 Macri on election: ‘It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another’ 15-11-2021 00:00 “The result confirms that it is the end of one era and the beginning of another," declares former president Mauricio Macri.
EDITORIAL The tomorrow after tomorrow 13-11-2021 00:01 Who wins and who loses tomorrow is far less important than what comes next for the country.
PASOS & MIDTERMS Macri describes midterms as 'most important' election since 1983 23-06-2021 09:45 Former president says opposition coalition must avoid "unnecessary primaries," calls on María Eugenia Vidal to run for a seat in Buenos Aires Province and says midterms will be the "most important" elections since 1983.
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO Macri faces friendly fire from ally after Covid-19 vaccination in Miami 17-05-2021 22:17 Ex-president’s decision to be vaccinated while in United States criticised by Civic Coalition leader Elisa Carrió and Senator Julio Cobos; Patricia Bullrich defends Macri, saying the 62-year-old “did not take a vaccine from an Argentine." by James Grainger