News of 2024

Post-electoral Democrat blues

09-11-2024 07:36 If Democrats were wise, they would understand that it was due to their incompetence, combined with highhandedness, that Trump came roaring back.

by James Neilson

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Move over Javi, the Big Boss is back

09-11-2024 06:24 The return of Donald Trump, the undisputed 'top dog' of the new right, will consolidate a global movement that, up until now, appeared to be somewhat disjointed.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

US ELECTION 2024 – ANALYSIS

MAGAlomaniac – no Camelot for Kamala

09-11-2024 06:13 Milei does not seem to care a hoot about Trump being politically incorrect but he should worry more about his being fiscally incorrect.

by Michael Soltys

United States Elections 2024

Shock ‘n awe

09-11-2024 06:07 The question now becomes how Trump will use the clear mandate he has won. The fears are obvious.

by David Smith

Editorial

Trump card, or joker?

09-11-2024 06:06 Milei is entitled to celebrate the convincing Republican win as a supreme booster for a global trend towards the far right but would be rather less accurate if he hailed it as an advance of his libertarian crusade against the deep state.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Welcome to the New Political Order

09-11-2024 06:01 Trump’s victory and the Brexit referendum in 2016 marked the first significant political manifestations of a change of order. Trump’s impressive comeback this week appears to solidify it further. The next question is where President Javier Milei fits into this puzzle.

by Marcelo J. García

ANALYSIS

Trump rides global wave of anti-incumbency

08-11-2024 00:24 Anti-incumbency fervour has swept not just the United States but other major democracies, battering both the left and the right.

LOCAL REACTION

Macri, Scioli send congratulations to victorious Trump

06-11-2024 12:47 Former president Mauricio Macri and ex-Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli send good wishes to US president-elect Donald Trump.

UNITED STATES

Trump takes early electoral lead as race with Harris takes shape

05-11-2024 23:10 With polls closed in more than two-thirds of states, Trump had taken preliminary leads in Georgia and North Carolina, two key swing states, while vote counting in others was in its early stages.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Harris or Trump: United States decides in knife-edge election

05-11-2024 12:13 More than 82 million people have already taken advantage of early voting to cast their ballots for Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

US election: five key moments in an extraordinary campaign

04-11-2024 00:33 Courts, bullets and verbal stumbles have made their mark on this year's US election campaign – one of the most extraordinary in the nation's history.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Rumours, lies and disinformation: ‘A lot of crazy’ in US election

03-11-2024 09:09 Elon Musk, Donald Trump helping amplify falsehoods about integrity of US election; Foreign actors also blamed by officials in Washington for sowing chaos.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Why Trump is already victorious

31-10-2024 21:54 Virtually everything talked about has been from Trump’s agenda… on one level, he’s already victorious.

by David Smith

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Harris brands Trump a ‘fascist’ ahead as US election nears

25-10-2024 01:21 Vice-president tells undecided voters that Donald Trump is unfit to serve a second term as POTUS, describing her opponent as a “fascist”; Republican hits back as campaign nears final stretch.

COPA LIBERTADORES

River's Monumental stadium to host Copa Libertadores 2024 final

05-10-2024 09:02 Iconic stadium in Buenos Aires selected as venue for Copa Libertadores final, the region's most important club football competition.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

OECD forecasts Argentina's economy will contract 4% this year

25-09-2024 08:53 OECD experts worsen forecast for Argentina's economy, predicting GDP contraction of 4% this year and annual inflation of 147.5%.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment in Argentina affected 7.6% in Q2

20-09-2024 09:41 Report by INDEC national statistics bureau shows joblessness stayed in line with 7.7% recorded in first quarter, but rate is up from 6.2% seen in second quarter of 2023.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Adorni: Relations with US do not depend on who wins election

19-09-2024 16:53 Milei administration takes foreign policy precautions as Adorni is quizzed over Milei’s support for Trump.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Trump rules out another round with Harris after debate loss

12-09-2024 17:48 Former president says will not participate in another televised debate with his Democratic rival ahead of November's presidential election; Snap polls give victory to US Vice-President Harris.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Harris and Trump meet in high-stakes US presidential debate

10-09-2024 22:46 Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met Tuesday for their first – and possibly only – televised debate, a potential game-changer in a presidential race that has already cast the United States into upheaval.

PROFILE

Edmundo González Urrutia: from placeholder to opposition pointman

10-09-2024 09:40 Edmundo González Urrutia is a soft-spoken grandfather who spurns the spotlight. But Venezuela's political crisis has thrust him into the crosshairs of Nicolás Maduro's iron-fisted regime.

crisis in Venezuela

Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to stay in Venezuela

10-09-2024 09:05 Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to remain in Venezuela after her colleague and ex-presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia took up asylum in Spain.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela opposition wants candidate recognised as president-elect

06-09-2024 12:58 Marîa Corina Machado calls on nations across world to recognise candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect after disputed election.

ANALYSIS – US ELECTION 2024

The joy ride

05-09-2024 21:00 Will this US election be one of vibes, energy, passion, joy, or can policy fights erupt come debate time, and so have this historic campaign turn yet again?

by David Smith

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Harris, Trump gear up for crunch US presidential debate

05-09-2024 15:46 White House hopeful Kamala Harris travels reportedly planning to spend five days preparing for next week's presidential debate against Donald Trump.

EDITORIAL

Libertarian entrapment

31-08-2024 05:21 The paradox of a libertarian government revering the free market while unable to exit bureaucratic Kirchnerite capital controls has already drawn comment but the reduction of the PAIS tax exposes another contradiction.

VENEZUELA IN CRISIS

Venezuela high court confirms Maduro's re-election after fraud claims

22-08-2024 14:06 Venezuela's Supreme Court, loyal to the government, declares Nicolás Maduro has won re-election despite widespread claims of voting fraud.

PROTESTS IN BUENOS AIRES

Thousands of exiled Venezuelans demonstrate in Buenos Aires against Maduro

18-08-2024 09:10 Rallies at 13 cities across Argentina as Venezuelans heed call from opposition María Coriina Machado to stage mass gatherings to intensify pressure on Nicolás Maduro after his disputed election win.

VENEZUELA IN CRISIS

Venezuelan opposition rallies in Caracas and vows to fight 'to the end'

18-08-2024 08:54 People rallied in several cities in Venezuela and as far afield as Spain, Belgium and Australia in response to a call by opposition leader María Corina Machado; Nicolás Maduro accuses ex-presidential rival Edmundo González Urrutia of planning to "flee to Miami."

Olympic Games: Paris 2024

Sailing delivers again for Argentina with silver at Paris 2024 Games

08-08-2024 12:51 Argentina's Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco win silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 multihull event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

POVERTY

One in five Argentines live in extreme poverty, reports UCA observatory

05-08-2024 13:28 Argentina's poverty rate reached 54.9% and destitution 20.3% nationwide during the first quarter of 2024, according to a new report by the Universidad Católica Argentina.

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

Blacklisted and muzzled, Maduro’s top rival can’t be held down

26-07-2024 11:25 María Corina Machado has built a powerful, energised citizen movement in Venezuela. How far it can ultimately go is up to Nicolás Maduro.

Olympic Games: Paris 2024

Argentina’s Olympic medal hopes likely to depend on traditional team sports

19-07-2024 09:39 Argentina Olympic medal hopes are likely to depend on traditional team sports at the upcoming Paris 2024 Games, with chances of success in men’s football, rugby sevens and field hockey.

UNITED STATES

Bullet and the ballot box: violent US rhetoric comes 'home to roost'

14-07-2024 10:12 Donald Trump was the victim of an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday in a chaotic and shocking incident set to supercharge political tensions ahead of the US presidential election.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Bloodied Donald Trump survives assassination attempt

14-07-2024 10:04 Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a political rally Saturday, leaving the FBI hunting for information about how a gunman could attack a former US president.

SHOCK IN UNITED STATES

Milei blames 'international left' for 'cowardly' Trump assassination attempt

14-07-2024 09:35 Argentina's President Javier Milei blames "international left" for assassination attempt Saturday targeting former former US president Donald Trump.

UK ELECTION 2024

Labour hoping for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

04-07-2024 14:49 Polls show centre-left Labour party set for its first general election win since 2005 – making Keir Starmer the party's first prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010.

UK ELECTION 2024

Keir Starmer: Britain's next prime minister

04-07-2024 14:38 Keir Starmer, named after Labour's founding father, is the centre-left opposition party's most working-class leader in decades, despite his knighthood.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Social indicators cast doubt over Milei's 'catastrophe' averted claim

04-07-2024 13:09 President Javier Milei recently stated that the government’s social policy is “extremely good” and it had help prevent a “catastrophe.” Yet the government's own data and reports produced by private institutions indicate most social indicators have recorded a step backwards since he took office.

by Agustina Bordigoni

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Paul Singer is pitching Wall Street's own brand of MAGA

25-06-2024 12:06 Over the past decade, business figures led by hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer have poured nearly US$200 million into a New York think tank that’s now projecting its own vision for Trump’s America.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

24-06-2024 20:58 Argentina's economy contracted by 5.1% in first quarter, says INDEC; Unemployment hit 7.7% as Milei government’s austerity measures began to kick in.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 4.2% in May, lowest monthly rate in two years

13-06-2024 16:11 Monthly inflation drops below five percent for the first time in more than two years, decelerating for the fifth consecutive month.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Messi to miss Olympics but leaves door open for 2026 World Cup

13-06-2024 09:19 It's official: Lionel Messi won't be representing Argentina at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.

LATIN AMERICA

Sheinbaum's Mexico election win bolsters Latin American left

06-06-2024 11:31 Claudia Sheinbaum's victory means that both Brazil and Mexico – Latin America's two biggest nations in terms of population and economic output – remain firmly on the left side of the political spectrum.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity plunging amid austerity, confirms INDEC

23-05-2024 00:30 Bureau’s monthly estimate of economic activity records 8.4% drop for March; Industry and construction collapse, 5.3% slump in first quarter of 2024.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Author Selva Almada: ‘More attention is being paid to Latin American literature'

22-05-2024 16:04 Acclaimed author from Entre Ríos, whose third novel was nominated for the International Booker Prize, discusses creation, translation and international recognition.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption at its lowest level in three decades, says industry group

16-05-2024 15:13 In the first four-month period of the year, consumption dropped by 17.5 percent.

venezuelan election 2024

Banned Venezuela opposition leader Machado insists she is 'Plan A'

19-04-2024 12:32 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she will keep on campaigning and insists she is a 'Plan A,' despite authorities banning her from participating in the upcoming election.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 11% in March, annual rate hits 287%

12-04-2024 16:56 Consumer price hikes continue to slow, but remain in double digits. Education records highest increases, rising 52.7 percent as increases as new school year begins.