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Argentina’s bonds slump below 30 cents on doubts over IMF deal

21-01-2022 18:18 Argentine bonds are testing new lows as concern grows that the government will struggle to reach a refinancing deal with the International Monetary Fund before large payments come due in March.

Hypocrisy rules!

15-01-2022 03:00 The heatwave that hit the Southern Hemisphere and Argentina with particular virulence this week seems to have fried the circuits of more than just the systems controlling the energy grid in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Things are not going as Cristina planned

07-01-2022 22:41 Things have not been turning out as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expected, starting with the electoral year.

by Gustavo González

Gustavo Bordet: ‘When positions become radical, votes run away from you’

07-01-2022 22:00 Entre Ríos Province governor on Argentina’s provincial leaders, Peronism and why President Alberto Fernández should stand for re-election in 2023.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Judge leading probe into Facundo Castro's disappearance removed from case

29-12-2021 15:12 Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation has removed judge overseeing probe into disappearance and death of Facundo Astudillo Castro from the investigation.

A puzzle nobody wants

24-12-2021 08:35 While it is easy for opposition leaders to criticise the Kirchnerites for their handling of the economy and a great many other things, coming clean about what they themselves would do is far more difficult.

by James Neilson

Alberto caught between Biden and Xi

10-12-2021 22:23 The Kirchnerite administration does not want to be forced to choose between the United States and China.

by James Neilson

2001 to 2021: Ticking time bomb

03-12-2021 23:41 Fast forward to today from 2001 and Argentina’s massive debt pile is still front and centre of the political discussion, as is the IMF and the possibility of default.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Cristina sets stage for IMF talks – with a message to the opposition and a memo for Alberto

30-11-2021 16:06 Argentina's vice-president breaks her silence, asking the opposition to accompany negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Latin America's women writers ride wave of acclaim

29-11-2021 13:30 From Uruguay to Mexico, Argentina to Ecuador, women writers from across Latin America are enjoying growing acclaim after years of marginalisation by an industry they say has long favoured male authors.

Check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self

26-11-2021 23:13 With the election behind us, time for a deal with the IMF is running out. Argentina must make an interest payment in December and faces a tough payment calendar in the first quarter of 2022 that it is unable to face.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Any which way but loose

26-11-2021 22:31 With the withdrawal of his vice-presidential sponsor, President Fernández has more freedom of action than at any point since his record popularity in the first stages of quarantine. He needs to make the most of it.

President vows to send ‘multi-year economic programme’ to Congress

15-11-2021 13:12 President Alberto Fernández announced Sunday night that he will send a bill to Congress outlining a “multi-year economic programme” for Argentina – and he says it has the “full support” of his coalition, including Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Lorena Rodríguez

Why the ruling coalition is celebrating an electoral defeat

15-11-2021 01:36 The optimism of Frente de Todos, despite the ruling coalition having lost its majority in the Senate. Challenges lie ahead.

by Javier Calvo

President under pressure as polarised nation heads to polls

14-11-2021 08:14 President Alberto Fernández faces a crunch 24 hours as Argentina heads to the polls for crucial midterm legislative elections. Frente de Todos could lose control of Congress, in a vote already looking ahead to 2023.

Is a change of course possible?

12-11-2021 21:58 Despite all the unpleasant things that have happened to the country since a pro-Axis military dictatorship gave birth to Peronism, millions still see belief in what they regard as its virtues as part of their personal identity.

by James Neilson

Biden's nominee for US envoy criticises Argentina’s policy on Venezuela and Cuba

26-10-2021 16:36 Marc Stanley, Joe Biden’s nominee for next US ambassador to Argentina, uses confirmation hearing to criticise Argentina’s foreign policy approach on Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, while calling for a “macroeconomic plan” from Alberto Fernández administration.

The ‘Pact’

22-10-2021 21:58 The real question isn’t about macroeconomics or philosophy, but rather about whether Team Mauricio and Team Cristina can actually leave aside their differences and work together.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Judges dismiss Iran MoU cover-up case against CFK, other officials

08-10-2021 03:22 Judges dismiss case against former president and several other officials regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre.

Argentina now in the danger zone

02-10-2021 00:33 In a country in which parliament calls all the shots, the fall of an unpopular government would not present any constitutional difficulties, but here things are done differently.

by James Neilson