News of analysis

Caste away

21-12-2024 05:07 If our parliamentarians are going to be their own men or women, some way must be found of making them fully accountable to their voters.

by Michael Soltys

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei, Reagan and the 20% enemy rule

21-12-2024 05:07 President Milei seems to be inverting Ronald Reagan’s equation – as in, disagree 20 percent of the time with me, and you are 80 percent my enemy.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei’s ‘we want it all’ moment

21-12-2024 05:07 We’re early into the experiment. But Javier and Karina, along with star political advisor Santiago Caputo, are already imagining the “Milei era,” which should last at least eight years and include control of the Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires City and Buenos Aires Province.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Argentina takes steps to speed up Milei’s dollarisation strategy

19-12-2024 15:38 Argentina’s government is working with major banks and payment firms to advance Javier Milei’s dollarisation strategy.

POLITICS

Milei vs Villarruel: Latest episode in ongoing feud

17-12-2024 13:29 In Victoria Villarruel’s camp, there is surprise at the Executive's attitude. A failed attempt at reconciliation as the Casa Rosada’s satellites launch a full-frontal assault on their own ally.

by Giselle Leclercq

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

A busy week for corruption

14-12-2024 05:37 Edgardo Kueider’s situation is explicit, bombastic. But not uncommon in Argentine politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Argentines no longer love the dollar, thanks to Milei

12-12-2024 16:07 Argentines have preferred the US dollar over the Argentine peso for decades – Milei may have achieved what once looked unachievable.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Who was Milei’s audience?

11-12-2024 23:45 With an almost religious hope of 2025 being a growth year, President Milei used his first anniversary address to talk to the ‘círculo rojo’ business establishment and his run-off voters, with no concrete announcements for ordinary people.

by Javier Calvo

ANALYSIS

Inflation unexpectedly cools in another Milei victory

11-12-2024 16:39 Argentina’s monthly inflation rose less than expected in November, handing President Javier Milei another victory.

ONE YEAR WITH MILEI

A year into office, Milei’s ‘shock’ therapy takes hold

10-12-2024 16:41 President Javier Milei marks his first year in office Tuesday and intends to celebrate his government's achievements in a national broadcast later this evening.

MILEI'S FIRST YEAR

Key measures from Milei’s first year in office

10-12-2024 09:57 President’s first year in office was marked by drastic state cutbacks, the sharpest rise in poverty in two decades, an aggressive rhetoric and notable shift in foreign policy.

MILEI'S FIRST YEAR

Four takeaways from President Javier Milei's first year

10-12-2024 09:44 Four takeaways from Milei's first year in office: Slimming the state, wielding the chainsaw, domestic political battles and a shift in foreign policy.

A YEAR WITH MILEI

Tirades and trolls: how Milei changed Argentina's political rhetoric

09-12-2024 17:30 According to a September poll by consulting firm Zuban Córdoba, 65.7% of Argentines believe that "hate and intolerance are on the rise" since Javier Milei took office.

Analysing Argentina

Year one: Milei surpassed expectations, but now faces high ones

07-12-2024 06:51 The question of whether Milei will be an anecdote or a new force that defines an era will largely begin to be answered in 2025. First and foremost, it will depend on the economy, and second — but by no means less important — on the midterm elections in October.

by Marcelo J. García

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

No quorum, no forum

07-12-2024 05:30 Congress becomes its own worst enemy when deputies and senators refuse to do the work for which the tax-payer remunerates them.

by Michael Soltys

MILEI'S FIRST YEAR

Milei’s self-congratulatory maiden year

07-12-2024 00:36 A year in, Milei is surfing the wave of popularity, feeling invincible as he receives the constant attention of the international media, which in turn feeds his ego even further.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

OPINION & ANALYSIS

A year with Javier Milei

06-12-2024 17:00 President Javier Milei’s election last year marked a radical shift in Argentina’s history. We need to retool everything, integrating political analysis with technology and the vision of the world of people who interrelate by looking at screens, turning away from real faces.

by Jaime Duran Barba

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Budget clash, extra sessions, Speaker Menem – Milei’s first year in Congress

04-12-2024 17:39 Despite being firmly in the minority, Milei has managed to amend over 100 laws since taking office and advance his programme of fiscal austerity. Nevertheless, tensions with allies and opposition persist, centred on the 2025 Budget, anti-graft laws and electoral reform.

by Facundo Maceira

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

The ecstasy of Javier Milei

30-11-2024 05:48 Things look rosy for the libertarians at this juncture, encouraging them to become even more ambitious.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The protectionist racket

30-11-2024 05:37 While Donald Trump and Javier Milei might be a mutual admiration society, they are moving in opposite directions on protectionism.

by Michael Soltys

Analysing Argentina

Milei and nothing but Milei

30-11-2024 05:12 If the opposition wants to challenge the President, the best they could do is to try something radically different. This is exactly what Milei did when he launched his political career.

by Marcelo J. García

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

G20 or 19+1?

23-11-2024 06:00 Argentina was an odd man out in the G20 long before the shaggy libertarian embarked on his solitary crusade against Agenda 2030.

by Michael Soltys

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei and his Doppelganger

23-11-2024 06:00 There may be two Javier Mileis. One lives on Planet Earth and engages with people he said he loathed, and another fights fantasy battles in a parallel reality on social media. Which one will prevail?

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

‘Fat Dan’ and libertarian childishness

23-11-2024 06:00 The childish attitudes of Milei 'troll army' come as the government has regained momentum in opinion polls.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Long live pragmatism, carajo!

21-11-2024 18:04 President Javier Milei is adjusting his rhetoric to the challenges of power – from his frosty exchanges with Lula and his rapprochement with Xi Jinping, to his contradictions with Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni.

by Javier Calvo

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Javier Milei is giddy about Trump and his own accomplishments

18-11-2024 17:23 Almost one year into office, Javier Milei is, to the shock of pundits, having a moment. Not only does he have an ally back in the White House but on the economic front, he’s been racking up the victories.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Javier Milei’s obsession with sub-aquatic flatulence

16-11-2024 06:34 Is the economy rising like scuba diver flatulence? It doesn’t really matter, as long as Milei says it does, and a substantial portion of society believes him.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Juan Donaldo moving from Pink to White House?

16-11-2024 05:59 Javier Milei might be The Donald’s “favourite president” yet Trump’s campaign rhetoric would seem to be on a collision course with the Argentine’s track record after almost a year in office.

by Michael Soltys

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

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

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Foreign Ministry set to meet chainsaw after Mondino's failure to cut costs

05-11-2024 10:32 The now former foreign minister not only displeased President Milei, she also failed to cut costs. Mondino’s lack of budget-slashing means La Libertad Avanza’s chainsaw will now descend on the Palacio San Martín.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

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.

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s magical thinking about a Trump victory

02-11-2024 07:38 Argentina — or Latin America, for that matter — will not be an immediate priority for any incoming US administration, though Milei may leverage his ideological rapport with a potential President Trump.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Zurdos de mierda

02-11-2024 06:52 Language is viral, particularly in hyper-connected urban societies, and is particularly sticky among the youth. Indeed, it is probably the first frontier in trying to permeate the consciousness of a population, and therefore the frontline of the culture war.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CENTRAL BANK MANOUEVRES

Milei taps unseasonal source in search of dollars

30-10-2024 10:06 Faced by a shortage of foreign reserves, the Central Bank is turning to an unusual source of funding for this time of year: a risky trade by crop exporters.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Macri and Milei’s ‘special kind of psychology’

26-10-2024 06:01 Macri knows he’s in a position of weakness. Milei and his libertarian horde swept his electorate and forced the fracture of his Juntos por el Cambio coalition. But despite lending his votes, the former president and his team have been excluded.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

The Caputos spread their tentacles over the Mileis

26-10-2024 05:37 Not so long ago, two Caputos in Milei's inner circle seemed one too many. But now, Santiago and Luis Caputo are working closely in tandem.

by Marcelo J. García

GUEST COLUMN

Special organic laws and presidential vetoes

23-10-2024 11:20 The total or partial veto of a law should never be used as a tool for conflict, it should only to be understood as an exceptional instrument permitting evidently unconstitutional situations in approved laws to be corrected.

by Andrés Gil Domínguez

INTERVIEW

Rosendo Fraga: ‘Karina Milei has more power than the Cabinet Chief’

23-10-2024 07:04 Journalist, political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga, recently interviewed by postgraduate students in investigative journalism at the Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA), discusses President Javier Milei’s world view, Argentina’s new diplomatic line and the relationship with the International Monetary Fund.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Milei the Great or Milei the Footnote?

19-10-2024 06:44 The problems Argentina faces are too big and too enduring for anyone to solve alone, especially when alienating much of the rest of the world.

by Marcelo J. García

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s deserved but premature celebration

12-10-2024 06:09 If two highly sensitive issues like pensions and universities fail to gather the two-thirds majority needed to overturn vetoes, President Milei can rest assured that his executive powers will remain intact for another year.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Veto power! Milei’s ‘caste-like’ adaptations

12-10-2024 06:04 Milei’s libertarians took on two of the most sensitive issues in Argentine politics – our grannies and public education – and successfully came out of the bout on top without sparking an uprising.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

La persuasión avanza

10-10-2024 23:08 The government has long accepted the fragility, both quantitatively and qualitatively, of its legislative strength. But like good bilardistas, they believe that when you win, you win.

by Javier Calvo

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Pimco, Barings question how soon Argentina can sell bonds again

08-10-2024 13:04 Economy Minister Luis Caputo told investors recently that the government expects to sell bonds abroad again by January 2026. For asset managers, however, that's a long shot.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Will Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attempt a comeback?

05-10-2024 06:21 As Otto von Bismarck famously said, “politics is the art of the possible.”

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Laughing and crying at the same time

05-10-2024 05:51 A joker of sorts, Santiago Caputo seems to always be looking for ways to “troll” his audience. One example could be his boss’ recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly, in which multiple paragraphs were “copy-pasted” direct out of an episode of The West Wing.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

OPINION & ANALYSIS

The real Nayib Bukele – and his relationship with Javier Milei

04-10-2024 11:09 Despite this week’s attempts to play up ties between their two nations, there are remarkable differences between the presidents of El Salvador and Argentina.

by Eduardo Reina

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Is Milei's star beginning to fade?

28-09-2024 06:55 The first economist to become president in Argentina, he is banking on a rebound that has remained elusive thus far. The risks will only increase until people begin to feel the improvement

by Agustino Fontevecchia

News of analysis

Caste away

Milei, Reagan and the 20% enemy rule

Milei’s ‘we want it all’ moment

Argentina takes steps to speed up Milei’s dollarisation strategy

Milei vs Villarruel: Latest episode in ongoing feud

A busy week for corruption

Argentines no longer love the dollar, thanks to Milei

Who was Milei’s audience?

Inflation unexpectedly cools in another Milei victory

A year into office, Milei’s ‘shock’ therapy takes hold

Key measures from Milei’s first year in office

Four takeaways from President Javier Milei's first year

Tirades and trolls: how Milei changed Argentina's political rhetoric

Year one: Milei surpassed expectations, but now faces high ones

No quorum, no forum

Milei’s self-congratulatory maiden year

A year with Javier Milei

Budget clash, extra sessions, Speaker Menem – Milei’s first year in Congress

The ecstasy of Javier Milei

The protectionist racket

Milei and nothing but Milei

G20 or 19+1?

Milei and his Doppelganger

‘Fat Dan’ and libertarian childishness

Long live pragmatism, carajo!

Javier Milei is giddy about Trump and his own accomplishments

Javier Milei’s obsession with sub-aquatic flatulence

Juan Donaldo moving from Pink to White House?

Move over Javi, the Big Boss is back

MAGAlomaniac – no Camelot for Kamala

Shock ‘n awe

Welcome to the New Political Order

Foreign Ministry set to meet chainsaw after Mondino's failure to cut costs

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

Milei’s magical thinking about a Trump victory

Zurdos de mierda

Milei taps unseasonal source in search of dollars

Macri and Milei’s ‘special kind of psychology’

The Caputos spread their tentacles over the Mileis

Special organic laws and presidential vetoes

Rosendo Fraga: ‘Karina Milei has more power than the Cabinet Chief’

Milei the Great or Milei the Footnote?

Milei’s deserved but premature celebration

Veto power! Milei’s ‘caste-like’ adaptations

La persuasión avanza

Pimco, Barings question how soon Argentina can sell bonds again

Will Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attempt a comeback?

Laughing and crying at the same time

The real Nayib Bukele – and his relationship with Javier Milei

Is Milei's star beginning to fade?

Thousands attend Christmas charity dinner in Buenos Aires

Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

Argentina’s economy expanded faster than expected in October

US deports co-founder of Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel to Colombia

Impactantes imágenes del accidente aéreo de Azerbaijan Airlines que dejó 38 muertos

Cómo es la lujosa estancia de Máxima Zorreguieta en Bariloche donde pasa Navidad y año nuevo

Dos diplomáticos rusos se negaron al test de alcoholemia y la embajada denunció "una grave violación" al derecho internacional

Encuesta: el 42% elige creer y ven en Milei algo distinto, ni mejor ni peor

Pinamar deja de ser solo un lugar de veraneo y genera más demanda en el negocio inmobiliario