ELECTION 2023 Peronist governors oppose Frente de Todos PASO, calling for a ‘unity list’ Yesterdat 17:31 Peronist governors come together for Federal Investment Council meeting and demand an explicit "government plan" with a “federal” presidential ticket.
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.’
POLITICS Cristina takes aim at courts and IMF – but doesn’t anoint a candidate 25-05-2023 19:35 No word on candidacies, but Cristina fills the Plaza de Mayo, surrounded by leading Frente de Todos figures; Veep calls for renewal of democratic pact, attacks Judiciary and slams IMF deal.
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.
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.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jorge Macri: ‘I’m not going to tell other candidates what they should do… I’m going to run’ 06-05-2023 06:58 Buenos Aires City government minister and mayoral hopeful on meeting the requisites to run, the controversy over concurrent elections and why he wants to lead the nation’s capital. by Jorge Fontevecchia
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
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.
EAGERLY AWAITED APPEARANCE Clamour for ‘Cristina 2023’ increases ahead of speech 26-04-2023 16:25 Kirchnerites are ready to reignite their calls for Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to declare her presidential candidacy. by Rosario Ayerdi
POLITICS – ANALYSIS President's withdrawal does little to resolve internal tensions 23-04-2023 17:49 Alberto Fernández displayed a firmness he had not shown before, but the president's strength and ability to govern has been weakened. by Rosendo Fraga
ANALYSIS Alberto steps down early, shifting focus to PASO primaries 22-04-2023 18:35 Argentina’s economic crisis accelerated the president’s announcement. The polls did not even give him a chance. He insists on the PASO primaries but, for now, no-one is echoing his request. by Ramón Indart
POLITICS: ELECTIONS 2023 Fernández withdraws candidacy, but doesn't plan to step aside 22-04-2023 11:52 President Alberto Fernández, who will not seek a new mandate, is betting on the PASO primaries and will challenge the candidate put forth by Kirchnerism. Economy Minister Sergio Massa is still considering his options and is not yet ready to go public with his intentions. by Rosario Ayerdi
POLITICS How Alberto Fernández resigned himself to not seeking re-election 21-04-2023 14:48 The president has given up his candidacy but not his pen. The video announcing his decision was edited through the night – but Alberto Fernández did not tell Cristina Fernández de Kirchner or Sergio Massa beforehand. by Rosario Ayerdi
ELECTIONS 2023 Alberto Fernández declines re-election bid amid inflation spike 21-04-2023 12:00 Argentina's president says he won’t run for re-election, opening the race within the ruling Peronist coalition to pick a candidate ahead of October elections.
POLITICS: ELECTIONS 2023 'CFK 2023' – is presidential run still a possibility for Cristina? 14-04-2023 08:50 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner may not have made her final decision about her role in the nation’s immediate political future, union leaders have revealed.
ELECTIONS 2023 Crisis and candidacy: Sergio Massa’s recalculation 12-04-2023 23:44 There are two months left before the closing of lists and Sergio Massa, Argentina’s economy minister and leader of Frente Renovador, has not yet announced his intentions. by Rodis Recalt
POLITICS Peronists keeps door open to CFK for election bid 18-02-2023 10:14 Leaders from the divided Peronist ruling coalition are keeping the door open to Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running for president in this year’s election.
POLITICS Cold war between Rodríguez Larreta, Bullrich heats up 16-02-2023 01:33 Two leading PRO party figures – Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Patricia Bullrich – are immersed in an opinion poll battle as they jostle for position ahead of the August PASO primaries. The City Mayor knows that the typical UCR voter is closer to him, but former security minister is making Radical hardliners her focus. by Ezequiel Spillman
POLITICS ‘Cristina presidenta’ – Kirchnerites ramp up calls for CFK 2023 run 07-11-2022 20:46 Politicians aligned with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seek to capitalise on last Friday’s speech in Pilar, as clamour among grassroots activists for vice-president to launch another Casa Rosada candidacy grows.
INTERVIEW María Eugenia Vidal: ‘Opposition has to compete in a PASO without hostility’ 01-11-2022 12:22 National deputy and former Buenos Aires Province governor on her presidential ambitions, relations with key opposition leaders and why libertarian lawmakers should have helped avoid a tax hike. by Ezequiel Spillman
POLITICS Máximo Kirchner: ‘I don't think Cristina will be a candidate in 2023’ 24-10-2022 16:17 Frente de Todos national deputy says that “today, Peronism has no candidates” but that his mother, Cristina Fernándex de Kirchner, is unlikely to run for president next year.
POLITICS Macri says he’s not registered to run in 2023 14-10-2022 08:38 Former president and PRO leader indicates he has no intention of running for Argentina’s top office in next year’s federal election.
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 'Our hero is back': mud shack in Brazil tells drama of Lula's life 28-09-2022 14:24 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the seventh of eight children, was born to a family of illiterate farmers and rose from destitute poverty to become the most popular president in Brazilian history. After a spectacular fall from grace, he may now be on the cusp of a remarkable political comeback.
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
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.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Gerardo Morales: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Mauricio Macri again, no’ 02-10-2021 08:36 Jujuy Governor Gerardo Morales on Radicalism, his fellow opposition leaders, the 2021 elections and why cannabis will soon mean more to his province than lithium and renewable energies. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO María Eugenia Vidal: ‘Losing an election was an enormous learning curve’ 07-08-2021 09:42 Former Buenos Aires Province governor, now running in the Federal Capital for national deputy, on tensions in the opposition coalition, her presidential ambitions and what she learnt from losing an election. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Brazilian politics Brazilian presidential hopeful Eduardo Leite announces he is gay 05-07-2021 11:18 "I am a gay governor and I am proud of it, declares Rio Grande do Sul state governor Eduardo Leite, as he denounces intolerable attacks from political rivals.