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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

United yet disorganised: Peronism comes to terms with a year of Milei

12-12-2024 18:10 What remains of the Unión por la Patria coalition could only manage a photo-op and is far from placing things in order. The internal differences and disputes stalling the bid to reach unity in 2025.

by Rosario Ayerdi

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

No 'ficha limpia’: PRO anger as absences down anti-graft bill

28-11-2024 21:52 Second failure for ‘Ficha Limpa’ anti-corruption bill in lower house; With striking absences, Chamber of Deputies fails to even make quorum, let alone debate bill.

Ruling clears path for CFK to lead Partido Justicialista

02-11-2024 08:58 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner all but certain to take over leadership of main Peronist party in opposition coalition after court blocks challenging ticket over irregularities.

Bolivia's Evo Morales points finger after shooting attack on vehicle

28-10-2024 12:49 Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said gunmen fired a hail of bullets at his car Sunday as he travelled to a radio interview in the central city of Cochabamba, wounding his driver.

Fernández de Kirchner hints at run for presidency of Partido Justlicialista

07-10-2024 16:44 "I am ready to accept the challenge of debating in unity,” declares former president as she hints at return to political frontline; Remarks come as clamour for ex-veep’s return grows.

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

The excommunication of Alberto Fernández

17-08-2024 06:35 In Argentina’s hazy political ecosystem, there should be little doubt that bad actors are always present behind the scenes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner testifies, faces would-be assassin in court

14-08-2024 16:39 Denouncing a climate of violence prior to the assassination attempt on her life and facing her assailant for the first time in person, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner states in court that she found out about shots fired at her after the fact.

Milei’s political rivals are rocked by a domestic abuse scandal

09-08-2024 16:44 Analysts say domestic abuse allegations against President Javier Milei’s predecessor boost libertarian leader’s popularity.

Tussle for Peronist protagonism clashes with calls for unity

05-07-2024 15:27 Former presidential candidate Sergio Massa will break his silence on the first Saturday of August with criticism of Javier Milei’s government. Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof continues to raise his national profile, with next year’s battles being brought forward.

by Rosario Ayerdi

IACHR holds Argentina responsible for for failings over AMIA attack

14-06-2024 17:07 Top human rights court deems Argentine state responsible for not preventing, nor properly investigating, the lethal 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre.

Milei silent as Alberto, Cristina congratulate Mexico’s next president

03-06-2024 12:40 At the time of writing, Argentina’s current President Javier Milei had yet to offer his congratulations to the new president-elect in Mexico.

Government says it will change name of Centro Cultural Kirchner

26-03-2024 13:12 President Javier Milei’s government is providing Argentina with another ideological distraction from economic woes and human rights disputes: it now plans to change the name of the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires.

Milei government casts doubt over dictatorship crimes

24-03-2024 18:49 Milei administration echoes vice-president's line, demanding justice for "the victims of terrorism" during military dictatorship era and questioning 30,000 disappeared estimate from human rights groups.

The Kirchnerites have Milei in their sights

13-01-2024 06:21 The fate of the new government will depend largely on Milei’s ability to persuade people that the fearful emergency he goes on about is not just a figment of an overheated imagination but something terribly real.

by James Neilson

CFK seeks to reorder her lawmakers for Milei’s first political test

04-01-2024 15:18 Former vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner believes that the formation of the Bicameral Commission to halt the presidential emergency decree is urgent while sending a message to the rest of Peronism to reorder its ranks and joshing about the ex-president’s festivities in Spain.

by Ramón Indart

Alberto and Cristina bid farewell to government separately

07-12-2023 09:22 At odds with each other for much of the four years they’ve spent in office, President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Fernández de Kirchner thanked their co-workers for their efforts separately.

Step-by-step: Javier Milei’s inauguration as president of Argentina

07-12-2023 07:08 Argentina’s new leader will be proclaimed president in Congress, but has chosen to deliver his inaugural address from the steps of Congress before his supporters.