News of debate

The great debate

01-05-2025 09:39 The absurd multiplicity of 17 list-heading candidates for 30 City Legislature seats can be boiled down into a triangle of the PRO, libertarian and Peronist blocs, although this does not necessarily translate into only three candidates since others stand to make inroads.

by Michael Soltys

ELECTIONS 2025: BUENOS AIRES CITY

Fragmented field means little debate in City debate

30-04-2025 15:54 Seventeen candidates standing in Buenos Aires City Legislature elections on May 18; Debate delivers insults and crossed words, but little in the way of policy.

Constitutional Reform

Maduro sets 'public debate' on constitutional reform

29-01-2025 11:40 Days after his swearing-in for a third term in office amid allegations of electoral fraud, President Nicolás Maduro pledges to "integrate the popular power" into Venezuela's constitution.

US Vice Presidential Debate

US VP rivals Vance and Walz face off in civil election debate

02-10-2024 12:55 Democrat Tim Walz and Republican J.D. Vance faced off in a civil vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night, a little over a month before the crunch US election.

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 Elections 2024

Key takeaways: Harris and Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint

11-09-2024 12:18 Former US president and Republican candidate Donald Trump takes on his rival, veep and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, in first debate of campaign.

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.

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.

HUMAN RIGHTS

30,000? The debate about how many were disappeared in Argentina

10-08-2024 06:55 How many people went missing in Argentina in total as victims of state terrorism and forced disappearances during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship? And why is it important to differentiate between those categories in order to clear up debates, even when installed due to cruelty or cynicism? Why does the canonic figure of 30,000 continue to be so powerful? And what can academic research contribute?

EDITORIAL

An omnibus not for everybody

02-02-2024 14:46 Uncertainty is by no means limited to the final outcome of Javier Milei's bill in Congress.

Congress & Politics

Police battle protesters outside Congress as omnibus bill debate extends to Friday

02-02-2024 08:54 Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters gathered outside Congress as lawmakers debated the Javier Milei's sweeping reform package.

CONGRESS

Key test for Milei as lower house opens debate on ‘Omnibus’ reform bill

31-01-2024 12:24 Ruling party obtains quorum and debate begins on President Milei’s sweeping ‘Omnibus’ mega-reform bill; Session expected to last at least 35 hours as libertarian leader faces first true legislative test in the lower house Chamber of Deputies; Government confident it has the numbers.

congress & politics

Congress spars over Milei’s sweeping omnibus reform bill

12-01-2024 15:11 Government indicates it is open to making concessions as elements of proposed legislation are taken out, despite president’s “all-or-nothing” vow.

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Congress opens debate on Milei's bills to complement sweeping decree

26-12-2023 16:23 Congress opened special sessions on Tuesday as debate opened on a series of bills designed to complement Javier Milei’s sweeping economic deregulation mega-decree.

ELECTION 2023: DEBATE

‘There was a clear intention to provoke me’ – Milei on presidential debate

13-11-2023 15:42 La Libertad Avanza candidate says his rival looked to "rile him up" with an "aggressive" approach; Libertarian also complains about coughing while he was talking.

Presidential debate

Last debate sees Massa going on the attack against Milei

13-11-2023 13:55 Sergio Massa and Javier Milei faced off on Sunday night in a new debate format that allowed for more sparring between the two than in previous editions.

ELECTION 2023: RUN-OFF DEBATE

Massa, Milei trade blows over character, policies in run-off debate

12-11-2023 22:44 Presidential candidates for Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa, and La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei, face off in final debate before voters go to the polls; Both seeking to win over undecided voters in final stretch of campaign.

Campaign comments

Run-up to run-off II

11-11-2023 05:40 If everybody assumed Milei to be the next president after his PASO primary upset with Massa massively favoured following last month’s turnaround, the wheel could be turning full circle again.

by Michael Soltys

election 2023: VP DEBATE

Vice-presidential candidates clash over poverty and human rights

09-11-2023 20:05 Exchanges over crime, state terrorism and economy and accusations of lying dominate high-voltage debate between Agustín Rossi and Victoria Villarruel.

ELECTION 2023

Presidential debate could be decisive for run-off, analysts say

07-11-2023 17:39 Experts and analysts are split on the impact of Milei’s deal with Macri on his campaign, but all agree that the presidential debate could help swing the race for either candidate.

by Pablo Varela

Campaign comments

The pit and the pendulum II

14-10-2023 05:22 The pit and the pendulum feed each other with “the worse, the better” logic, appealing to most candidates with Milei’s advice against renewing fixed-term peso deposits the outstanding example.

by Michael Soltys

ELECTION 2023

Candidates go on attack in lively second presidential debate

08-10-2023 22:00 Sparks fly in as Massa and Bullrich go on offensive; Milei asks voters to reject same well-trodden path; Bregman plays to base as Schiaretti pitches federal route to prosperity.

by James Grainger

EDITORIAL

Of dirty money and ‘dirty wars’

07-10-2023 06:40 With corruption being rubbed in its face by Insaurralde’s Marbella yacht jaunt and with the ballot-box in only a fortnight’s time as a readymade outlet, how will the citizenry react?

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

The pit and the pendulum

07-10-2023 06:22 Neither last Sunday’s debate nor the passage of eight weeks have produced any paradigmatic shift from the three-way tie of the PASO primary.

by Michael Soltys

SECOND DEBATE THIS SUNDAY

Presidential candidates prepare for final chance to make case to voters

05-10-2023 19:09 Five presidential candidates prepare for a final showdown at UBA Law Faculty, just two weeks before go to the polls.

by Michael Soltys

Election 2023

Presidential candidates go head-to-head in debate

02-10-2023 00:26 Five presidential candidates go head-to-head in first debate ahead of October 22 election; Massa targeted strongly over economy and inflation woes but Milei draws headlines by flirting with denialism and 'two demons' theory.

ELECTION 2023

Presidential candidates prepare for first televised debate

27-09-2023 16:52 Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Myriam Bregman and Juan Schiaretti will pitch their policies to voters (and argue) in two debates in the run-up to the general election on October 22.

ELECTION 2023

Vice-presidential candidates clash in heated television debate

21-09-2023 00:46 Victoria Villarruel, Agustín Rossi, Luis Petri, Nicolás del Caño and Florencio Randazzo fired rhetorical darts at each other in an often bad-tempered vice-presidential debate.

ELECTION 2023

Presidential candidates define rules of election debate

06-09-2023 15:19 Negotiations are pressing on over the set-up of the traditional election debate for the presidential candidates; First face-off will take place on October 1 in Santiago del Estero, with the second set for October 8 at the UBA Faculty of Law.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh