News of elecciones 2023

Going to the dogs?

16-12-2023 07:20 This final election 2023 column concludes a series running the length of the campaign – now it’s time to detail the resulting political architecture in the present tense.

by Michael Soltys

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

They also serve…

02-12-2023 10:23 That stateside visit threw something of a spanner into what is anyway very much a stop-go process of transition and Cabinet-building – Milei would seem anxious to remind people of the first half of his self-definition as an anarcho-capitalist.

by Michael Soltys

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Method in his madness?

25-11-2023 14:16 Javier Milei’s solitary rise to the top from almost nowhere in a couple of years is more apparent than real. The key to this success is more like the solution to Agatha Christie’s 'Murder on the Orient Express' – they all did it.

by Michael Soltys

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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

18-11-2023 06:42 Democratic voting in Argentina ran on the basis of simple majorities until 1972 when that system was a non-starter for a military régime since it would guarantee victory for a Juan Domingo Perón. In order to give themselves the faint chance of the anti-Peronist chunk of society outnumbering the Peronist masses if obliged to vote en bloc, they introduced a system whereby nothing short of an absolute majority would permit victory in the first round.

by Michael Soltys

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

News of elecciones 2023

Going to the dogs?

They also serve…

Method in his madness?

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Run-up to run-off II

Milei meets governors as he looks to rally support for reform push

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner lets rip at Axel Kicillof after election defeat

Peter Lamelas, new US ambassador to Argentina, arrives in Buenos Aires

Milei names Manuel Adorni as new Cabinet chief, Guillermo Francos resigns

Stories that caught our eye: October 24 to 31

Actualización salarial: cuánto ganarán los empleados bancarios en noviembre de 2025

Preocupante: el Gobierno habilitó a civiles para la compra de fusiles semiautomáticos y subametralladoras de asaltos

La provincia de Buenos Aires terminó el escrutinio definitivo: Fuerza Patria acortó la distancia con LLA, pero no le alcanzó para ganar

A los 34 años, el demócrata Zohran Mamdani será el primer alcalde musulmán de Nueva York

Un gigante ferroviario reactiva las inversiones del transporte para la energía y el agronegocio