News of election

What to do with a problem like Cristina?

04-11-2025 13:58 For a decade now, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and those aligned with her have been — fairly or unfairly — a negative symbol for a majority of society. Just as there is a hard core who respect or idolise her, there are broad sectors who would never again vote for any candidate backed by her.

by Gustavo González

Milei names interior minister in bid to spur reforms

03-11-2025 12:03 Santilli, a member of former president Mauricio Macri’s PRO party, follows Milei’s appointment of Manuel Adorni as Cabinet chief. 

Milei comes up trumps

01-11-2025 06:34 At least half of the over nine million people who voted for candidates linked to La Libertad Avanza did so not because they are devoted fans of Milei but because the last thing they wanted to see was yet another Peronist government.

by James Neilson

The colour purple

01-11-2025 06:10 Despite governing the province for 34 of the last 42 years, the Peronists ran up a hat-trick of national midterm defeats there last Sunday – in 2017, in 2021 and in 2025.

by Michael Soltys

Peso to get boost from post-election debt sales rush

29-10-2025 17:10 Argentine provinces and companies are lining up to tap global markets in the next few weeks, opening a window of debt sales.

Post-election euphoria has Milei already eyeing 2027 re-election

28-10-2025 17:37 Results of midterm elections surprised even the ruling party – with fresh momentum behind him, President Javier Milei has put agreements with governors and Cabinet reshuffle on hold as he begins to eye re-election bid in 2027.

by Alejandro Gomel

Details of Milei’s sweeping labour reform push emerge

28-10-2025 15:29 President Javier Milei will look to drive through sweeping changes to Argentina’s labour laws in wake of election victory; Move would allow working days to be extended, pay based on productivity, changes to holidays and severance pay and the introduction of tax incentives

As Argentina surges back, peso shows limit to Milei euphoria

28-10-2025 10:46 Argentina officials have repeatedly said they aren’t planning on enacting any changes to the current exchange-rate policy. As trading wore on Monday, the currency steadily pulled back from its early morning surge.

Argentina bonds surge after Milei midterm win

27-10-2025 09:19 Dollar bonds soar on Milei's strong showing in midterms; Peso was already posting gains in the crypto market Sunday as the results were announced.

Voters hand Milei belated birthday present, post-mortem for Peronism overdue

27-10-2025 00:21 Peronism’s renovation is well overdue. It seems Argentines would much rather carry on along Milei’s path of uncertainty and sacrifice than go back to reach the future.

by James Grainger

President Javier Milei emerges strengthened from midterm election

26-10-2025 21:00 Partial results show Milei’s party performing strongly in Córdoba, Mendoza, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires City; La Libertad Avanza posts improved numbers in Buenos Aires Province.

Polling stations close in key midterm elections that will define Milei's future

26-10-2025 18:12 Polling stations close across country as waiting game for government – and markets – begins; Electoral authorities project lower than average turnout.

Milei, the two Caputos and the two anchors

25-10-2025 06:08 Milei and the two Caputos have the path laid out for them. The “two anchors” that will give them a future are tied to applying the necessary adaptations to the economic policy plan and creating the conditions for circumstantial legislative majorities. This situation appears possible under any electoral scenario, even a potent Peronist victory.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

151 shades of grey

25-10-2025 05:58 Voters are being asked to select not the next president but 127 deputies and 24 senators for which 217 lists are contending in the 23 provinces and this City with a total 1,648 candidates. The multiplicity of combinations arising from these numbers points to an infinity of results, each one of which would make the parliamentary negotiations lying ahead slightly different with no chance of any overall majority – 151 shades of grey.

by Michael Soltys

Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona to quit Milei’s Cabinet after election

23-10-2025 11:04 Official will leave his post after Sunday’s elections, according to government sources; Pending departure will follow Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein’s decision to step down ahead of wider reshuffle.

Argentines hawk belongings in struggle to make ends meet

23-10-2025 01:25 Some 40% of Argentina's income earners work in the informal sector with no social benefits – and many hold several jobs at once.

Electoral authorities say midterm results must be released by district

22-10-2025 13:37 Milei’s government bid to have results combined in a national count shot down; National Electoral Appeals Court has rules that provisional count should be province by province.

Peso breaks losing streak amid FX intervention

22-10-2025 13:11 Argentina's peso strengthened, snapping a five-day losing streak amid continued market intervention by both the local and US governments.

Bolivia to restore US ties cut nearly two decades ago, says Paz

20-10-2025 17:46 President-elect Rodrigo Paz says Bolivia's relationship with the United States "will be resumed" nearly two decades years after Evo Morales kicked out Washington's ambassador.

Rodrigo Paz wins run-off as Bolivia formalises shift to right

19-10-2025 21:45 Pro-business Senator Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia's presidential run-off with 55% of vote, defeating rival Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga; Two decades of socialist rule, propelled by Evo Morales, comes to an end.