News of elections

Milei wins big in Buenos Aires City vote, dethroning Macri

18-05-2025 22:56 Javier Milei cements his hold on Argentina’s political right months before pivotal midterm elections.

Adorni hails ‘win for freedom,’ takes aim at PRO, Peronists

18-05-2025 22:35 Javier Milei gave the baton to his top spokesman and the candidate delivered; Manuel Adorni calls for allies to join La Libertad Avanza in order to “end Kirchnerism.”

All politics is local

17-05-2025 06:49 Tomorrow’s candidates should be judged as monitors of local governance rather than as projections of any national party. But before advising voters as to their perspective when casting their ballots, it is imperative to urge them to vote in the first place.

They also serve who only stand and wait

17-05-2025 06:31 Electoral tides notoriously shift in the final week and even the last minute.

by Michael Soltys

Paid militants, tensions, anger at Macri – inside Adorni’s campaign finale

15-05-2025 13:12 Manuel Adorni, heading La Libertad Avanza’s list for the City Legislature elections, accompanied by Javier and Karina Milei, Cabinet ministers and others at his closing campaign rally in Recoleta – but tensions are brewing behind the scenes.

by Giselle Leclercq

San Luis: Poggi’s ruling coalition defeats Rodríguez Saá’s Peronists

12-05-2025 18:35 Ahora San Luis front, led by Governor Claudio Poggi, defeats Peronist coalition of former provincial governor Alberto Rodríguez Saá. With 80% of votes counted, the ruling coalition has 46.8%, comfortably ahead of Frente Justicialista.

City polls: Santoro in lead, Adorni and Lospennato battle for second

07-05-2025 15:11 New polling by Tendencias and Circuitos consultancy firms give Es Ahora Buenos Aires candidate an advantage of at least six points over La Libertad Avanza, PRO hopefuls.

Pato changes her spots (again) – Bullrich quits PRO, joins Milei's party

06-05-2025 22:05 Former party colleagues accuse national security minister of “turning her back on those who voted for her” and damaging her “reputation,” as political chameleon shifts sides once again.

by James Grainger

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.

Divided right bolsters Peronism in City as Karina’s strategy put to test

28-04-2025 14:24 Polling firms put the Peronist ticket led by Leandro Santoro ahead in Buenos Aires City. Battle between Manuel Adorni and Silvia Lospennato will set tone for electoral year.

by Giselle Leclercq

First day of the rest of the year

19-04-2025 06:00 Economists have hailed the exit from the cepo as a milestone but this columnist hesitates to consider it an electoral game-changer – there is both too much and too little time for that.

by Michael Soltys

CFK airs gripes, but accepts Kicillof’s electoral advance

15-04-2025 16:07 Former president and PJ chair Cristina Fernández de Kirchner argues that it would be "best for Buenos Aires Province to vote once" in October, but she calls for support for Governor Axel Kicillof’s bill – while describing it as “a political error.”

Axel advances elections, disobeying CFK – has a new Peronist leader been born?

09-04-2025 14:42 As in any risky play, the decision has an effect of uncertainty and could expose the governor to undesired consequences.

Kicillof defies Fernández de Kirchner, decouples provincial election

09-04-2025 14:31 Partido Justicialista chair Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wanted Buenos Aires Province governor to schedule region’s elections for the same date as the national vote, but Axel Kicillof decides to break.

City elections: Candidate Adorni, Marra to run, Lospennato emerges

28-03-2025 13:52 Focus on the countdown to candidate list registrations for the upcoming May 18 elections for the Buenos Aires City legislature.

Who’s who: La Libertad Avanza’s electoral list for Buenos Aires City

28-03-2025 11:42 Manuel Adorni, Javier Milei’s presidential spokesperson, will be the “frontman” of the ruling party’s electoral slate for the Buenos Aires City legislature.

Rodríguez Larreta confirms midterms run after PRO expulsion talk

18-03-2025 21:58 Former Buenos Aires City mayor confirms run in May 18 City midterms; He will likely do so under a new banner – a reaction to reported move by PRO members to expel him.

by James Grainger

Crime fears offer opening to conservative leaders

07-03-2025 18:06 Crime and drug-trafficking surpass corruption and the economy as top issues for Latin American voters, giving hard-on-crime conservatives a boost in the upcoming election cycle.

Boost for Milei as Senate backs suspension of PASO primaries

20-02-2025 23:46 Milei administration wins support to approve a bill to eliminate PASO primaries for this year’s elections; Victory for government in middle of crypto scandal.

by James Grainger

What next for Venezuela? Maduro critics fear widening crackdown

13-01-2025 08:31 Critics warn of "Nicaragua-isation of Venezuela," with "no space at all for any kind of dissent."