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Independence for whom?

Yesterday 06:13 The Independence Day alliance on the right leaves the Peronists playing catch up after their stab at unification at the Partido Justicialista Congress.

by Michael Soltys

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Ex-president Alberto Fernández indicted for corruption in insurance case

10-07-2025 19:14 Former president sent to trial; Judge Sebastián Casanello considers that there were “business transactions incompatible with public office,” concluding that the ex-president benefitted broker Héctor Martínez Sosa, the husband of his secretary.

elections 2025

Peronism closes ranks in Buenos Aires Province, launches ‘Fuerza Patria’

10-07-2025 17:05 Kicillof, Massa, and Máximo seal express alliance for the September 7 legislative election; Deputy Governor Verónica Magario rumoured to be leading key ticket in third electoral district.

As I see it

Milei hurt by yet another time bomb

05-07-2025 07:34 A New York judge has ordered the government to hand just over half the shares in YPF to a vulture fund that had purchased the rights of companies harmed by the cack-handed takeover of the oil firm in 2015.

by James Neilson

Campaign comments

The autumn of the patriarch

05-07-2025 07:19 Gildo Insfrán’s power stems from the provincial government being by far Formosa’s biggest employer with less than six percent of the workforce having formal jobs in the private sector, boosted by shameless patronage.

by Michael Soltys

Editorial

Yesterday’s Petrol Fiasco

05-07-2025 06:03 Manhattan judge Loretta Preska’s controversial ruling on the US$16-billion time-bomb compensating speculative interests for the nationalisation of YPF needs to be viewed in its electoral context as much as for its legal force.

Background to YPF takeover

YPF: How a firm was purchased with its own money, ending in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit

04-07-2025 08:56 The Eskenazis family entered into YPF thanks to Néstor Kirchner without placing a dollar. The Grupo Petersen purchased shares with the promise to pay with the dividends. More than a decade on, the case in the US courts.

ANALYSIS

Lula hugs it out with Milei, but saves warm embrace for Fernández de Kirchner

03-07-2025 18:43 The sharp divides roiling Latin American politics were visible in a pair of hugs.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Brazil's Lula pledges 'solidarity' as he visits house-confined Fernández de Kirchner

03-07-2025 18:34 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, condemned to house arrest as she serves a six-year jail term for corruption-related offences, hosts Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at her apartment in Buenos Aires.

POLITICS & COURTS

Court approves Lula’s visit to house-bound Fernández de Kirchner

02-07-2025 14:11 Federal judge approves Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request for Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to visit her in Buenos Aires while she’s under house arrest.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner seeks permission for Lula visit under house arrest

01-07-2025 21:43 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner requests permission to host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a visit while serving her six-year jail term under house arrest.

ELECTIONS 2025: FORMOSA

Insfrán and PJ scores landslide win in Formosa

01-07-2025 13:11 Governor Gildo Insfrán’s ruling party scores major victory, with Partido Justicialista taking 67% of votes for provincial deputies; Result likely to pave way for controversial reform of provincial constitution, another run for office for eight-term Peronist veteran.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court says Fernández de Kirchner’s allies need authorisation to visit

26-06-2025 19:05 Kirchnerite legislators must seek authorisation from defence lawyers to visit Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in house arrest, rules court.

Editorial

Liberty not advancing for everybody

21-06-2025 06:37 Confirmation of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s prison sentence has gifted an increasingly divided Peronism a cause around which to rally in unity, but in the long term this cause may only serve to deepen the divisions.

Campaign comments

Begin the begin

21-06-2025 06:28 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is paradoxically sidelined and occupying centre stage at the same time. With her exclusion from any electoral candidacy, the campaign effectively starts again.

by Michael Soltys

Dmitry Feoktistov Interview

Russia’s relationship with Milei government is ‘frozen,’ says ambassador

21-06-2025 06:26 Russian Ambassador to Argentina Dmitry Feoktistov expresses "optimism" over the future of the bilateral relationship, marked by the government’s U-turn over Ukraine, but admits relations are on ice. "The ball is in their court," he says in an exclusive interview.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Will Milei be haunted by the ghost of Cristina?

21-06-2025 06:07 The arrest and jailing of a political opponent may be good news for incumbents in the short term, but nothing good results in the medium to long term.

by Marcelo J. García

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Dissidence will be treated as treason

21-06-2025 05:59 A leader as experienced as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner knows there is no time to waste, as the window of opportunity could quickly close.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Fernández de Kirchner claims police are attempting to provoke supporters

20-06-2025 22:47 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, confined to house arrest as she serves a six-year jail term, urges supporters not to gather as police deploy near her apartment.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Cristina, wherefore art thou? Argentina on (permanent) CFK balcony watch

19-06-2025 21:41 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be allowed to go out onto the balcony of her apartment while serving house arrest for corruption, the court enforcing the sentence confirmed on Thursday.

CFK GRAFT CONVICTION

'We will return,' Fernández de Kirchner tells crowd in Plaza de Mayo

18-06-2025 17:08 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers in the Plaza de Mayo on Wednesday that "we will return" as she began her first full day in detention.

'Vialidad' corruption case

House arrest for CFK – 10 keys from the court ruling

18-06-2025 16:51 Key points from the resolution authorising Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to serve out her six-year prison sentence at home in the Constitución neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

POLITICS

CFK begins house arrest: ‘Can I go out to my balcony or not?’

18-06-2025 16:32 Beyond her freedom, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also risks losing her grip on the Peronist political movement that she’s controlled for years.

'ARGENTINA WITH CRISTINA'

Tens of thousands rally in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

18-06-2025 16:02 Peronist, Kirchnerite groups rally for 'Argentina with Cristina' march; Mass protest outside Government House follows Supreme Court ruling confirming corruption sentence.

'ARGENTINA WITH CRISTINA'

Fernández de Kirchner’s supporters march in Buenos Aires

18-06-2025 13:31 Protesters denounce conviction ordering former president to serve six-year jail term and enforcing lifetime ban on public office; Former president granted house arrest by courts.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner sentenced to house arrest in graft case

17-06-2025 23:29 Former president will need to wear an electric monitoring device, as well as provide the court a list of her family members, security, doctors and lawyers who will be allowed to visit her at the property.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court rules Fernández de Kirchner will serve six-year prison term at home

17-06-2025 16:07 Judge grants Cristina Fernández de Kirchner permission to serve her jail term at her apartment in Constitución neighbourhood of Buenos Aires; Former president must wear electronic ankle bracelet during her detention.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner granted house arrest, claims lawyer

17-06-2025 14:18 Lawyer Gregorio Dalbón says former president has been granted permission to serve her six-year jail term for corruption at her residence in Buenos Aires, despite the objections of prosecutors.

THE KIRCHNER FAMILY

Máximo and Florencia in spotlight – Kirchner kids make preparations for mother’s lengthy detention

16-06-2025 17:44 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s children are back in the spotlight after confirmation of the ex-president’s corruption conviction – Máximo speaks and appears publicly after radio silence, but Florencia is the one who will host her mother in the years to come.

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS

‘Argentina with Cristina’ – Allies to join CFK at federal court surrender

16-06-2025 17:15 Kirchnerite, Peronist factions to mobilise for march on Comodoro Py federal courthouse after Supreme Court upholds six-year prison sentence and political ban for corruption charges.

POLITICS

CFK's supporters keep vigil over threat of prison

14-06-2025 23:38 Hundreds gather outside the Supreme Court in Buenos Aires in show of support for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after her conviction.

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

What is a Supreme Court for?

14-06-2025 06:45 Cristina was a fading political star long before Argentina’s Supreme Court confirmed her conviction sentence.

by Marcelo J. García

EDITORIAL

Convicted, confirmed, confined

14-06-2025 06:41 Ground-breaking landmark ruling or the chronicle of a decision foretold?

As I see it

Tougher times for politicians on the take

14-06-2025 06:41 Argentina is turning into a country in which even the most powerful among them understand that they would be well advised to respect the letter of the law.

by James Neilson

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

The lady vanishes

14-06-2025 06:37 The most immediate question here is who replaces Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the helm. Problems of Peronist succession have always been so daunting historically that most of the movement would rather not face them.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Chronicle of a guilty sentence foretold

14-06-2025 06:34 There is an unwritten rule that the Supreme Court does not intervene in electoral processes. But something different happened here, forcing the tribunal to rule and accept it would be questioned for blocking one of Argentina’s most popular politicians from running. Internal rumblings of the highest political order as the triumvirate attempts to mask its fractures.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

SURVEY SAYS…

Argentines split on CFK verdict amid distrust in Judiciary

13-06-2025 14:53 New polls show the majority of the public believes Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is guilty of corruption but deep scepticism towards the justice system and its motivations.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner to present herself before courts on Wednesday

13-06-2025 11:17 Ex-president confirms in social media posts she will appear at the Comodoro Py federal courthouse on Wednesday; She says she will do this to “comply with the law” and states house arrest “is not a privilege,” highlighting security concerns.

POLITICS

CFK conviction prompts political shockwaves, protests

13-06-2025 10:49 Supporters of convicted ex-president react with anger to ruling – what next for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Peronism and the national political landscape?

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Explainer: Keys to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction

12-06-2025 15:48 The many legal woes of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose corruption conviction has been confirmed and rendered definitive by Argentina’s Supreme Court.

FORMER PRESIDENT JAILED

Casa Rosada expects Fernández de Kirchner's arrest to be ‘respectful’

12-06-2025 14:39 Although the details will be decided by the courts, government officials anticipate that the two-term former president will be treated with respect during the process.

GOVERNMENT REACTION

Unity or infighting? Milei government awaits Peronism’s next move

12-06-2025 14:10 Casa Rosada sources says Peronism will either ‘circle the wagons or break up’ – whatever happens, officials promise to guarantee public order.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

POLITICS

New Peronist generation must now grow without Cristina

12-06-2025 13:52 Leandro Santoro, Juan Grabois, Juan Monteverde and Axel Kicillof are the most visual leaders of a post-Kirchnerite generation which is trying to renew the party without supremos or fanaticism.

CRISTINA CONDEMNED

Fernández de Kirchner seeks house arrest, denounces ‘persecution’ at ICC

11-06-2025 22:31 Supporters rally in Buenos Aires outside the former president’s home as her lawyers appeal to the International Criminal Court and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Analysis

Fernández de Kirchner’s ban from office marks new chapter

11-06-2025 17:03 Top court sidelines Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from future elections, likely ushering in a new political era.

PROFILE OF EX-PRESIDENT

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: divisive figure tainted by fraud

10-06-2025 21:09 During two decades at the forefront of Argentine politics, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has inspired love and loathing in equal measure, but rarely indifference.

CRISTINA GRAFT CONVICTION

Fernández de Kirchner given five days to present herself to courthouse

10-06-2025 20:53 Federal Oral Court No. 2 summons former president and eight others convicted of offences in the 'Vialidad' case; Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must report to Comodoro Py federal courthouse within five working days to be taken into custody.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

CFK slams Supreme Court ruling as 'clampdown' on popular vote

10-06-2025 19:03 Three judges on nation’s highest tribunal rejects Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s appeal in the Vialidad graft case, sparking anger from former president.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Nation's highest tribunal upholds ex-president's prison sentence

10-06-2025 18:34 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will have to serve a six-year prison sentence – likely under house arrest – and will be permanently disqualified from holding political office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction.