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Lula criticises Alberto Fernández for sticking to IMF debt deal

29-09-2022 14:11 Former Brazil president and candidate in this Sunday’s election says Argentina’s leader is “in a bind” and has disappointed voters by attempting to resolve the nation's US$44.5-billion debt deal.

Fernández de Kirchner makes her defence in public works graft trial

23-09-2022 14:29 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accuses prosecutors of delivering "lies, slander and defamation" as she takes up her own defence in court during 'Vialidad' public works corruption trial.

Fernández de Kirchner's defence team attacks 'lies' in corruption trial

20-09-2022 17:28 Lawyers for vice-president accuse Prosecutors Diego Luciani and Sergio Mola of “blatantly lying” in graft case probing alleged public works corruption during Fernández de Kirchner’s time in office.

No approach yet but long-shot CFK-Macri summit still a possibility

20-09-2022 15:20 Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recognises that were she to sit down with anybody from the opposition, it would be with the ex-president, whom she considers is the true boss of Juntos por el Cambio. Mauricio Macri would agree to the meeting but believes that Cristina must make the invitation.

What do the Kirchnerites think of Massa?

16-09-2022 16:13 Why is Economy Minister Sergio Massa allowed to do what Martín Guzmán wasn’t? And furthermore, is the ex-Tigre mayor doing enough?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Government's budget bill forecasts 60% inflation in 2023

16-09-2022 09:01 Argentina's government will forecast inflation hitting 60% in 2023 in its proposed budget, according to sources in Economy Ministry.

President Fernández to attend UN General Assembly in New York

15-09-2022 16:37 Peronist leader will deliver speech before UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, before heading to Houston for talks with energy industry leaders. Postponed meeting with US President Joe Biden has not been rescheduled for this trip.

Cash-strapped Argentina goes all or nothing on new economy chief

15-09-2022 15:55 New ‘super’ minister has undoubted political clout and scored early wins in Washington – but Sergio Massa’s presidential ambitions depend on avoiding economic meltdown

President Fernández condemns death threats against Mauricio Macri

10-09-2022 11:49 President Alberto Fernández condemns death threats made against his predecessor in office, opposition leader Mauricio Macri.

Fake news and the real thing

10-09-2022 02:57 Just as the trial of the junta dictators served as a catalyst to unify a newly democratic society, so the shock of the assassination attempt could have been a golden opportunity to consign polarisation to the past.

by Michael Soltys

Call for ‘hate speech’ law divides government and galvanises opposition

09-09-2022 11:22 Ruling coalition U-turns on proposal after INADI anti-discrimination institute Director Victoria Donda demands introduction of ‘hate speech’ law in wake of attack on vice-president.

by Sam Forster, for the Buenos Aires Times

The problem is not other people, but us

09-09-2022 10:48 Following the attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the only thing on which both sides agree is that the blame belongs to the discourse of hatred which the other side foment.

by Gustavo González

Attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner triggers misinformation and mistrust

08-09-2022 14:22 As news agencies began transmitting the image of a man pulling the trigger of a pistol aimed at the face of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, social networks were exploding with messages casting doubts about the attack.

Judge: Attacker and girlfriend 'planned' attempted hit on CFK

08-09-2022 03:11 Fernando Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, planned the attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to preliminary charges filed by judge probing the case.

President rejects security minister’s resignation in wake of attack

05-09-2022 11:35 Security Minister Aníbal Fernández defends federal police amid criticism over protection of Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was the subject of a failed shooting attack last Thursday.

Police confirm arrest of girlfriend of Fernández de Kirchner's attacker

05-09-2022 08:17 Fernández de Kirchner's lawyer Gregorio Dalbón says he's sure attacker Fernando André Sabag Montiel "didn't act alone," as police confirm arrest of his 23-year-old girlfriend Brenda Uliarte.

Violence never the solution

03-09-2022 11:24 What happened on Thursday night remains unimaginable but somehow it must be imagined and faced. A country whose capacity for shock has seemingly been tested to the limits is now tested yet further.

‘Stop the hate’ – pro-CFK supporters take to streets after attack

02-09-2022 19:30 The emblematic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires was filled with demonstrators on Friday as huge crowds repudiated the attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Stunned Argentines condemn shocking shooting attempt

02-09-2022 11:12 Large demonstrations called for midday Friday across Argentina in repudiation of the failed assassination attempt on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's life.

Images of the historic attempt on Fernández de Kirchner's life

02-09-2022 10:27 A man attempted to shoot Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner near her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday, a shocking incident that President Alberto Fernández described as "most serious event that has happened since" Argentina restored democracy in 1983.