News of fernando

La Matanza Mayor Fernando Espinoza to stand trial for sexual assault

25-03-2025 17:26 Ex-mayor of La Matanza accused of sexually assaulting his private secretary in May 2021; Judge rejects defence team’s request for dismissal.

Football in Argentina

Gago on ropes after Boca's stinging Libertadores defeat

28-02-2025 09:30 Not only will there be no Libertadores for Boca this year, there will be no Sudamericana either. Tuesday’s humbling and historic defeat to Alianza Lima will take some getting over.

by Dan Edwards

ANALYSING ARGENTINA

Cavallo, Milei and the elephant in the room

15-02-2025 06:08 Besides numbers, markets measure moods and tones. And the tone they got from President Javier Milei this week may not have been reassuring.

by Marcelo J. García

ENVIRONMENT

Argentina’s top environment official resigns post

14-02-2025 01:14 With forest fires raging in Argentina's north and south and President Milei analysing a withdrawal from the Paris climate accords, Environment Undersecretary Ana Lamas presents resignation due to “exhaustion” and “personal reasons.”

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil's 2026 elections, without Lula or Bolsonaro?

21-12-2024 04:46 Brazil's 2026 presidential election may offer a field of candidates featuring neither incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro – a novel scenario for Argentina's giant neighbour.

TURBULENCE IN BRAZIL

Brazil market rout risks a crisis as Lula resists austerity push

19-12-2024 08:25 As the currency craters in Brazil, thrusting the country’s markets into the international spotlight for the first time in years, a grim reality is setting in for top economic aides to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. They are, they fear, powerless to do much to stop the panic.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Geraldo Alckmin, Lula’s rival-turned-vice-president, finds himself in unwanted limelight

19-12-2024 08:17 For decades, he was President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political rival. Now his boss’s health issues have put Geraldo Alckmin at the centre of questions about Brazil’s future.

AVIATION ACCIDENT

Two killed as private jet overshoots runway in San Fernando

18-12-2024 15:22 Tragic accident in Buenos Aires Province; Private jet misses runaway and crashes into houses near small airport of San Fernando. Two pilots aboard the aircraft perished in tragedy.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Fernando Pocino: Spy on social media

09-11-2024 09:08 Have threats, hacking and health problems forced former Intelligence agent Fernando Pocino, Stiuso’s ex-rival, out of anonymity and onto social media?

by Rodis Recalt

COURT WOES

US intervenes in YPF nationalisation court case

07-11-2024 20:43 United States asks judge to reject ‘vulture fund’ lawsuit seeking to seize YPF assets; Burford and Eton Capital funds are demanding company assets to guarantee payment on ruling obliging the state to pay US$16 billion for the expropriation of state energy firm.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Gago unveiled as new head coach of Boca Juniors

15-10-2024 13:25 Former Boca star Fernando Gago tells players they must realise where they ply their trade as he is formally named as the club's new head coach.

Football in Argentina

Boca eye Gago as next in line to test Gallardo’s supremacy

02-10-2024 22:23 After Diego Martínez's Boca tenure ended with a whimper, the Xeneize are once again back to the drawing board. Fernando Gago would bring a fresh, adventurous style of play – the kind that has been rarely seen at La Bombonera of late.

by Dan Edwards

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Untidily Crumbling Radicals

28-09-2024 06:05 The Unión Cívica Radical crisis perhaps stems from standing or falling from being the men in the middle in many senses – representing a middle class facing extinction and a middle ground squeezed out by polarisation.

by Michael Soltys

Lithium in Argentina

Economic crisis thwarts bid to go nuclear with lithium bounty

17-09-2024 11:35 Currency woes dog Argentine scientists trying to develop key isotope Lithium-6, which could have nuclear applications; Milei’s spending cuts, privatisation plans are also a factor.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner testifies, faces would-be assassin in court

14-08-2024 16:39 Denouncing a climate of violence prior to the assassination attempt on her life and facing her assailant for the first time in person, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner states in court that she found out about shots fired at her after the fact.

CRIME & SECURITY

Son who denounced threats against his mother charged with her murder

14-08-2024 10:47 Fernando Albareda, an activist with the H.I.J.O.S. human rights group, arrested on suspcion of murdering his mother, Susana Montoya; Prosecutor believes that there is ample evidence to determine his involvement.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Is there life after presidency?

10-08-2024 05:12 If vice-presidents have historically been a pebble in the shoe for heads of state, ex-presidents have also been a factor worthy of mention.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS

Corrientes security minister resigns post amid missing child case

12-07-2024 15:28 Buenaventura Duarte has tendered his resignation to Corrientes Province Governor Gustavo Valdés, with national deputy Alfredo Vallejos set to replace him.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK attempted murder trial: Carrizo says he 'would never kill'

04-07-2024 16:23 Nicolás Carrizo weeps as he defended himself in court on Wednesday, saying he would "never kill a person" during second hearing into September 2022 attempted assassination of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

From attempted murder to an attempted coup

29-06-2024 04:52 Fernando Sabag Montiel is a consequence of an exhausted political and economic system in Argentina, while Milei has emerged as a response to that same failure.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Would-be assassin tells court he wanted to kill CFK for 'social good'

26-06-2024 16:42 Fernando Sabag Montiel testifies in his trial over the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in September 2022. "I wanted to kill her," he tells court.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Trial into attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner begins

26-06-2024 12:14 Trial into 2022 assassination attempt of ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gets underway in Buenos Aires; Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo are the accused in a trial set to feature more than 270 witnesses.

CRIME & SECURITY

Protesters demand justice after lethal arson attack on lesbians

13-05-2024 21:34 Protesters took to streets in Buenos Aires on Monday evening to demand justice in the wake of a deadly attack on four lesbians that left three dead and another fighting for her life.

CRIME & THE COURTS

Fernando Báez Sosa: Appeals court confirms sentences for killers

24-03-2024 17:39 Buenos Aires Province appeals court confirms sentences for eight rugby-players convicted of murdering 18-year-old Fernando Báez Sosa in Villa Gesell in January 2020.

COURTS

Trial into attempted assassination of Fernández de Kirchner set for June

12-03-2024 11:31 Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo to stand trial for attempted assassination of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; More than 270 witnesses expected to be called – including the victim.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Brazil urges 'new globalisation' at G20 meet overshadowed by Ukraine

29-02-2024 11:20 Brazil called for a "new globalisation" to address poverty and climate change as finance ministers from the world's top economies met Wednesday, but the Ukraine and Gaza wars risked overshadowing the plea.

Ecuador drug war

Soldiers enter key Ecuador prison as 'war' on narcos deepens

18-01-2024 14:08 Hundreds of soldiers enter a prison in a Guayaquil as part of crackdown on drug bosses, day after high-profile assassination of prosecutor investigating last week's attack on public TV station.

A WALK THROUGH HISTORY

How Argentina arrived to 40 years of democracy

09-12-2023 09:31 From Raúl Alfonsín to Alberto Fernández, a breathless, compressed account of how Argentina traversed four decades of democracy.

by Michael Soltys

Election 2023

Javier Milei gets a challenge from team that beat Jair Bolsonaro

19-10-2023 20:45 A team of top Brazilian campaign strategists are attempting to help Sergio Massa win the presidency in Argentina.

ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT

Brenda Uliarte changes tack on CFK assassination attempt

28-09-2023 00:20 Brenda Uliarte, co-defendant and former partner of would-be assailant Fernando Sabag Montiel, testifies that “somebody is clearly behind” the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as she attempts to distance herself from plot to kill vice-president.

OBITUARY

Colombian artist and sculptor Fernando Botero dies at 91

15-09-2023 13:31 Passionate and tireless Colombian artist Fernando Botero, once dubbed the 'Picasso of Latin America,' has died at 91. A prolific artist, he produced more than 3,000 paintings that have been displayed in countries across the world.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK assassination attempt: President Fernández slams 'slowness' of courts

01-09-2023 19:56 President Alberto Fernandez slams justice system for its "singular slowness" in criminal investigation into attempted assassination of Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

EXPORTS

Brazil agrees export financing deal with Argentina

29-08-2023 14:15 Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa announce agreement to fund Brazilian exports to the tune of US$600 million.

ECONOMY MINISTER ABROAD

Massa’s trip to Brazil ends without deal on exports to Argentina

29-08-2023 10:00 Brazil had proposed using yuan reserves to guarantee payment; Haddad surprised by agenda unilateraly released by Massa.

Election in Ecuador

Ecuador heads to presidential run-off pitting left against right

21-08-2023 09:16 Luisa González, a lawyer close to divisive former leader Rafael Correa, emerges as frontrunner after Ecuador presidential election; She will face Daniel Noboa in a second-round showdown in October.

IN FOCUS

Murder, cocaine and tears: Ecuador confronts a perilous descent

11-08-2023 09:33 Fernando Villavicencio’s assassination has thrust unwanted attention on Ecuador. Just a few years ago it had enjoyed the reputation of being tranquil and relatively safe but now its descent toward becoming a narco-state has become evident in the eyes of the world.

ECUADOR

Fernando Villavicencio: fierce opponent of corruption

10-08-2023 10:17 Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening. The 59-year-old journalist, was one of eight candidates in the August 20 presidential election.

ASSASSINATION IN ECUADOR

Ecuador presidential candidate shot dead after rally

09-08-2023 21:54 Ecuadorean presidential candidate and journalist Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, local media reported.

FERNANDO PEREZ ALGABA CASE

Dismembered businessman mystery rocks Argentina

01-08-2023 18:32 Land Rover driven by the victim was in possession of an alleged partner and has been surrendered to the Buenos Aires Province police force. From his closest circle they have doubts about a murder due to a debt. Why were his remains dismembered, bagged and thrown into a suitcase?

by Leonardo Nieva

PASO primaries

The end of the Kirchnerite-Macrista grip on power is nigh

28-07-2023 18:52 It will be interesting to see how the campaign evolves after the primaries, where internally antagonistic forces will have to team up in order to retain an ideologically different electorate. In the aftermath of the election it is probable that both of the major coalitions will fracture.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Economy

Brazil’s economic activity tumbles past all forecasts

17-07-2023 19:57 Brazil's economy shrank more than expected in May, but President Lula's government's reforms and anticipated rate cuts have raised investor optimism.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Fernando Straface: ‘There's genuine US concern about Chinese presence in the region'

17-06-2023 06:39 Fernando Straface, secretary-general and secretary of foreign affairs for the Buenos Aires City government, on international relations, the legacy of the Mauricio Macri government and what a Horario Rodríguez Larreta Presidency would look like.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT

Judge sends trio of suspects to trial for CFK assassination attempt

12-06-2023 19:10 Federal judges adhere's to prosecutor's request and orders three defendants accused of attempting to kill Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to stand trial; Former president rejects move, calling for further investigation into alleged masterminds behind attack.