INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Marcos Peña: ‘Our team lost the match, it wasn't just won by Milei’ 20-04-2024 05:11 Former Cabinet chief returns in a reflective mood, discussing Mauricio Macri’s PRO, the future Juntos por el Cambio and the rise of La Libertad Avanza. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Guillermo Dietrich: ‘I’m backing this government all I can so that it does well’ 13-04-2024 05:47 Former transport minister and close ally of Mauricio Macri on the Milei government, state companies and Juntos por el Cambio. by Jorge Fontevecchia
CULTURE WARS The perfect enemy for Javier Milei 13-04-2024 05:28 The president, his inner circle, and the Cabinet have become extremely selective regarding the outlets and journalists they speak to, with Milei only giving interviews to friendly reporters who lob softballs at him. by Agustino Fontevecchia
new culture wars front President versus the press: Milei slams 'corrupt' journalists 11-04-2024 15:25 Taking a page from the populist playbook, President Milei this week criticised a number of high-profile journalists in a lengthy radio interview with TV and radio presenter Alejandro Fantino.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Martín Lousteau: ‘I’m not afraid of leaders with an authoritarian streak’ 06-04-2024 06:09 Senator and UCR chair on why the mega DNU emergency decree was unconstitutional, President Milei’s economic plan and Radical renewal. by Jorge Fontevecchia
POLITICS – ANALYSIS A mix of amateurism and strategy 02-03-2024 05:19 The Milei-Caputo plan is trying to hammer down inflation through a painful recession, hoping that once the numbers begin to look encouraging, expectations will help spark a bonanza of investment and ultimately growth. It’s a risky strategy. by Agustino Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Emilce Cuda: ‘It’s a fantasy that we’re individuals, we’re in relationships with others’ 27-01-2024 07:00 Theologian Emilce Cuda is the first Argentine laywoman to receive a pontifical PhD in moral theology and the first female to hold an executive position on the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In an interview, she discusses Pope Francis and explains why “individualism is an egotistical position.” by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Pablo Gerchunoff: ‘People voted for a scream of fury… inside it lies change’ 06-01-2024 07:23 Renowned economist, essayist and researcher Pablo Gerchunoff analyses the ascent of Javier Milei to the Presidency. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘A disruption evidently captivated most Argentines’ 23-12-2023 06:46 Lawyer, social leader and former presidential candidate Juan Grabois on Javier Milei, the government’s economic emergency measures and receiving criticism from both sides. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Ramiro Marra: ‘The economic future will be very difficult in the short term’ 16-12-2023 06:01 Buenos Aires City lawmaker and former mayoral candidate Ramiro Marra on La Libertad Avanza, his relationship with Javier Milei and why he isn’t a member of the new president’s government. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO President Alberto Fernández: ‘Milei should give Macri as wide a berth as possible’ 01-12-2023 15:04 Just days after meeting with his successor, Argentina’s outgoing president sits down to reflect on his four years of government, the challenges he faced and why he believes Javier Milei won last month’s run-off. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Carlos Melconian: ‘I believe that there is an opportunity because we have touched bottom’ 14-10-2023 05:53 Famous for being the “king of metaphor,” Carlos Melconian will be Argentina’s next economy minister if Patricia Bullrich wins the upcoming election. In an extensive interview he explains his integral plan for putting Argentina back on its feet. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Gabriel Rubinstein: ‘A fiscal surplus, sustained over time, is the key to start solving inflation’ 14-10-2023 05:49 Argentina’s Economic Policy Secretary Gabriel Rubinstein presents the case for the ruling coalition, argues that inflation is slowing from its post-PASO devaluation-led peak and highlights the importance of the consensus implicit in all the political parties involved in the electoral race. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Luis Ignacio Brusco: Understanding why we vote differently 30-09-2023 05:36 Psychiatrist, neurologist and researcher, dean of the UBA Medical Faculty and Argentine Neuropsychiatric Association, MD and PhD, discusses why we vote differently and the cerebral functions which enter into decision-making. by Jorge Fontevecchia
HUMAN RIGHTS The imperious need to penalise denialism 27-09-2023 13:12 There are issues, like crimes against humanity, which should be beyond electoral speculation. With the same speed with which the government secured approval for amending the income tax threshold, it should also now approve a law to condemn denialism with the support of Juntos por el Cambio and a united opposition. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Florencio Randazzo: ‘If Milei is so awful, you should ask the politicians what happened’ 23-09-2023 05:55 Florencio Randazzo, vice-presidential candidate for Hacemos por Nuestro País, on why he is “ashamed” of the current government, how the main coalitions benefit from polarisation and why Javier Milei’s rhetoric isn’t so irrational. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva: ‘The Pope wants to come to Argentina’ 09-09-2023 06:35 Metropolitan Archbishop and the Primate of Argentina on Pope Francis, poverty and the need for a solution to crime that isn’t prisons. by Sonia Avalos, AFP
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Alejandro Werner: ‘Trump would’ve backed Fernández and Biden would’ve Macri’ 02-09-2023 06:17 Former Western Hemisphere director for the International Monetary Fund and ex-Mexico government official Alejandro Werner on Argentina’s programme, political backing from Washington and the country’s troubled relationship with the multilateral lender. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Sabino Vaca Narvaja: ‘We look to a world which no longer exists, a Eurocentric world’ 29-07-2023 06:29 Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentina’s ambassador to China, on bilateral relations with Beijing, why trade ties must be deepened and the need to rethink the Foreign Ministry and our approach to the East. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Carlos Pagni: 'If I talk to Peter and not to Paul, that would bore me.' 15-07-2023 06:18 Carlos Pagni, Argentina’s most influential journalist, on the legacy of the 2001 crisis, talking to both sides and why he’d rather untie than cut knots.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘Massa is my internal rival but my political enemies are Bullrich and Morales’ 08-07-2023 06:50 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois – newly confirmed as a presidential candidate for the ruling Unión por la Patria – on his primary rival Sergio Massa, tackling poverty and inequality and why he’s running for the Casa Rosada. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Alfredo Cornejo: ‘People vote far more freely in the PASOs’ 23-06-2023 01:11 Senator Alfredo Cornejo, candidate for Mendoza Province governor and a leading figure in the Unión Cívica Radical, on the provincial elections so far and his party's relationship with PRO. by Jorge Fontevecchia
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
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Martín Guzmán: ‘Abandoning the currency never did anybody any good’ 10-06-2023 06:27 Argentina’s former economy minister on tackling inflation, unifying the exchange rate regime, the IMF debt deal he negotiated and what happens after the October election. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Patricia Bullrich: ‘I’m carrying out a campaign of truth’ 26-05-2023 17:00 Presidential hopeful and former security minister on having the character to lead, the challenges facing Argentina and how she wants to change the country. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Carlos Heller: ‘Lowering inflation is a must, otherwise no success is possible’ 20-05-2023 07:00 Banco Credicoop banker and national deputy Carlos Heller on the never-ending battle against inflation, its causes and the impact of the drought on Argentina’s economy. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Marta Minujín: ‘I was born an artist … I can’t do anything else!’ 13-05-2023 08:24 Conceptual artist and pop art goddess Marta Minujín on four decades of democracy, her greatest creations and turning 80 years young. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Aníbal Fernández: ‘I understand and share the president’s view on re-election’ 29-04-2023 05:06 Argentina’s security minister on Alberto Fernández’s decision to end his re-election bid, his rocky relationship with Máximo Kirchner and La Cámpora and why he says the things he says. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Schiaretti: ‘Fiscal balance should not entail extreme austerity’ 22-04-2023 06:29 Three-term Córdoba Province governor on transcending ‘la grieta,’ why Peronism must split from Kirchnerism and why export duties on the agricultural sector should be removed. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO María Eugenia Vidal: ‘The government never had a serious and consistent economic programme’ 15-04-2023 06:43 National deputy and former Buenos Aires Province governor on her presidential ambitions, hawks and doves, her recent marriage and learning from defeat. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Martín Redrado: ‘We believe shock policies are what's needed’ 31-03-2023 15:30 Economist and Strategic Affairs Secretary for the Buenos Aires City Government discusses his current role, the need for “shock” policies after the election and why he is convinced Horacio Rodríguez Larreta should be Argentina’s next president. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jorge Argüello: ‘Our top investor is the US, our leading trade partner is China’ 25-03-2023 07:00 Argentina’s ambassador to the United States talks superpowers and geopolitics, emerging economies, the US ‘grieta’ and bilateral relations with Washington. by Jorge Fontevecchia
POLITICAL ANALYSIS Massa on fire 25-03-2023 05:01 It’s been clear for some time now that Massa’s plan to resist through Peronist gradualism could reach a limit in terms of how many sources of fresh funds he’ll be able to conjure up. by Agustino Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Pope Francis: ‘Reaching my age in good health is a grace but I don’t know how long it will last’ 17-03-2023 07:41 A special interview with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the leader of the Catholic Church, to mark the tenth anniversary of his papacy. A historic interview for a historic personality. by Jorge Fontevecchia
10 YEARS OF POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis opens up on mortality, criticises 'gender ideology' in new interview 10-03-2023 14:19 Ten years into his papacy, Pope Francis grants exclusive interview to Perfil’s Jorge Fontevecchia; Conversation, which lasted almost three hours, will be published this weekend with an edited, feature-length translation in next week’s edition of the Buenos Aires Times.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Monsignor Oscar Vicente Ojea: ‘Pope Francis bothers the elites’ 10-03-2023 10:58 Monsignor Oscar Vicente Ojea, the head of the Argentine Synod and one of the persons closest to Pope Francis, discusses the pontiff’s decade leading the Catholic Church. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO José María Di Paola, Padre Pepe: ‘We have to get the Pope to come to Argentina at some point’ 04-03-2023 06:00 José María Di Paola, the priest better known as ‘Padre Pepe,’ on Pope Francis and his 10 years leading the Catholic Church, life in the villas and the Federación del Hogar de Cristo. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Gerardo Morales: ‘Kirchnerism has to understand that its time is up’ 10-02-2023 21:00 Radical party chair and Governor of Jujuy Province on the lithium industry, 2023 candidates, presidential ambitions and why Kirchnerism and Peronism must step aside. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: ‘I do not see any clear government plan to lower inflation’ 20-01-2023 12:53 Buenos Aires City Mayor and likely 2023 presidential hopeful Horacio Rodríguez Larreta on the Supreme Court’s federal revenue-sharing ruling, next year’s election and developments from the last 12 months. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Sergio Massa: ‘Argentina is a country which has a lot to offer a world in crisis’ 14-01-2023 06:38 In his first long interview since assuming office as Argentina’s ‘super economy minister,’ Sergio Massa analyses his first few months in office and outlines his goals for 2023. by Jorge Fontevecchia
PRESIDENT ON MERCOSUR President: ‘Agricultural protectionism’ blocking EU-Mercosur deal 01-01-2023 03:00 President Alberto Fernández on tensions within the Mercosur, the future of the regional trade bloc and what is really blocking its controversial free-trade deal with the European Union. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Alberto Fernández: ‘This government, of which I’m president, is also Cristina’s government’ 16-12-2022 14:11 Interviewed at the Editorial Perfil newsroom, President Alberto Fernández offers an evaluation of his three years in government in a feature interview. He addresses the economy, his relationship with Sergio Massa, Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s corruption conviction and his recent national broadcast highlighting allegations of political and judicial collusion. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Emmanuel Álvarez Agis: ‘The challenge is to halt inflation with everybody aboard’ 25-11-2022 09:14 Director of PxQ consultants and former deputy economy minister Emmanuel Álvarez Agis on Sergio Massa’s approach, turning down the chance to head the portfolio and the challenges facing Argentina in the next two years. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Patricia Bullrich: ‘Alberto Fernández, after the role he has played, cannot run again’ 12-11-2022 07:24 PRO party chair and 2023 presidential hopeful on candidacies, Mauricio Macri’s role moving forward and the failed attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos: ‘Argentina has an exemplary labour movement’ 05-11-2022 06:10 New Labour Minister Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos on Argentina’s labour movement, employment rights, collective bargaining, and Alberto Fernández’s re-election hopes. by Jorge Fontevecchia
FEATURE INTERVIEW Mauricio Macri: ‘Argentina is on the point of leaving behind decades of populism’ 29-10-2022 06:48 Former president Mauricio Macri discusses his ideals, beliefs, Juntos por el Cambio’s chances in the 2023 elections, the last three years of President Alberto Fernández’s government and his four-year spell in office – and what he would do differently in retrospect. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Cristian Ritondo: ‘I see Kirchnerism as a political adversary, not as an enemy’ 08-10-2022 04:55 Cristian Ritondo, chair of the PRO caucus in the lower house, on security, fighting crime, the attack on the vice-president and running for office in Buenos Aires Province. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Henrique Meirelles: ‘Whether the president-elect is Lula or Bolsonaro, they face a difficult situation’ 30-09-2022 09:32 Brazil's former economy minister and Central Bank governor Henrique Meirelles on the challenges facing his country, Lula’s run for office and whether Jair Bolsonaro is a threat to democracy. by Jorge Fontevecchia
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘If Cristina decides to run in 2023, I’m behind her’ 16-09-2022 16:00 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois on the failed attack on the vice-president, political violence, hate speech and the gravity of the socio-economic situation in Argentina. by Jorge Fontevecchia
OBITUARY Editorial Perfil co-founder Alberto Fontevecchia dies aged 93 15-09-2022 01:42 Alberto Guido Fontevecchia, who died last Saturday at the age of 93, was variously described in his obituaries as a man of action, a man of the world and a man of the street and all three things were true of the founder of Editorial Perfil.