News of government coalition

Election 2023

PASO primaries: Final count narrows gap between Milei, Bullrich, Massa

01-09-2023 15:30 Election authorities issue final vote count from August 13 primaries; Difference between top three coalitions trimmed to just 2.58 points; La Libertad Avanza on 29.86%, Juntos por el Cambio on 28% and Unión por la Patria on 27.27%.

ELECTION 2023

One outsider and two from the 'caste' – Argentina’s presidential race

14-08-2023 00:18 Argentina's race for the presidency now down to three leading candidates – an anti-establishment libertarian outsider and two politicians from the main coalitions.

ELECTION 2023

Ruling coalition ramps up rhetoric as primaries draw closer

07-08-2023 14:39 Alberto Fernández slams lack of proposals from opposition presidential candidates on Sunday as ruling coalition leaders ramp up rhetoric ahead of the PASOs.

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

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

POLITICS

‘Plan Platita II’? Government to stuff pockets as inflation bites

18-04-2023 14:02 To mitigate the coalition friendly fire that has been rekindled by the confirmation of accelerating price hikes, Serio Massa’s economic cabinet is drawing up a new programme to stimulate consumption.

POLITICAL INSIDER

Macri's withdrawal and what it means for PRO

27-03-2023 17:41 Argentina’s former president has confirmed that he will not stand for the presidency. Behind-the-scenes of Mauricio Macri’s decision and what next for Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Patricia Bullrich and María Eugenia Vidal.

by Ezequiel Spillman

POLITICS – OPINION

Enemies

15-03-2023 11:55 Does Alberto Fernández really believe that he has a chance of winning a head-to-head battle with a candidate supported by Cristina, or better still, with the vice-president herself?

by Carlos De Angelis

ELECTIONS 2023

Daniel Scioli to run in Frente de Todos presidential primary

27-02-2023 11:42 Political veteran confirms presidential run and says he can lead ruling coalition to victory; Scioli, currently Argentina’s ambassador to Brazil, lost 2015 presidential election to Mauricio Macri in a run-off.

Politics

Frente de Todos split in Senate: Four senators form new caucus

23-02-2023 00:53 Setback for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the Senate with the fragmentation of the ruling coalition’s caucus. New Unidad Federal bloc formed by Edgardo Kueider, Carlos Espínola, Guillermo Snopek, Eugenia Catalfamo and Alejandra Vigo.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

The ornithology of Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio

11-02-2023 07:00 Argentina has been locked in a bi-coalitionism over the past several electoral periods, but the novel element this time around is the internal fragmentation of both spaces.

by Agustino Fontevecchia