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INTERVIEW

Stephen Walt: 'The pandemic has hurt the United States more than China'

08-07-2020 23:03 Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, says that Americans are sick of Trump. "If the rivalry between the US and China continues to intensify, South America will probably have to pick sides," he warns.

by Leandro Dario

PERIDISMO PURO / INTERVIEW

Kenneth Rogoff: 'This isn't normal. This is a full-scale natural catastrophe.'

24-06-2020 23:52 Leading US economist Kenneth Rogoff sat down for an exclusive interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, its economic impact and relief for indebted nations.

FOOD & DRINK

World's best restaurant serves food in phase with the moon

24-06-2020 19:22 Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco – the first foreign chef ever to get the maximum three Michelin stars in France – said he decided to make the leap during the coronavirus lockdown as he sought solace in his vegetable patch.

PERIODISMO PURO / Interview

Edmund Phelps: 'It’s important to get a debt agreement that is feasible for Argentina'

10-06-2020 16:55 "The public has become aware that people of the bottom are in an extremely vulnerable situation. There has to be radical steps taken to address that problem," Edmund Phelps, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, tells Jorge Fontevecchia in an interview.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic: Varados

Cabin fever: Argentine waitress 'distressed' by cruise ship confinement

07-05-2020 15:25 Argentine waitress Analia Navarrete has been shut up for almost a month inside a cabin on a luxury liner trapped at Lisbon port, thanks to the coronavirus epidemic.

TWO HOURS WITH THE PRESIDENT

Alberto Fernández: ‘Every time I speak, I’m saying the truth – I don’t lie’

18-04-2020 08:14 In a feature-length interview, Argentina's president addresses the coronavirus pandemic and opens up about his private life and relationship with both Peronism and Radicalism, explaining why he is more a child of hippie culture than Peronist doctrine.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

MIGUEL ÁNGEL PESCE INTERVIEW

Miguel Pesce: ‘In this emergency, the mechanism is printing money’

11-04-2020 10:07 Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce on the economy, printing money, the coronavirus pandemic and the problems that lie ahead.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Levy Yeyati: 'We’re only just starting to perceive the costs of this crisis’

11-04-2020 08:43 Economist and professor Eduardo Levy Yeyati discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and gives his view on the government’s measures to tackle the spread of the virus in Argentina.

by Fermin Koop

JORGE LANATA INTERVIEW

Jorge Lanata: ‘It worries me that we’re always going back in time’

07-03-2020 08:48 Journalist and author Jorge Lanata on Macri, Cristina, his health and what lies ahead for Alberto Fernández’s future.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Interview

BBC correspondent Jonny Dymond: 'It's very difficult to ignore Argentina'

06-03-2020 11:54 Ahead of next week's BBC World Questions panel debate in Buenos Aires, Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond discusses global commonalities, Harry and Meghan and swotting up on Argentina.

by Anina Hoffman

AXEL KICILLOF INTERVIEW

Kicillof: 'Macri’s austerity left the Province dying of hunger'

15-02-2020 08:47 Buenos Aires Province governor and former economy minister talks numbers, debt, payments and Peronist unity.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

BBC INTERVIEW

Stiglitz: 'Macri bet the house and lenders followed him blindly'

29-01-2020 12:19 Famed economist and mentor to Martín Guzmán offers his take on renegotiation of Argentina's debt, questioning creditors and criticising the Mauricio Macri government.

INTERVIEW WITH EX-SECURITY MINISTER

Patricia Bullrich: ‘This government is turning us into a punch bag’

25-01-2020 11:08 Former security minister turned PRO leader on Mauricio Macri, Marcos Peña and why criticism from the government inspires intransigence.

by Ezequiel Spillman

MIGUEL PESCE INTERVIEW

Miguel Pesce: Central Bank will try to cut rates, slow inflation

09-01-2020 12:46 New Central Bank chief refuses to make inflation forecasts, saying he wants to rebuild the institution’s credibility “with results.”

OLIVER STONE INTERVIEW

Collateral damage and the ‘American Empire’ – Oliver Stone heads south again

04-01-2020 07:49 An exclusive interview with the legendary film director, who visited Latin America once more as the region shifts back to the left.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW

Argentina is in 'virtual default,' declares President Fernández

23-12-2019 08:53 "It is not the same as 2001, but it is similar," Fernández said in an interview with TV programme La Cornice. "Today we are in virtual default."

ELECTION 2019

Lucas Romero: If Peronist unity is sustained, we’ll move towards two parties

02-11-2019 10:10 Political scientist and director of the Synopsis consultancy firm, Lucas Romero, on the election, the importance of a unified Peronist ticket and whether Argentina is moving toward a two-party system.

by Carly Graf

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: ‘Big data isn’t good or bad, it’s powerful.’

26-10-2019 10:33 Philosopher, economist and data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why big data isn’t good or bad, the power of the tech giants and why your data is probably actually safer with Google.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTION 2019

CFK slams Macri after he makes shocking sexist remark in interview

15-10-2019 17:58 President sparks outrage online after comparing economic inheritance from Fernández de Kirchner administration to the actions of a wife gone crazy with a husband's credit card.

INTERVIEW

Rafael Grossi: ‘Argentina has consensus over nuclear policy’

12-10-2019 12:46 Interview with Argentine diplomat and nuclear expert, one of the frontrunners to head the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

by Facundo F. Barrio

FILM & MOVIES: INTERVIEW

Happy now? Everyone is talking about 'Joker' as new film hit screens

03-10-2019 08:00 Joker star Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips discuss their controversial and award-winning new film, which hits screens in Argentina today.

PASO FALL-OUT

Alberto Fernández: 'Two-thirds of the population rejected the government'

13-08-2019 14:39 In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with NET TV, Frente de Todos presidential candidate detailed his views on the economy, Roberto Lavagna, 'la grieta,' his relationship with CFK and Venezuela.

BLOOMBERG

Roberto Lavagna promises to crack down on carry trade if elected

01-08-2019 09:07 Comments come as investors pile on the carry trade – buying Argentine peso-denominated bonds with borrowed dollars – to take advantage of benchmark rates of around 60 percent and a stable peso ahead of elections.

INTERVIEW: PRODUCTION & LABOUR MINISTER

Dante Sica: 'Business leaders are reporting higher sales than expected'

28-05-2019 15:28 Production and Labour Minister Dante Sica insists government is focused on reform package as economic indicators show few signs of any major pre-election upturn.

by Patricia Valli

INTERVIEWS

Macri basks in post-G20 glow yet warns tough times are far from over

08-12-2018 12:06 President uses interviews to tell world Argentina is on right path.

INTERVIEW WITH MARK CARL ROM

‘It’s going to be very difficult for major legislation to be enacted’

10-11-2018 09:59 Mark Carl Rom, an expert on US politics and public policy, discusses here some of the key issues defining the country’s political landscape in the wake of the midterms.

by Giulia Petroni

INTERVIEW: MARK KENT

UK Ambassador hopes for decision on Malvinas flights 'in next few weeks'

27-10-2018 07:12 Britain’s Ambassador to Argentina Mark Kent on bilateral relations, additional flights from Argentina to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and Theresa May’s scheduled visit to Buenos Aires.

by Aurelio Tomás

INTERVIEW: SERGIO MASSA

Sergio Massa: 'Argentina should not have gone to the IMF'

20-10-2018 09:11 Opposition leader Sergio Massa on the IMF deal, economic turmoil and why it’s too early to think of elections.

by Santiago del Carril

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

‘This is the last chance to get things right’ on global warming

13-10-2018 09:08 IPCC member and CONICET researcher Carolina Vera on why Argentina and the world must take action on global warming – and fast.

by Fermin Koop

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'We've never had a world where we're neighbours with everybody.'

06-10-2018 08:43 British historian, author and political commentator Timothy Garton Ash talks free speech, populism and polarisation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Saskia Sassen: "Many of the spaces we believe to be public are privately owned"

29-09-2018 11:25 Dutch sociologist Saskia Sassen, renowned across the globe for her work on global cities, discusses the modern metropolis, empty buildings and whether Latin American states are too weak to resist urban takeovers by the private sector.

by Federico Poore

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Rodríguez Laretta: "I still have many things to do in Buenos Aires"

15-09-2018 08:48 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta rules out a presidential run in 2019, saying there’s so much left for him to do in Buenos Aires.

by Fermin Koop

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'Export duties will help balance the fiscal situation'

08-09-2018 09:42 Rodrigo Álvarez, CEO of the Analytica consultancy firm, on the crisis and what lies ahead for the economy in 2019.

by Fermin Koop

INTERVIEW

‘President Macri heard directly from President Trump that we are there for him.’

08-09-2018 07:55 US Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta on the future of work and bilateral relations with Argentina.

by Aurelio Tomás

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Verbitsky: 'Today, a small media outlet is able to shake the entire power structure.'

01-09-2018 10:06 Horacio Verbitsky, one of Argentina's most iconic journalists on the national media landscape, the use and power of government advertising and the crisis facing the media industry at large.

by Santiago del Carril

INTERVIEW WITH EDUARDO DUHALDE AND RICARDO ALFONSÍN

‘Lavagna is not currently part of Massa’s alliance. He can overcome the grieta’

25-08-2018 10:31 Former president Eduardo Duhalde and UCR heavyweight Ricardo Alfonsín on the importance of politicians working together for the country’s betterment and why Roberto Lavagna should be Argentina’s next president.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW WITH PUERTO RICO’S GOVERNOR

Rosselló: ‘Puerto Rico statehood is getting a second wind’

18-08-2018 10:02 Ricardo Rosselló on Puerto Rico’s reconstruction, its economic future, the statehood movement and his relationship with President Donald Trump.

by BY AGUSTINO FONTEVECCHIA

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

‘We may have lost a battle but the fight has already been won on the streets’

11-08-2018 09:12 Amnesty International’s Coordinator of Human Rights and Youth Education, Lucila Galkin, on the abortion reform vote in the Senate and what comes next.

by Valen Iricibar

INTERVIEW WITH MARCOS PEÑA

'Argentina chose to change because it didn’t want to be stuck in the past'

21-07-2018 08:38 Influential Cabinet Chief Marcos Peña on politics, the budget, economic turmoil and relations with the opposition.

by BY FEDERICO ÁGUILA AND EZEQUIEL SPILLMAN