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Domingo Cavallo: ‘It'd be good if the government had a bad election’

17-07-2021 09:18 Economist, former government minister and ex-Central Bank chief warns that Argentina’s economy is “very badly oriented” and calls for a “major reorganisation.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Hugo Moyano: ‘We’ve always defended workers to the death’

09-07-2021 20:32 Veteran teamster and union leader Hugo Moyano riffs on his meteoric rise through the labour movement, relationships with Argentina’s presidents and why he is targeted for being on the side of the worker.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

26-06-2021 00:01 Venezuela, says Juan Guaidó, remains gripped by crisis and needs a plan of national salvation. The opposition leader, recognised by more than 60 nations as the country's interim president, on the need for free and fair elections, Argentina’s diplomatic stance and the position of Pope Francis.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Nicolás Maduro: ‘The sanctions are illegal, immoral and should be lifted'

25-06-2021 23:30 Venezuela, says Nicolás Maduro, has broken free of "irrational, extremist, cruel" US oppression. But in between his denunciations of Yankee imperialism, the president is making a public plea and aiming it directly at Joe Biden. The message? It's time for a deal.

Julio Cobos: ‘If Bullrich runs, Rodríguez Larreta must present his candidate’

05-06-2021 00:12 Radical Senator Julio Cobos, who served as vice-president in Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's first term in office, on the origins of the grieta rift, his party’s role in the opposition coalition and what a nation wants from a president.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Fabián 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón: ‘I have no faith in justice, today it’s a tool for persecution.’

29-05-2021 11:33 Fabián 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón – judicial operator or victim of political persecution? In this feature interview with Jorge Fontevecchia, the fugitive former Macri government official explains why he is seeking asylum across the Río de la Plata in Uruguay.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Marcelo Figueiras: ‘Argentina has to achieve health sovereignty’

24-04-2021 01:22 Marcelo Figueiras, president and leading shareholder of Laboratorios Richmond, discusses the challenges of producing Sputnik VIDA, when production will commence and future investments.

by Claudio Celano Gómez

Argentina has 'valuable support' from European nations for IMF debt talks

19-04-2021 13:44 Economy Minister says that Argentina is making "progress" in its debt restructuring talks with the International Monetary Fund and that the country is receiving “valuable support” from European leaders. 

Pedro Cahn: ‘If things get out of hand, more lockdowns may be necessary’

03-04-2021 07:14 Dr Pedro Cahn is the Scientific Director of Fundación Huésped, a major NGO devoted to the fight against HIV/AIDS. During the coronavirus pandemic, he has served as part of an expert committee advising the Presidency and the Health Ministry on how to combat the transmission of Covid-19.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Ecuador recalls ambassador to Argentina after Fernández's comments

11-03-2021 18:07 Ecuador recalls envoy to Argentina, Juan José Vásconez, for consultations to carry out an "exhaustive analysis of relations" after controversial statements by President Fernández.

Santiago Cafiero: ‘Macri sought to blame Argentine society for his own failures.’

12-09-2020 08:46 In a feature-length interview, Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero discusses Peronism past and present, the opposition, and what lies ahead for Argentina in the next two years.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Macri accuses Fernández of lying about coronavirus lockdown phone call

24-08-2020 22:36 Mauricio Macri hit back at Alberto Fernández on Tuesday, accusing his successor of misrepresenting a conversation between the two and of disrespecting the “value” of the presidency.

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

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. 

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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