News of kirchnerismo

Kicillof pushes the accelerator

09-03-2024 06:47 The racetrack metaphor employed by Axel Kicillof to reject Javier Milei’s invitation to his Pacto del 25 de Mayo would seem in line with the acceleration he has decided to give his positioning as an opposition leader.

by Javier Calvo

As I see it

The Kirchnerites have Milei in their sights

13-01-2024 06:21 The fate of the new government will depend largely on Milei’s ability to persuade people that the fearful emergency he goes on about is not just a figment of an overheated imagination but something terribly real.

by James Neilson

ELECTIONS 2023

Argentina’s heartland shows quandary of election choice few want

17-11-2023 07:24 Argentina’s electoral dilemma is arguably felt most acutely in Cordoba, where 1.2 million voters opted for neither of the candidates in the run-off — the highest percentage of any district in the country.

Election 2023

Peronism: Argentina's eternal political mystery

19-10-2023 16:04 Struggling to avoid a historic reverse in Sunday’s election, the forces of Peronism are looking to extend their historical dominance of national politics.

INTERVIEW

Luis Petri: 'I don't hear Milei's allies talking about corruption’

09-09-2023 11:03 Luis Petri, vice-presidential candidate for the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition, says that "the problem in Argentina is not the caste but corrupt politicians." Mendoza politician details proposals on security and explains why he thinks Sergio Massa won't make it to the run-off.

by Ezequiel Spillman

ANALYSIS

Is it finally time to invest in Argentina, stuck between heaven and hell?

24-06-2023 01:27 From a financial standpoint, Argentina is back in the game. While for years it was considered a global financial pariah, and to a certain extent it still is, investors have sensed opportunity in a country with interesting prospects and massively undervalued assets.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTION 2023

De Pedro confirms presidential bid with Manzur on ticket

22-06-2023 21:04 Interior Minister ‘Wado’ de Pedro launches bid for presidency, with Tucumán Province Governor Juan Manzur set to be his running-mate.

As I see it

Let them eat abstractions

03-06-2023 06:03 Alberto’s successor had better come up with some appealing slogans and as exciting a narrative as those deployed by his tyrannical friends.

by James Neilson

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Peronism’s identity crisis

06-05-2023 06:29 What is under discussion is much more than a candidacy. It is the search for a new leader who, on their own and without intermediaries, is competitive enough to assume power and unify Peronism.

by Gustavo González

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Lacking agreement, Frente de Todos heads towards decisive month

12-04-2023 23:23 Ruling coalition no closer to deciding its line-up for the PASO primaries; Justicialist Party (PJ) National Council set to meet at the end of April, but President Alberto Fernandez will not define his candidacy until May.

by Rosario Ayerdi

POLITICS

Who is Lucía Cámpora, the new leader of La Cámpora?

03-04-2023 14:43 Thirty-two-year-old activist and City lawmaker Lucía Cámpora, the grand-niece of former president Héctor Cámpora, has taken over the leadership of the Kirchnerite youth organisation.

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Without time, desire nor margin, Peronism resigns itself to a PASO

29-03-2023 14:11 Unless there is a surprise move, Peronism is resigned to face – for the first time since their creation – a Simultaneous and Compulsory Open Primary (PASO).

by Ramón Indart

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

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

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

As I see it

On Planet K, inflation is all in the mind

28-01-2023 00:33 To bring things under control, Alberto’s government would have to slow down the printing presses and greatly reduce public spending, measures that, needless to say, it refuses to contemplate.

by James Neilson

Politics

Fernández de Kirchner decries loss of ‘democratic pact’ in speech

18-11-2022 00:08 Amid shouts from supporters for her to make a presidential run, Argentina's vice-president delivers fiery take on the country’s current situation, while dodging any direct announcement as to candidacies.