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Line-up for Buenos Aires City mayoral race quietly begins to take shape

27-04-2026 17:11 Leading political parties have already started making their moves to control Uspallata City Hall. Mayor Macri eyes re-election as libertarians and Peronists weigh paths to 2027.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

EDITORIAL

What’s in a name?

17-01-2026 06:33 Radicalism prides itself on being an inflexible “ethic” which “breaks up rather than bend” in contrast to the Peronism veering wildly.

POLITICS

UCR enters a critical moment with the party’s future at stake

24-11-2025 21:27 UCR National Committee will be renewing its leadership next month. Tensions reflects level of infighting among different provincial tribes, torn between those governors maintaining a good relationship with the Casa Rosada and those who seek to keep their distance.

by Ezequiel Spillman

ELECTIONS 2025

Polling stations close in key midterm elections that will define Milei's future

26-10-2025 18:12 Polling stations close across country as waiting game for government – and markets – begins; Electoral authorities project lower than average turnout.

OPPOSITION REACTION

Critics accuse Milei of ‘compromising sovereignty’ with Trump

16-10-2025 17:50 Jorge Taiana, top Fuerza Patria candidate in Buenos Aires Province, accuses Milei government of compromising A"Argentine sovereignty in the medium and long term."

ELECTIONS 2025: ANALYSIS

Analysts give take on electoral slates for October election

23-08-2025 06:46 La Libertad Avanza’s hegemonic project, a Peronist survival bid and an accepted secondary role for PRO. Milei versus Kirchnerism polarisation promises to be the dominant theme of the campaign heading into October.

by Giselle Leclercq

POLITICS & ECONOMY

President targets rivals as he confirms he will veto university law

02-10-2024 20:22 President responds to mass demonstration in favour of state universities by confirming he will veto new law; Head of state ramps up rhetoric, namechecking rivals and accusing them of forming “new populist left front.”

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Untidily Crumbling Radicals

28-09-2024 06:05 The Unión Cívica Radical crisis perhaps stems from standing or falling from being the men in the middle in many senses – representing a middle class facing extinction and a middle ground squeezed out by polarisation.

by Michael Soltys

Congress & Politics

Milei clashes with Senate over pensions, vows to veto increase

23-08-2024 14:27 President Javier Milei announced Friday he will veto pension increases approved by the Senate the previous day, branding those who voted for the boost "fiscal degenerates."

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Blow for Milei: Opposition teams up with PRO to block intelligence funds

21-08-2024 23:05 In a heavy blow for the Milei government, deputies in lower house repeal decree assigning over 100 billion pesos “to boost the national intelligence system” by 156-52 vote with six abstentions.