News of nestor kirchner

Tinkering and tailoring the judge and the spy

24-08-2024 05:55 While “Big Brother” espionage would seem to contradict the libertarian creed in general, the nomination of the controversial federal judge Ariel Lijo for the Supreme Court flies in the face of Milei’s electoral crusade against a corrupt “caste.”

INTERVIEW

Ex-Energy and Mining secretary Flavia Royón: 'RIGI is necessary’

06-06-2024 00:50 Former Energy & Mining secretary in Alberto Fernández and Javier Milei governments says RIGI investment incentive scheme is “necessary to develop LNG, hydrogen and mining projects.”

CULTURE WARS

No more CCK – Milei government baptises ‘Palacio Libertad’

07-05-2024 21:39 National government says it will rename the Centro Cultural Kirchner as it moves to “depoliticise” iconic building that once housed Argentina’s Post Office.

POLITICS

Government says it will change name of Centro Cultural Kirchner

26-03-2024 13:12 President Javier Milei’s government is providing Argentina with another ideological distraction from economic woes and human rights disputes: it now plans to change the name of the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires.

A WALK THROUGH HISTORY

How Argentina arrived to 40 years of democracy

09-12-2023 09:31 From Raúl Alfonsín to Alberto Fernández, a breathless, compressed account of how Argentina traversed four decades of democracy.

by Michael Soltys

On this day: October 27a

On this day: The day Néstor Kirchner died

27-10-2023 16:32 Forty-seven days before he died, Néstor Kirchner had undergone a coronary angioplasty, but no-one dreamed that he would lose his life before the next presidential election.

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.

ELECTION 2023

Ruling coalition lines up behind Massa, prepares ‘unity’ photo

06-07-2023 21:03 Sergio Massa, Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in talks to “unite”at July 9 rally; Máximo Kirchner comes to presidential hopeful's defence, attacking IMF and Macrismo as social movements, mayors and provincial governors get in line behind candidate.

by James Grainger

ECONOMY

Argentina begins filling the new Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline

21-06-2023 08:33 Argentina starts filling Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline, a key piece of energy infrastructure that could save the country billions in energy imports.

EDITORIAL

Are 20 years really nothing?

27-05-2023 06:54 Those who expect a direct correlation between electoral success and economic growth would find Argentina again bucking the trend in the last 20 years.

ENERGY & GAS

Official: Néstor Kirchner pipeline is ‘45% complete,’ will be ready by June

16-04-2023 09:46 The Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline will start operating in June and will save US$2.2 billion by 2023, says head of state-owned firm Energía Argentina SA.

VACA MUERTA

Vaca Muerta awakes as pipelines revive shale hopes

27-02-2023 15:07 Argentina’s energy industry has seen its fair share of false dawns, but the construction of a pipeline is an irrefutable step towards cutting the country's dependency on fuel imports.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Lupín and the Liberator

25-02-2023 08:08 This is not just about José de San Martín but also the other birthday boy Néstor Kirchner. The question arises whether the two men had anything in common beyond their date of birth…

by Michael Soltys