News of olivos

Judge Casanello sends 'Olivosgate' probe to San Isidro

04-09-2021 09:57 Investigation into birthday party at Olivos presidential residence last year will be picked up by federal courts in San Isidro. President Alberto Fernández among the accused.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

Alberto Fernández seeks solution to Olivos party legal woes

27-08-2021 21:08 President offers up two months of his salary as fine as prosecutor formally accuses him of violating his own Covid lockdown rules.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

Prosecutor charges president with violating Covid-19 rules

27-08-2021 02:57 Prosecutors formally notifies president that he stands accused of breaking the mandatory quarantine and strict lockdown rules he himself introduced via decree.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

President offers to donate two months of his salary after party scandal

27-08-2021 02:33 While it’s unlikely Fernández will be convicted of a crime, his plea to the judge outlines the extent of damage control his coalition has undertaken ahead of the midterm elections.

'OLIVOSGATE' SCANDAL

Courts to formally accuse Fernández of violating Covid-19 rules

25-08-2021 17:02 President Alberto Fernández will be formally accused by the courts with violating his own Covid-19 quarantine rules before the weekend, according to judicial sources.

EDITORIAL

A photo can be worth more than a thousand votes

21-08-2021 09:30 The Olivos scandal does not necessarily doom the government to midterm defeat – where it is absolutely irreversible is in the destruction of presidential authority.

bilateral relations

Fernández, Lacalle Pou look to put aside tensions at Olivos dinner

15-08-2021 09:38 President Alberto Fernández received his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Lacalle Pou, at the Olivos presidential residence on Friday, with both leaders searching for common ground amid Mercosur tensions.

Scandal

Partying in Olivos

14-08-2021 07:22 The line between being an able negotiator with the capacity to speak “eye to eye” with almost anyone, and becoming a charlatan is a fine one, particularly in politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Politics & the pandemic

Fernández under fire for Olivos birthday party during lockdown

13-08-2021 21:18 President offers mea culpa after photo emerges showing illegal birthday party for First Lady Fabiola Yáñez took place at presidential residence last year during strict coronavirus lockdown.

BEHIND THE DIPLOMATIC CURTAIN

Secrets of Mr. Sullivan’s visit

11-08-2021 16:13 The White House’s top geopolitical advisor lunched at Olivos presidential residence last week, meeting ministers, businessmen and President Alberto Fernández. Vaccines, development and debt were among a broad range of conversation topics.

by Gustavo González

LEAKED DOCUMENTS

Ex-model’s visits to presidential residence prompts legal complaint

29-07-2021 12:07 President Alberto Fernández in hot water after leaked documents show former model Sofía Pacchi visited Olivos presidential residence more than 60 times during Covid-19 pandemic, including times when country was under strict lockdown.

MIDTERMS 2021

Alberto and Cristina reunite to chart economic course for campaign

14-07-2021 14:27 President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner huddled with Santiago Cafiero, Martín Guzmán and Axel Kicillof recently at the Olivos presidential residence. Sides agreed on no more austerity in order to inject money into upcoming electoral tussle.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Coronavirus pandemic

Protesters take to streets to reject tightened Covid measures

18-04-2021 08:20 Protesters took to the streets in Buenos Aires on Saturday to demonstrate against government’s tightened measures against Covid-19. Main rallies take place at Obelisk and outside Olivos presidential residence.

LAST SEVEN DAYS

What we learned this week: April 10 to 17

17-04-2021 09:21 The pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Rodríguez Larreta vows to challenge school closures before Supreme Court

17-04-2021 08:00 Buenos Aires City Mayor says he will do “everything possible to have children in class on Monday,” after president orders schools in AMBA to close for two weeks.

Coronavirus pandemic

Alberto Fernández in isolation after official tests positive for Covid-19

12-11-2020 02:08 President Alberto Fernández goes into isolation after Strategic Affairs Secretary Gustavo Beliz tests positive for Covid-19. Number of government officials follow suit.

Liga Profesional de Fútbol

Opening weekend overshadowed by Maradona’s health woes

05-11-2020 13:05 Top-flight football returned to Argentina last weekend, but most of the nation’s fans were focused on events in La Plata and row over River’s search for a temporary home.

by Dan Edwards

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

Police mutiny mayhem

12-09-2020 08:54 Anyone familiar with Argentina knows that it is a land of political agitation and volatility. Protests are nothing new, but a full-blown police mutiny over pay and working conditions is relatively rare.

by Martín Gambarotta

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