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Milei, Barrionuevo and the ‘casta sindical’

22-09-2023 05:50 Restaurant worker chieftain Luis Barrionuevo, who has been meeting with libertarian presidential frontrunner Javier Milei, is perhaps the union leader with the greatest number of leaps and bounds in modern Argentine politics.

by Javier Calvo

Victoria Villarruel, human rights, and truth

22-09-2023 05:19 Many victims and relatives of victims of armed organisations neither feel represented by, nor do they endorse, Victoria Villarruel’s claims and views on human rights.

by Gustavo Llarull**

Eduardo Porter: Argentina's dollarisation is a dangerous delusion

06-09-2023 11:08 Instead of hoping for a deus ex machina to restore macroeconomic stability, Argentines should strive for political institutions that reach the agreements every healthy economy needs.

Lula tightens grip on Brazil politics as economy defies odds

02-09-2023 10:25 Just six months ago, grim warnings about Brazil’s economy were looming over his pledge to restore prosperity, Lula is stronger today than when he assumed office.

Tyler Cowen: Argentina’s future is with the dollar

22-08-2023 10:21 Presidential candidate Javier Milei has some unorthodox policy ideas, but at least one is simple common sense: dollarising his country’s economy.

Milei and reaping what you sowed

19-08-2023 08:05 There could be another 1.2 million voters heading to the ballots on October 22 from increased participation. Assuming Bullrich and Massa absorb all of their primary rivals’ voters, will they be able to capture enough of those ‘new’ voters?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

In defence of Milei

11-07-2023 13:06 The debate proposed by La Libertad Avanza is a healthy one, although perhaps tainted by the source of its origin: they are raising it in order to cover up their own financial shenanigans.

by Javier Calvo

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

Research and behaviour: Gaps between production and use of scientific evidence

15-05-2023 11:02 There were documented warnings of an increasing likelihood of emerging infections or reinfections in a prevailing context of ecological and demographic changes.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

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

$420: The ‘elegant’ dollar

22-04-2023 06:23 This is the level of tension and uncertainty with which the Casa Rosada, the Economy Ministry, and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s closest allies live, the day-to-day vicissitudes of a failing administration.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

'Blue dollar' hits 420 – the reasons behind exchange rate turbulence

19-04-2023 12:31 Argentina’s complicated exchange rate spectrum was hit by further turbulence on Tuesday. The reasons behind the instability, according to the experts.

by Santiago Escobar

Massa on fire

25-03-2023 05:01 It’s been clear for some time now that Massa’s plan to resist through Peronist gradualism could reach a limit in terms of how many sources of fresh funds he’ll be able to conjure up.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Marching in March

24-03-2023 12:49 There is every reason to keep Memory Day alive for generations to come.

by Michael Soltys

Pebbles in the shoes of the fisherman

11-03-2023 03:16 Even if Jorge Bergoglio was actively encouraging slum priests at grass roots level from the start, he was doing good by stealth while his media splashes largely served to perpetuate the conservative image of the hierarchy.

by Michael Soltys

Why climate change is the greatest threat to human progress

07-03-2023 15:00 The Human Development Index is flashing red for the first time in three decades and adding to the urgency of reducing greenhouse gases.

CFK: Threescore and ten

18-02-2023 06:05 A very happy birthday to you, Madam Vice-President.

by Michael Soltys

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

Secret pacts between Massa & Alberto and Macri & Rodríguez Larreta

28-01-2023 01:19 Have the tables turned on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner? Public and private information indicates that Alberto Fernández and Sergio Massa have an explicit agreement regarding the 2023 presidential election.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Oktoberfest in January

27-01-2023 10:59 With German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in town this coming week, the Teutonic presence in Argentina seems as good a topic for today’s column as any.

by Michael Soltys