News of peronists

Elon Musk meets José Mayans

11-05-2024 06:27 RIGI is the most beneficial regime ever created in the country for foreign investors and it is causing a divide among foreign and local businesses.

by Marcelo J. García

ELECTION 2023

Ñoquis, gatos, gorilas and la grieta – a glossary for Argentine politics

16-11-2023 16:46 Animals, food and ideology – the sources of the unique expressions that dominate politics in Argentina and how to understand the terminology.

ELECTION 2023

Debt, inflation and the peso: Argentina's election worries

17-10-2023 12:27 As Argentines head to the polls on October 22 for a crucial presidential election, candidates have campaigned hard on proposed elixirs for the country's economic ills.

as i see it

Corruption as a way of life

07-10-2023 06:55 In Argentina, there are thousands of men and women who, like Martín Insaurralde, have grown accustomed to milking the country’s political institutions.

by James Neilson

'Ganancias' bill

Argentina to all but end income tax as election spending spurs inflation

29-09-2023 09:27 Sergio Massa's push to eliminate income taxes for almost all formal workers wins approval in the upper house.

'Plan platita'

Government boosts election spending, risking even more inflation

26-09-2023 23:51 Informal jobs make up nearly half of Argentina’s labour market, depending on the degree of formality that’s considered.

'plan platita' reloaded

Massa targets three million voters with informal worker bonus

26-09-2023 23:44 Hours before electoral ban comes into effect, ruling coalition presidential candidate Sergio Massa makes one last ‘plan platita’ play; Economy minister targets between two and three million voters in informal sector with post-devaluation payments.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Two’s grieta, three’s a crowd

19-08-2023 06:01 While we are constantly told that Greater Buenos Aires is the “mother of all battles” deciding every election, Javier Milei’s win was hinterland payback, winning 16 of the 23 provinces, all inland – the mirror image of his 2021 midterm electoral advent

by Michael Soltys

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Election’s rightward shift spurs investor optimism

26-06-2023 14:10 Presidential election looks increasingly likely to usher in a pro-business government after the ruling coalition coalesced around Sergio Massa as its candidate.

ELECTIONS 2023

Economy Minister Sergio Massa to run for president

23-06-2023 23:51 Rulikng coalition, recently rebranded as Union por la Patria, will run a single candidate in presidential elections to be held later this year: Economy Minister Sergio Massa.

UNREST IN JUJUY

Fernández, Morales continue to fuel flames of unrest in Jujuy

23-06-2023 01:14 President Alberto Fernández slams brutal repression in northern province but fails to condemn violence; Peronist leader says he will push to have constitutional reform struck down as “unconstitutional.”

ELECTIONS 2023

Argentina’s political hegemony crumbles in the face of primaries

17-06-2023 06:04 In a nation accustomed to charismatic leaders that create vertical organisations, the fragmentation of the political field is creating a whole lot of stress and volatility. And savagery has taken over.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTIONS 2023

Massa assesses options ahead of impending electoral decision

08-06-2023 01:07 Argentina’s economy minister is poised to define his future in the Cabinet. Three key scenarios for sustaining calm on the money markets. A tense relationship with Alberto Fernández and a wink from Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Ariel Maciel

ELECTIONS 2023

Opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition at odds over Schiaretti

05-06-2023 17:17 Tensions soar in opposition coalition over potential incorporation of Cordóba Province Governor Juan Schiaretti; Patricia Bullrich against push from Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Gerardo Morales to approve veteran Peronist’s introduction.

ELECTIONS 2023

Ruling parties win gubernatorial elections in La Rioja, Jujuy and Misiones

08-05-2023 11:08 No surprises in first ‘Super Sunday’ of year as Argentina’s 2023 election calendar advances; Hugo Passalacqua elected governor in Misiones by huge margin; Ricardo Quintela secures re-election for Frente de Todos in La Rioja; Radical Carlos Sadir triumphs in Jujuy to succeed Gerardo Morales.

News of peronists

Elon Musk meets José Mayans

Ñoquis, gatos, gorilas and la grieta – a glossary for Argentine politics

Debt, inflation and the peso: Argentina's election worries

Corruption as a way of life

Argentina to all but end income tax as election spending spurs inflation

Government boosts election spending, risking even more inflation

Massa targets three million voters with informal worker bonus

Two’s grieta, three’s a crowd

Election’s rightward shift spurs investor optimism

Economy Minister Sergio Massa to run for president

Fernández, Morales continue to fuel flames of unrest in Jujuy

Argentina’s political hegemony crumbles in the face of primaries

Massa assesses options ahead of impending electoral decision

Opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition at odds over Schiaretti

Ruling parties win gubernatorial elections in La Rioja, Jujuy and Misiones

Stories that caught our eye: December 13 to 20

Argentina takes steps to speed up Milei’s dollarisation strategy

Colombia offers to safeguard Maduro foes at Argentina's Embassy as stand-off deepens

Milei, Caputo increasing bullish as they outline new IMF deal timeline

IMF in talks with Argentina on loan to succeed US$44-billion deal

Sin moratoria previsional en 2025, aseguran que sólo 1 de cada 10 mujeres podrá jubilarse

Uno de los asilados en la Embajada argentina en Caracas se entregó a la justicia chavista

Culiao: para investigador del Conicet la campaña de Córdoba Turismo "merece un aplauso"

El canciller Gerardo Werthein intimó a la periodista Natasha Niebieskikwiat: "Es un caso de censura previa"

Argentina producirá café por primera vez en su historia: ¿Cómo fue posible hacerlo?