News of presidency

Chile interior minister quits to run for president

05-03-2025 11:06 Chile's centre-left interior minister Carolina Tohá announces her bid for presidency, with opposition still dominating early polls.

UNITED STATES

Trump warns business leaders: produce in US or pay tariffs

23-01-2025 23:52 US president issues blunt warning to global elites, stating that products should be made in the United States or they will face rising tariffs.

POLITICS

Macri tells Milei he’s ready to team up for midterms

09-01-2025 21:13 Former president uses social media to respond to head of state’s flirting and tells him PRO is “ready to form a work team with whoever you offer.”

GUEST VOICE

Axel Kicillof: The economics of cruelty

10-08-2024 06:57 Thanks to Milei, the rich are richer and the poor poorer while the middle class is in free fall.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Is there life after presidency?

10-08-2024 05:12 If vice-presidents have historically been a pebble in the shoe for heads of state, ex-presidents have also been a factor worthy of mention.

by Michael Soltys

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Marcos Peña: ‘Our team lost the match, it wasn't just won by Milei’

20-04-2024 05:11 Former Cabinet chief returns in a reflective mood, discussing Mauricio Macri’s PRO, the future Juntos por el Cambio and the rise of La Libertad Avanza.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

POLITICS

Milei's ‘Bermuda triangle’ stalks government officials

20-03-2024 22:02 The three members of Javier Milei’s inner circle have the authority to bounce any Cabinet member they see fit – and there have already been nine top-level exits in the first three months of the president’s term.

by Ramón Indart

POLITICS

Macri assumes control of PRO after deal with Bullrich

20-03-2024 11:32 Former head of state will take on presidency of party he founded in 2005 for first time; Vicente López Mayor Soledad Martínez named first vice as Patricia Bullrich steps aside with allies secured in key positions.

COMMUNICATION & POLITICS

Argentina's 'troll' president: Milei takes aim at rivals online

07-03-2024 15:42 Argentina’s outspoken ultra-liberal president expresses himself online at frantic speed, using social media sites as a both a platform for his "revolution" and an outlet for his anger.

POLITICS

Macri praises ‘honest’ and ‘well-intentioned’ Milei

07-03-2024 14:01 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta voices opposition to ‘co-government’ or ‘merger’ between PRO and La Libertad Avanza, criticises party colleague Patricia Bullrich's decision to join Javier Milei's government.

US POLITICS

Trump hails Super Tuesday wins, Nikki Haley to drop out of race

06-03-2024 10:15 Donald Trump marches towards a White House rematch with US President Joe Biden; Nikki Haley reportedly set to drop out Wednesday after a heavy defeat in 'Super Tuesday' primaries.

Politics

Posse and Pettovello, key Milei ministers, tussle for posts and influence

06-03-2024 09:45 Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello, two high-profile officials without previous political experience, are ramping up tensions in President Javier Milei’s government.

by Pablo Varela

DECADE ON FROM DEATH

Chávez legacy looms large, and divides Venezuela, 25 years on

02-02-2024 12:21 Charismatic revolutionary Hugo Chávez, who became the symbolic leader of the left in Latin America, died in 2013, but his 'Chavismo' political movement lives on.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Boca election result is a victory for Riquelme and clubs nationwide

22-12-2023 13:47 Ibarra and Macri proceeded in a desperate campaign to link Boca’s legendary ex-playmaker with some sort of shadowy plot to construct the Xeneize as the last bastion of evil Kirchnerism. Their gambit backfired.

by Dan Edwards

Presidential handover

Zelenskyy arrives in Buenos Aires for Milei's inauguration

10-12-2023 09:02 Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Buenos Aires ahead of the inauguration of president-elect Javier Milei.

EDITORIAL

Exit Alberto... and enter Milei

09-12-2023 08:01 Milei has to be seen as a work in progress – even if many would see him as a piece of work. But one thing is certain, he is where the buck stops, as from today.

POLITICS

Milei enjoys peak honeymoon phase

02-12-2023 14:48 While serious doubts remain, Argentina’s president-elect is acting carefully and strategically in the conformation of his cabinet and government, seemingly betting on experience over ideology. Once the glow begins to dim and his “chainsaw” austerity plan is in full force, what Milei will face the music?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CABINET APPOINTMENTS

Milei confirms Luis Caputo will be economy minister

29-11-2023 08:19 President-elect says in interview upon return from trip to United States that both the Treasury and the IMF "understand Argentina's problems perfectly” and that ex-Macri administration official Luis Caputo will serve as economy minister.

New government

Milei to appoint ex-Menem-era advisor as energy secretary

28-11-2023 15:56 Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo set to be appointed energy secretary and given responsibility for unravelling and restructuring subsidies on public utilities.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President-elect heads to US, invites Lula to inauguration

26-11-2023 18:47 Milei's incoming foreign minister travelled to Brazil to invite President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to December 10 inauguration.

POLITICS & FOOTBALL

Riquelme says he will face Macri in battle for control for Boca

15-11-2023 16:14 Juan Román Riquelme, Boca's current vice-president, says he will run in December 2 elections; Retired playmaker will head a ticket facing a challenge from Andrés Ibarra and ex-president Mauricio Macri.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: ‘PRO today is allying itself with an extreme rightist’

11-11-2023 04:23 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta on his PASO primary defeat, the future of Juntos por el Cambio, Macri and Bullrich’s decision to back Milei and what happens after December 10.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

As I see it

The chameleon versus the dog-man

28-10-2023 04:14 On Sunday, much of the electorate let Bullrich and her backers know that the last thing it wanted was a dose of realism, no matter how small, and sent her packing.

by James Neilson

ELECTION 2023

Candidates go on attack in lively second presidential debate

08-10-2023 22:00 Sparks fly in as Massa and Bullrich go on offensive; Milei asks voters to reject same well-trodden path; Bregman plays to base as Schiaretti pitches federal route to prosperity.

by James Grainger

ELECTION 2023

Poll: Milei growing ahead of election, Massa on rise, Bullrich takes a dive

18-09-2023 17:41 New Opina Argentina survey offers projections ahead of the general election; Libertarian frontrunner grows in polls but comeback looks difficult for Bullrich; Massa on track to finish second.

As I see it

An election campaign like no other

16-09-2023 05:42 As far as Sergio Massa is concerned, the short term is all that matters. He takes it for granted that, once in office, he will be able to do whatever it takes to repair the damage.

by James Neilson

Politics

The make-up of Victoria Villarruel’s inner circle

07-09-2023 15:04 Javier Milei’s vice-presidential candidate has close group taken from her teams from the Fundación Oíd Mortales and the Partido Demócrata of Buenos Aires Province. Trajectories and thoughts of a hermetic group on the rise.

by Giselle Leclercq

Election 2023

Milei, telepathic conversations with dogs and mental health

02-09-2023 06:17 Beyond allegedly having telepathic conversation with living and dead animals, God and historical economists, Milei has an extremely short fuse, quickly escalating into a level of rage that is uncommon in someone expected to lead in times of crisis.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTION 2023

Four theses about Javier Milei

26-08-2023 06:30 In the age of near total smartphone and Internet penetration, Javier Milei has proven that a viral phenomenon is more powerful than the traditional party structures that supposedly guarantee the vote throughout the nation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTION 2023

Milei to send team for investor talks in New York

25-08-2023 10:58 Advisers for Javier Milei will travel to New York in September to present their economic plans to Wall Street banks for the first time.