News of presidency

María Eugenia Vidal: ‘Losing an election was an enormous learning curve’

07-08-2021 09:42 Former Buenos Aires Province governor, now running in the Federal Capital for national deputy, on tensions in the opposition coalition, her presidential ambitions and what she learnt from losing an election.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Victory confirmed, Pedro Castillo must now tackle a divided Peru

23-07-2021 18:05 Leftist union activist Pedro Castillo will take the reins of a deeply divided country after being declared Peru’s president-elect.

Third Peru presidential defeat is least of Keiko Fujimori's problems

20-07-2021 11:09 After falling at the final hurdle for the third time running, Keiko Fujimori stands to lose a lot more than just her dream job: she may also be deprived of her freedom.

Castillo declared Peru's next president, Fujimori backs down

20-07-2021 10:53 Pedro Castillo finally confirmed as Peru's next president, six weeks after polarising vote. Rival right-winger Keiko Fujimori says she will recognise result "because it is required by the law and the constitution."

Final count in Peru shows Castillo as victor, Fujimori refuses to concede

16-06-2021 12:10 With 100% of ballots now counted, rural school teacher Pedro Castillo emerges as victor by a margin of just over 44,000 votes.

Peru nervously awaits outcome, nine days after presidential vote

15-06-2021 17:56 Presidential hopeful Pedro Castillo says he is "patiently waiting for a result" after the run-off held nine days ago. Keiko Fujimori continues to dispute result, as one lawmaker calls for new elections to be held.

As vote counts nears end, Peru prosecutor seeks custody for Keiko Fujimori

10-06-2021 14:21 A Peruvian prosecutor asked a court Thursday to order preventive custody for presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori, who is accused of corruption and trailing in the final tallying of votes cast in elections Sunday.

Peru leftist Castillo signals victory with nearly all votes counted

09-06-2021 09:12 Leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo indicates his party won Sunday's election, but rival right-winger Keiko Fujimori likely to demand recount.

Castillo and Fujimori, rivals vying for Peru's presidency

14-04-2021 11:41 Far-left unionist Pedro Castillo and right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori will vie for the presidency of Peru in a run-off election on June 6.

Peruvian socialist set to face Fujimori in battle of extremes

13-04-2021 14:25 Peru’s next leader will be either a rural schoolteacher who vows to nationalise industries, or the polarising right-wing daughter of a jailed strongman.

Diego Santilli: ‘I’d like Horacio Rodríguez Larreta as our presidential candidate’

13-03-2021 06:01 Buenos Aires City Deputy Mayor Diego Santilli on the future of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta’s “hands-on” leadership and security in the nation’s capital.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Carla Vizzotti takes up reins of Health Ministry

27-02-2021 07:21 Former health access secretary, 48, is a vaccine specialist best known for being the public face of the government’s daily coronavirus briefings.

Menem, ex-president who led Argentina for 10 years, dies at 90

14-02-2021 13:17 Former president, whose economic policies quashed hyperinflation during the 1990s but sowed the seeds for what became the largest debt default in history, has died. He was 90.

Trump pardons 73 people, including Steve Bannon, before departing office

20-01-2021 07:44 Pardons likely to draw allegations of cronyism, at the end of a term during which the president promised to "drain the swamp" of Washington politics.

New IDB boss Claver-Carone says he'll work for all of Latin America

15-09-2020 12:40 Mauricio Claver-Carone has been voted the new president of the Inter-American Development bank, making him the first non-Latin American head of the institution.

Former Santa Fe governor Hermes Binner dies aged 77

26-06-2020 19:01 Argentina’s first socialist provincial governor and runner-up in the 2011 presidential elections dies of acute pneumonia.

Trump wins Putin's backing as he's impeached for abuse of power

19-12-2019 07:53 By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th US president became just the third occupant of the White House in US history to be impeached.

Newly inaugurated Fernández off to frantic start

14-12-2019 09:26 Peronist leader’s first few days as head of state have moved at a frenetic pace, as Argentina’s new president offers the first real indications about what his administration’s priorities will be.