MATE SHORTAGE ON WAY? Drought threatens yerba mate production 17-03-2022 07:17 Drinkers of Argentina’s favourite infusion may face supply problems next year, producers warn, due to fierce drought in country’s northeast.
FRENTE DE TODOS Cristina sets stage for IMF talks – with a message to the opposition and a memo for Alberto 30-11-2021 16:06 Argentina's vice-president breaks her silence, asking the opposition to accompany negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. by Rosario Ayerdi
ENVIRONMENT Latin America’s climate to-do list after COP26 16-11-2021 16:23 Following intense talks, governments will now have to deliver on a set of commitments announced at the UK climate summit, from decarbonisation to ending deforestation
ARGENTINE PONTIFF Chicken walk and mate: Pope Francis' health, from colon to sciatica 05-07-2021 10:57 Pope Francis was doing well on Monday after surgery for an inflamed large colon, but the 84-year-old was expected to spend around seven days recovering in hospital, the Vatican said. A look at the Argentine pontiff's other health problems.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD Mauricio and Cristina take centre-stage 27-03-2021 07:38 Both former presidents are both playing their games and talking to their people. The problem is we’re stuck in the middle. by Agustino Fontevecchia
POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC The year of the jab 06-03-2021 09:29 The president’s speech was not all about Covid. Fernández drove home the message – with the five members of the Supreme Court looking on remotely – that he is not satisfied with the performance of the judicial branch. by Martín Gambarotta
AS I SEE IT Alberto on the psychiatrist’s couch 06-03-2021 08:28 Is Alberto his own man or just a dutiful servant who is willing to go to any extreme to ingratiate himself with an employer who has plenty of good reasons to despise him? by James Neilson
THE WEEK What we learned this week: December 26 to January 2 02-01-2021 08:48 Our pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA Autopsy: Maradona suffered from liver, kidney, heart disorders 26-12-2020 10:39 Report says footballer had no alcohol or narcotics in his body at time of his death.
POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC There's only one Maradona - Argentina after the funeral 05-12-2020 10:22 For most of the year, Fernández and Rodríguez Larreta navigated the pandemic together, avoiding confrontation. But that initial congeniality is giving way to confrontation as next year's midterms draw ever closer. by Martín Gambarotta
US ELECTION 2020: CANDIDATE PROFILE Donald Trump: the wrecking ball who came to 'fix' America 31-10-2020 08:49 On November 3, Americans will decide whether to switch off the reality show. Trump, for one, certainly doesn't think they will.
OPEN LETTER Fernández de Kirchner calls for political pact to end Argentina’s currency woes 27-10-2020 00:20 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called Tuesday for a grand political agreement to resolve Argentina’s mounting currency crisis, a move that was mostly met with incredulity among the opposition.
Ex-Colombia president Judge orders ex-Colombian president Uribe freed from house arrest 11-10-2020 08:43 Judge orders release of former president, in a case that has divided Colombia and exposed lingering tensions over its peace accord for ending a half-century conflict with leftist guerrillas.
EDITORIAL Uncertainty amid the malaise 10-10-2020 09:41 Burning as all these problems are, literally so in the case of the fires and metaphorically in the case of the economic and monetary crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, none of them are really being faced by a government seeking or obsessed with another agenda.
POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC Land occupations and rising poverty pose problems for Peronism 26-09-2020 08:53 The eviction of squatters at the Guernica encampment in Buenos Aires Province has been temporarily delayed – but the problems it poses and represents aren’t going away anytime soon.
PERIODISMO PURO / INTERVIEW Matías Kulfas: 'We believe in an active state, which complements the market' 29-08-2020 08:36 Argentina’s Productive Development Minister on post-pandemic Argentina, the state’s role in the economy and balancing public accounts. by Jorge Fontevecchia
LA GRIETA Argentina’s burnout syndrome 29-08-2020 08:28 The lack of social contact, confinement, and a current state of alert given protracted panic is causing anxiety and cognitively wearing down our population, making the future recovery even more uncertain. by Agustino Fontevecchia
Colombian leader Ex-Colombia president Uribe resigning Senate seat amid probe 19-08-2020 09:21 Uribe posted his resignation letter on Twitter, denouncing the court’s decision to place him under house arrest while the probe advances as a violation of his rights that “eliminates any expectation of being able to return to the Senate.”