News of province

Pre-PASO polls boost opposition's hopes in Buenos Aires Province

06-09-2021 18:15 Less than a week before primaries, Diego Santilli is polling higher than neuroscientist Facundo Manes in Buenos Aires Province. Two surveys show that share of vote going to opposition in key battleground region outscores ruling coalition candidate Victoria Tolosa Paz.

Vidal tells porteños to reject ‘resignation’ and vote ‘to stop Kirchnerism’

06-09-2021 16:14 Former Buenos Aires Province governor, now running as a candidate for deputy, looks set to see off the challenge of former economy minister Ricardo López Murphy in a split opposition list in the federal capital.

Buenos Aires Province scares creditors into accepting bond restructuring

31-08-2021 15:41 La Plata announced Monday that it had managed to restructure almost all its US$7.1 billion of defaulted debt, swapping it for new securities valued at just over 50 cents on the dollar. But some creditors say in practical terms they had no other choice than to accept the deal.

Buenos Aires Province to restructure 98% of bonds in debt deal

30-08-2021 16:04 Deal caps Argentina’s most recent round of debt restructurings, after nearly every province reached deals with bondholders over the past 12 months and the national government restructured its own US$65 billion in securities a year ago.

​​Vizzoti warns it is 'impossible to hold back' Delta strain

27-08-2021 21:12 Authorities in Buenos Aires Province confirm they have identified the first case of Delta variant contagion via community circulation in the region.

Buenos Aires Province: Debt swap has 90% support from creditors

26-08-2021 13:37 La Plata says it has reached an agreement with 90% of creditors to restructure more than US$7 billion of foreign debt, paving the way for region to exit default after 16 months.

Spoiled ballots the star in Salta elections won by Governor Sáenz

17-08-2021 15:06 A low turnout and a high percentage of number of blank ballots characterised the weekend's provincial elections in Salta.

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

Diego Santilli launches run for deputy in Buenos Aires Province

23-07-2021 01:42 Deputy Mayor presents resignation to City Hall in order to run as an opposition candidate for deputy in Buenos Aires Province. Heading PRO's list in upcoming PASO primaries, he will face a UCR slate topped by Facundo Manes.

Creditors now split over Buenos Aires Province's restructuring offer

22-07-2021 15:54 Buenos Aires Province's creditors are now divided over a US$7.1-billion debt restructuring proposal, signalling that Argentina’s largest province still has work to do to emerge from default.

Ruling coalition quietly works to define PASO line-up

08-07-2021 16:30 With just two weeks to go until lists need to be defined, party leaders are analysing their potential candidates. Victoria Tolosa Paz, Martín Insaurralde favourites to top list in Buenos Aires Province.

Supreme Court confirms 25-year prison term for BA Province minister's torturer

06-07-2021 16:47 Supreme Court confirms 25-year prison sentence against former Santa Fe provincial policeman Mario Alfredo 'Cura' Marcote, one of the torturers of current Buenos Aires Province Health Minister Daniel Gollán during the military dictatorship.

Gerardo Morales consolidates power in Jujuy elections

29-06-2021 21:09 Jujuy Province's Radical Governor Gerardo Morales registered a huge landslide win last Sunday – his Cambia Jujuy list finished almost 30 percent ahead of the Frente de Todos coalition in provincial legislative and municipal elections.

Macri describes midterms as 'most important' election since 1983

23-06-2021 09:45 Former president says opposition coalition must avoid "unnecessary primaries," calls on María Eugenia Vidal to run for a seat in Buenos Aires Province and says midterms will be the "most important" elections since 1983.

Argentina formally starts producing Russia’s Sputnik vaccine

04-06-2021 17:20 Alberto Fernández and Vladimir Putin formally announce that pharmaceutical company Laboratorios Richmond SA will start producing the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.

Buenos Aires Province creditors to review latest debt proposal

02-06-2021 16:32 Provincial government sends revised debt restructuring proposal to major creditors.

Former Santa Fe socialist governor Miguel Lifschitz dies from Covid-19

11-05-2021 14:43 Former socialist governor of Santa Fe Province Miguel Lifschitz passes away at private clinic in Rosario, three weeks after being admitted to intensive care with virus.

Report details alleged human rights violations in Formosa

08-05-2021 00:16 Formosa drops down domestic agenda, but remains in the spotlight internationally; Report from Human Rights Watch details alleged abuses.

by Jennifer Heiman

From cultural to dead cows

24-04-2021 09:58 The palindrome province of Neuquén features the paradox of supreme political stability with spasmodic social upheavals.

by Michael Soltys

City versus Nation

24-04-2021 00:55 The united front that initially confronted the pandemic, bringing heavyweight political rivals together, has degenerated into a bitter legal battle.