Bloomberg Billionaire Paolo Rocca has a Plan B for lithium if alpha bid fails 11-10-2023 08:10 Billionaire Paolo Rocca’s oil drilling unit will enter the lithium business one way or another.
HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY Briana: six-year-old’s tragic death highlights inequality in Argentina 22-07-2023 06:59 Child mortality is an ongoing tragedy in Argentina’s indigenous communities. The recent death of six-year-old Briana, a member of Salta’s Wichi community, in a hospital waiting-room last March highlights the precarious conditions facing residents in the north of the country and the failure of successive governments to protect the rights of all citizens. by Sabrina Chemen
ELECTIONS 2023 ‘Super Sunday’ elections continue run of ruling party wins 15-05-2023 18:14 Peronist governors in the provinces of Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa and Salta returned for new terms.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS To vote or not to vote 13-05-2023 08:45 However cavalier the strongmen of these two inland provinces have been with constitutional limits in seeking multiple consecutive terms, the last-minute timing of the Supreme Court’s interruption of the electoral process is extremely unfortunate, lending itself easily to government outrage. by Michael Soltys
ELECTION 2023: TWO SUPER-SUNDAYS Eight provincial elections to watch with national impact 04-05-2023 00:23 The first two weekends of May come with several provincial elections in which Argentina’s two main coalitions (Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio) can take the temperature of the hinterland. This Sunday will see gubernatorial elections in Jujuy, Misiones and La Rioja, followed by Tucumán, San Juan, Salta, La Pampa and Tierra del Fuego the next Sunday. In all cases the incumbent governments, whether belonging to one of the two main coalitions or provincial parties are tipped as favourites.
SCANDALOUS COMEBACK ON CARDS? Disgraced ex-mayor ousted amid scandal plans another run for office 09-04-2023 10:06 Juan Rosario Mazzone, disgraced former mayor of the small town of El Bordo in Salta, attempts political comeback after serving a three-year sentence for corruption of minors; 70-year-old was ousted from post in 2015 after leaked photos showed him posing half-naked with minors.
Bloomberg Rio Tinto buys US$825-million lithium project in battery push 21-12-2021 18:24 Rio Tinto Group agrees to buy a lithium mine in Argentina for US$825 million as the world’s second-biggest miner accelerates its push into battery materials.