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The elections according to Saint John

08-07-2023 06:59 San Juan is not an especially attractive city for tourists but it does have an uncanny knack for being a venue for key turning-points in Argentine political history.

by Michael Soltys

The men in the middle

01-07-2023 08:46 Hard not to read this as an unmitigated defeat for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner but those who see her as the ultimate political genius view this as a cunning move to leave Massa holding the baby for an inevitable national defeat while tightening her own grip on pivotal Buenos Aires Province.

by Michael Soltys

Umpteen candidates in search of an author

03-06-2023 06:08 If Horacio Rodríguez Larreta had again thwarted Mauricio Macri plans by imposing Fernán Quirós over Jorge Macri, this would have been three strikes and out in the PRO founder’s esteem – a hostility potentially fatal to the outgoing City mayor’s presidential ambitions.

A no-win election

27-05-2023 06:45 The fact remains that the last three people to run Argentina have all opted to sit this election out. The only question here is what lies behind their “fear to tread.”

by Michael Soltys

PRO or provincial?

21-04-2023 09:56 Does the end of six decades of one-party rule in Neuquén mark a new era for the province now and for the nation later this year?

by Michael Soltys

Credit Suisse accused of hindering probe into Nazi accounts

19-04-2023 10:13 Credit Suisse accused of impeding an investigation into its historical assistance to Nazis that had revealed a number of previously undisclosed accounts, including 99 allegedly linked to German officials or Nazi-affiliated groups in Argentina.

US votes with Biden agenda at stake – and Trump in the wings

08-11-2022 11:50 At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate and a slew of state and local positions. Five states are holding referendums on abortion – California, Vermont, Kentucky, Montana and Michigan.

Lower house approves 2023 Budget after marathon session

26-10-2022 12:23 Ruling coalition secures approval of 2023 Budget bill with 180 votes in favour, 22 against and 49 abstentions, though articles to strip income tax exemptions for judges and judicial workers fails to win support.

Divide and rule (but not rule of law)

23-04-2022 00:01 A separation of powers still nominally exists but all three branches of government now respond to partisan battle lines.

CFK’s battle against Judiciary escalates amid Magistrates Council row

22-04-2022 23:51 Conflict erupts after Supreme Court orders restoration of Council of Magistrates, body that oversees hiring and firing of judges; Vice-President Fernández de Kirchner reacts by splitting Senate caucus as ruling coalition eyes expansion for nation’s top court.

Senate approves IMF deal, now goes to board vote

18-03-2022 09:10 In a 56-13 vote with three abstentions, senators approve legislation underpinning Argentina’s latest IMF programme.

Senate set to open debate on government's IMF bill

13-03-2022 21:25 IMF bill due to reach Senate Budget Committee on Monday, with the ruling coalition wanting it approved by the end of the week.

Fernández slams Macri in speech to Congress, prompting opposition walkout

04-03-2022 23:07 Opposition PRO party lawmakers walk out on speech to Congress after president once again attacks Macri for agreeing an “unpayable foreign debt” with IMF.

Buenos Aires provincial legislature approves mayoral re-election for 2023

31-12-2021 00:50 Mayors, lawmakers and councillors in Buenos Aires Province can now seek a third term in office after provincial deputies speed through vote modifying law preventing their re-election after two consecutive terms in office.

by James Grainger

How to freak out the IMF, an Argentine story

20-11-2021 11:55 It is difficult to fathom an IMF that will ink a deal with a nation that upholds dual exchange rates, price controls, relentless monetary expansion, and massive energy and utility subsidies in the context of perpetual deficits and extremely high inflation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

The second half

20-11-2021 11:54 Lessons from last Sunday’s election – and pointers for what lies ahead.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Kirchnerism renews its control of the Conurbano

15-11-2021 21:37 In Greater Buenos Aires, the ruling party increased its number of votes from the PASOs, reversing defeats Quilmes and San Martín. Opposition did manage to turn round the race in Lanús, where Juntos por el Cambio won by less than a point.

Todos contentos

15-11-2021 16:10 With less catastrophic results than those anticipated by the PASO primaries, all the politicians have to do now is open dialogue and get the country out of the national crisis...

by Carlos De Angelis

Government loses majority in Congress, seeks dialogue with opposition

15-11-2021 00:22 Frente de Todos coalition set to drop from 41 to 35 seats in the 72-member Senate, based on projections with more than 98% of votes counted.

Macri on election: ‘It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another’

15-11-2021 00:00 “The result confirms that it is the end of one era and the beginning of another," declares former president Mauricio Macri.