News of trump

US, Brazil to seek reset with Biden-Lula meeting

08-02-2023 17:18 The US and Brazil will seek to reset ties this week when President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva travels to Washington to meet Joe Biden, both keen to turn the page on the Jair Bolsonaro years.

Terror Trial

Uzbek man found guilty of New York bike path terror attack

26-01-2023 21:47 An Uzbek man who drove a truck down a New York bike path five years ago killing eight people – five of whom were visiting from Argentina – was found guilty Thursday of a raft of murder and terrorism charges.

US Politics

Trump officially launches 2024 White House bid

15-11-2022 23:59 "America's comeback starts right now," declares 76-year-old former US president before hundreds of supporters gathered in an ornate, flag-draped ballroom at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

US ELECTIONS 2022

Republicans make gains in US midterms but no 'red wave'

09-11-2022 17:11 Disappointing night for Donald Trump, who was counting on a powerful Republican showing to boost his expected 2024 run to return to White House.

US Elections

Midterms offer Biden hope in defeat

09-11-2022 13:05 Democrats outperform expectations as final results trickle in.

US MIDTERM ELECTIONS

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.

Inter-American Development Bank

IDB board recommends removing Trump-picked chief Claver-Carone

22-09-2022 23:39 Executive directors of the Inter-American Development Bank unanimously recommend ousting chief Mauricio Claver-Carone after a probe into an alleged romantic relationship with a top aide found he probably violated ethics rules.

Brazil Elections 2022

Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'cheap copy of Trump': Lula

23-08-2022 12:12 President Jair Bolsonaro’s rival for Brazil’s 2022 election, Lula, has dubbed him a “cheap copy” of Donald Trump, due to Bolsonaro’s repeated allegations that the Brazilian election system is liable for fraud.

As I see it

The Donald and Cristina show

12-08-2022 11:12 While Trump could well benefit from that FBI “raid” on his garish residential complex in Florida, for Cristina the outlook is rather less promising.

by James Neilson

UNITED STATES

FBI raid on Trump's home ignites political firestorm

10-08-2022 22:45 Leading Republicans rally around the former president after an extraordinary FBI raid on his palatial Florida residence.

Bloomberg

Key Argentina creditor hints at withholding new funding

26-07-2022 13:42 Argentina faces further potential isolation after one of its last-standing creditors suggested it won’t give new funding until the government organises itself better.

Brazil Elections

Speaking to ambassadors, Bolsonaro again questions electoral system

19-07-2022 14:47 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered diplomats on Monday to criticise the electoral system. All polls predict he will lose when the elections take place in three months.

OBITUARY

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s long-Serving prime minister, dies at 67

08-07-2022 13:51 Shinzo Abe, the 67-year old former prime minister fatally shot on Friday, built a legacy during a record-breaking tenure as a foreign policy hawk, but will likely be most remembered for an aggressive economic-growth strategy that bore his name.

Summit of the Americas

US opposes dictators? Yes! Except when it supports them

07-06-2022 14:44 Dictators are bad, except, well, when they're kind of OK: welcome to the moral gymnastics that Joe Biden is only the latest US president to embrace in a complicated world.

Ex-Presidents meet

Macri meets with Donald Trump in Florida

07-04-2022 17:55 Former presidents of Argentina and the United States meet at ex-reality TV star's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

SPECIAL REPORT

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

11-11-2021 13:40 The Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs. Its destruction has accelerated, especially in Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pushes to open protected lands and indigenous reservations to agribusiness and mining.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

30-08-2021 22:03 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accuses Joe Biden's administration of having "almost an obsession" with environmental issues.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

27-08-2021 02:21 In a sombre address on Thursday evening, Biden said he took responsibility for “all that’s happened of late” in Afghanistan but stood firm on his plans to withdraw American forces by August 31.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Echoing Trump, Bolsonaro attacks voting system ahead of elections

23-07-2021 02:51 President Jair Bolsonaro has ramped up his attacks on Brazil's long-established electronic voting system, suggesting he is bracing for defeat in elections next year – and to fight back, analysts say.

As I see it

Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

09-07-2021 22:22 The United States decided to retreat from Afghanistan after both Trump and his followers and Biden and his asked themselves: what is in it for us? The answer they gave themselves was: nothing much.

by James Neilson

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

26-06-2021 00:01 Venezuela, says Juan Guaidó, remains gripped by crisis and needs a plan of national salvation. The opposition leader, recognised by more than 60 nations as the country's interim president, on the need for free and fair elections, Argentina’s diplomatic stance and the position of Pope Francis.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

US-Middle East Relations

US seizes Iranian state news websites

23-06-2021 00:27 US Justice Department seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites and three more from the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, allegedly hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions.

Turkey under Erdogan

Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden

14-06-2021 19:02 "We believe there is no problem that cannot be resolved in Turkey-US relations," Erdogan added after holding his first meeting with Biden since his election.

US-Russia Relations

Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin

14-06-2021 18:03 "I'm not looking for conflict with Russia, but that we will respond if Russia continues its harmful activities," said the US President after his first NATO summit since being elected.

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin sinks and approaches US$30,000

08-06-2021 17:00 The price of bitcoin fell sharply on Tuesday by 8.6% to a value of $31,501, a level not seen since mid-May, dragging other cryptocurrencies in its wake.

SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP?

'An insult' — Trump responds to two-year Facebook ban

04-06-2021 14:59 Facebook says it has banned former US President Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment possible for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol.

US Politics

Biden says Republicans have lost their way in 'mini-revolution'

05-05-2021 19:10 US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that America's Republicans face an identity crisis after Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.

TAXING THE RICH

Joe Biden puts taxing the rich back in the spotlight

29-04-2021 00:35 US president unveils plan to nearly double the capital gains tax to 39.6% for US households making over $1 million, in his first speech to Congress.

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

20-04-2021 17:33 A jury in the United States reached a verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white former police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for the death of African-American George Floyd.

AS I SEE IT

Joe Biden sounds the retreat

17-04-2021 08:04 Biden, like Trump before him, decided that the time had come to pull all his country’s troops out of Afghanistan. The only difference is in the departure date.

by James Neilson

INTERVIEW: PERIODISMO PURO

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

03-04-2021 07:49 Scottish historian, professor and brilliant polemicist Niall Ferguson on the coronavirus pandemic, the global economic outlook and the causes of Argentina’s economic failure.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

News of trump

US, Brazil to seek reset with Biden-Lula meeting

Uzbek man found guilty of New York bike path terror attack

Trump officially launches 2024 White House bid

Republicans make gains in US midterms but no 'red wave'

Midterms offer Biden hope in defeat

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

IDB board recommends removing Trump-picked chief Claver-Carone

Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'cheap copy of Trump': Lula

The Donald and Cristina show

FBI raid on Trump's home ignites political firestorm

Key Argentina creditor hints at withholding new funding

Speaking to ambassadors, Bolsonaro again questions electoral system

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s long-Serving prime minister, dies at 67

US opposes dictators? Yes! Except when it supports them

Macri meets with Donald Trump in Florida

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

Echoing Trump, Bolsonaro attacks voting system ahead of elections

Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

Juan Guaidó: ‘We’re not depending on the good faith of a dictatorship’

US seizes Iranian state news websites

Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden

Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin

Bitcoin sinks and approaches US$30,000

'An insult' — Trump responds to two-year Facebook ban

Biden says Republicans have lost their way in 'mini-revolution'

Joe Biden puts taxing the rich back in the spotlight

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

Joe Biden sounds the retreat

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

Inside Macri's withdrawal and what it means for PRO's presidential hopefuls

Argentina default on foreign currency debt 'imminent,' says Fitch

Growing concern over rise in dengue and chikungunya cases

Mauricio Macri says he won’t run for president in 2023 election

Scaloni prepares to ring the changes for Argentina's friendly against Curaçao

El falaz argumento de moda que usan los malvinenses para justificar la permanencia británica en Malvinas

Tras la renuncia de Macri, Vidal pidió a candidatos de JxC reglas y plan económico

Santiago del Estero se llenó de luces: ¿flota de ovnis o satélites?

Massa y Taiana anunciaron la rejerarquización de las Fuerzas Armadas

Lluvias y otro descenso de temperatura: como será el clima durante la semana