POLITICS Menem, Villarruel agree to increase lawmakers' pay by 30% 08-03-2024 18:20 President Javier Milei says he is against move, declaring that “a lot of people are a lot worse off with a lot less money.”
POLITICS Amid anger at pay hikes, Milei trolls feminists on #8M 08-03-2024 12:42 Following controversy over lawmakers' pay hikes, President Javier Milei’s administration trolls feminist campaigners on International Women’s Day by announcing it will rename the Casa Rosada’s “Salón de las Mujeres.”
POLITICS & CONGRESS Martín Menem defends decision to hire 23-year-old nephew for Congress job 05-03-2024 14:24 Lower House Speaker Martín Menem (La Libertad Avanza) defends decision to appoint 23-year-old 'once-removed' nephew to lush Congress job reported to pay two million pesos a month.
CRIME & SECURITY Islamic association decries vandalism of Carlos Menem Sr and Jr tombs 16-02-2024 10:05 Tombs of former president Carlos Menem and his son Carlos Jr vandalised along with 100 other graves at the Buenos Aires Islamic Cemetery.
A WALK THROUGH HISTORY How Argentina arrived to 40 years of democracy 09-12-2023 09:31 From Raúl Alfonsín to Alberto Fernández, a breathless, compressed account of how Argentina traversed four decades of democracy. by Michael Soltys
POLITICS Milei’s team for Congress: Menem for lower house, Paoltroni in Senate 04-12-2023 18:00 Heads of lower and upper houses will be libertarians “following democratic tradition of last 40 years,” says president-elect’s office;
PRESIDENT IN ANTARCTICA Alberto Fernández arrives in Antarctica for historic trip 22-02-2023 14:06 Head of state and accompanying delegation arrived at Marambio Base ahead of national address and inauguration of three new southern bases.
Inflation Rises Inflation hit 94.8% in 2022, highest rate in 32 years 12-01-2023 17:34 INDEC reveals that prices increased by 5.1% in December, continuing the general downward trend but accelerating slightly from the preceding month.
As I see it Ports in a storm 25-07-2022 15:56 Why is Boris Johnson out of office, but Alberto Fernández clings on? The simplest answer to that question lies in the difference between parliamentary and presidential democracy. by James Neilson
AMIA Bombing Renewed calls for justice 28 years after attack on AMIA Jewish Centre 19-07-2022 13:32 Argentine Jews are still waiting for justice, nearly 30 years after a terrorist attack which killed 85. They demonstrated their frustration with the lack of answers this Monday outside the rebuilt Jewish Centre.
AND THAT REMINDS ME… The maybes of May 14-05-2022 00:01 Today’s anniversary is nowhere in the current agenda with plenty of issues to absorb our attention, yet stopping to recall the Menem years would not go amiss. by Michael Soltys