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Martín Gambarotta

Martín Gambarotta

There is no denying that Macri will not go out with a whimper, rather by whipping up one hell of a fuss.

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Macri’s magical mystery tour

12-10-2019 09:30 The backdrop to this chest-thumping is that Macri’s coalition appears to be quietly disintegrating backstage in a haze of cloak and dagger intrigue.

by Martín Gambarotta

At times Macri looks as if he’s hooked on being a candidate. But in reality he is the president.

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It ain’t over ’til it’s over

05-10-2019 09:56 Sergio Massa, a prominent member of the Peronist front, quipped that the president has embarked on a “farewell tour.”

by Martín Gambarotta

The waiting game

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The waiting game

28-09-2019 04:09 Executives in the private sector can barge their way into meetings and demand solutions. But politicians looking like lame ducks are waved back to the waiting room.

by Martín Gambarotta

President Macri and his wife, Juliana Awada.

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Argentina: running out of metaphors

21-09-2019 09:25 rgentina is the Titanic, to some. To others, Argentina is a cow with not enough milk to feed its calves. Metaphors abound when solutions are scarce.

by Martín Gambarotta

The hunger debate.

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The hunger debate

13-09-2019 23:41 Alberto Fernández’s words fill a vacuum. At times Macri is absent and seems to have delegated power almost entirely to his lieutenants.

by Martín Gambarotta

Show me the money

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Show me the money

07-09-2019 00:52 Hernán Lacunza, meanwhile, has declared that the measures to appease jittery savers “are working” and the exodus of deposits is slowing down.

by Martín Gambarotta

My name is bond, ‘reprofiled’ bond.

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My name is bond, 'reprofiled' bond

31-08-2019 00:37 When volatile Argentina shudders, its peso currency is thumped. The dollar deposit drain, a hushed issue that nobody wants to talk about in the open, is not slowing down.

by Martín Gambarotta

Macri's last attempt to save the economy.

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Déjà vu with Dujovne: so many ministers, so little joy

24-08-2019 09:47 Argentina has packed in so many officials with wonder recipes into three decades that the broth appears to have been spoilt for good.

by Martín Gambarotta

A defeated Macri.

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Macri fumbles PASO

17-08-2019 09:59 How did that happen? Well, unemployment is higher than in 2015. Poverty is higher than 2015. Inflation is higher than in 2015. Voters are having a hard time making ends meet. Top all that with the massive utility rate hikes and what do you get? Electoral defeat, that’s what.

by Martín Gambarotta

George Harrison and the PASO candidates.

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All things must PASO

10-08-2019 09:49 The president’s camp is painting tomorrow’s vote as a crucial polarising showdown — even when the turn-out in the primaries is usually about two million voters less than in October.

by Martín Gambarotta