News of Michael Soltys

Michael Soltys

Michael Soltys, who first entered the Buenos Aires Herald in 1983, held various editorial posts at the newspaper from 1990 and was the lead writer of the publication’s editorials from 1987 until 2017.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The forgotten reform

24-01-2026 00:17 Central to the passage of Milei's labour reform is the assent of the provincial governors controlling the deputies and senators needed to take the ruling party to an overall parliamentary majority.

by Michael Soltys

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Is Vaca Muerta now a dead cow – and EU-Mercosur deal a cherubic baby?

17-01-2026 00:12 Today will go down as a historic day with the world’s biggest free-trade area numbering over 700 million consumers signed into being in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción.

by Michael Soltys

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Fracas in Caracas

10-01-2026 06:43 Whisking Maduro from a heavily guarded Caracas military base to a New York courtroom was also an almost magical feat but has yet to prove a game-changer in Venezuelan history. If Bolivarian 21st-century socialism could outlive Hugo Chávez, it could also survive Maduro.

by Michael Soltys

2025: YEAR IN REVIEW

2025: The year that was

31-12-2025 00:01 The death of a pontiff, an American Pope, Milei’s provincial election disaster, and midterm comeback, Javier at the White House, Trump’s tariffs, new envoys, Washington’s bailout, CPAC, Cryptogate, mysterious luggage, ANDIS claims, Cristina jailed, IMF backing, deadly flooding, Supreme Court rows, 'El Eternauta,' no divine justice for Diego, Garrahan protests, Lula in BA, triple narco murder, Oasis at River and a new Congress… just another year in Argentina.

by Michael Soltys

'Tiempos Circulares' (2025); Directed by Andrés Dunayevich; Documentary; 78 minutes.

FILM & CINEMA

Sending silence to oblivion

22-12-2025 17:35 'Tiempos Circulares' (2025); Directed by Andrés Dunayevich; Documentary; 78 minutes.

by Michael Soltys

News of Michael Soltys

Michael Soltys

The forgotten reform

Is Vaca Muerta now a dead cow – and EU-Mercosur deal a cherubic baby?

Fracas in Caracas

2025: The year that was

Sending silence to oblivion

Is Kast caste?

The curtain falls … and rises

And so it (almost) ends

Disunited provinces

The City and the Senate

Karina rules OK

The colour purple

Turkish Republic marks 102nd anniversary

UK ambassador welcomes new ABCC authorities

151 shades of grey

Trump card or joker in the pack?

‘Panic Show’ name of the game

A spooky Halloween earlier this month?

The future’s not ours to see

The lion sleeps tonight

Blast from the past

A tale of two provinces

Swimming against the current

Ins and outs of Congress

Jousting in the lists

An interactive Dracula

Deadlines or lifelines?

The future Senate – Victoria’s secret?

Darkness at midnight

Anatomy of a macrocephalic

Independence for whom?

The autumn of the patriarch

Midterms in midyear

Begin the begin

The lady vanishes

On a mission in omission

Where angels fear to tread

Milei’s purple patch

Things ain’t what they used to be – and nor were they then

They also serve who only stand and wait

Four-by-four voting

Pioneering women’s ed club celebrates 90th year

Former US ambassador to Argentina Lino Gutiérrez dies aged 74

The great debate

Not just a rationale for atheism

Ronnie Scott laid to rest at British Cemetery

First day of the rest of the year

A nose for theatre

Ronnie Scott, beloved World War II veteran, dies aged 107

And so it begins