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President Alberto Fernández meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House on March 29, 2023.

Inside the bilateral: What did Alberto and Joe say to each other?

Yesterdat 21:54 President Alberto Fernández’s delegation spent more than an hour and a half in the White House; Seeking support in its discussions with the IMF, US President Joe Biden remarked on the heavy economic inheritance both leaders received upon taking office.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington

BILATERAL MEETING

Fernández asks Biden for IMF support in White House meeting

Yesterdat 17:28 Argentina's president hosted by United States leader at the West Wing in Washington; Alberto Fernández asks for US support with the International Monetary Fund and condemns war in Ukraine.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington

President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez are welcomed by Argentina's Ambassador to the United States Jorge Argüello as they land in New York.

BILATERAL MEET

Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of Biden bilateral

27-03-2023 10:59 President Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden; Economy Minister Sergio Massa travelling to Washington on Tuesday to join delegation.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from New York

President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, pictured during the head of state's March 2023 address marking the inauguration of the congressional year.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Alberto and Cristina on different pages when it comes to justice system

04-03-2023 15:09 The president's rhetoric against the Supreme Court did not satisfy the vice-president, who will voice her own views in a speech against the Judiciary on March 10. In the ruling coalition, there is little agreement over and all sectors have doubts about presidential candidacies.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Alberto and Cristina set for forced reunion at Congress

27-02-2023 13:18 Nine months after they last shared the stage at a public event, Argentina’s president and vice-president will be sat side-by-side on Wednesday at Congress as the legislative year gets underway.

by Rosario Ayerdi

INTERVIEW

Agustín Rossi: ‘Alberto Fernández will not put his aspirations first’

25-02-2023 09:34 Following Juan Manzur’s exit, veteran Santa Fe politician Agustín Rossi has returned to the Cabinet at the helm of the ministerial team. His main challenge is to maintain coalition unity in the midst of the debate over electoral strategy.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero talks to world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, at the G20 Leaders Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

Interview

Santiago Cafiero on standing in for the president, G20 and a chat with Joe Biden

18-11-2022 12:58 Foreign minister had to step in and replace President Alberto Fernández at the G20 Leaders Summit. In a short interview, he speaks about the tour, his chat with US President Joe Biden and Cecilia Todesca Bocco's candidacy for the Inter-American Development Bank.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Madrid

G20 LEADERS' SUMMIT

President’s health scare overshadows progress at G20 summit

17-11-2022 19:49 President Alberto Fernández suffered a health scare in Indonesia and was forced to skip a series of sessions and meetings. Yet despite the challenges, Argentina emerged with a satisfactory outcome from the Bali get-together.

by Rosario Ayerdi

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Fernández seeking more than words at bilateral with Xi Jingping

14-11-2022 14:37 During his upcoming bilateral meeting with the Chinese premier, Argentina’s president will seek better conditions in the use of currency swaps and be accompanied by Sergio Massa, who wants the relationship to stop being so unequal.

by Rosario Ayerdi

POLITICS

President travels to friendly France, brushing coalition tensions aside

10-11-2022 18:35 Alberto Fernández travels to France, putting 11,000 kilometres between him and the fights in Frente de Todos. His friendship with Emmanuel Macron contrasts sharply with relations with his own vice-president.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernández, Máximo Kirchner, Eduardo 'Wado' de Pedro.

POLITICS

PASOs and presidential hopefuls – sources of tension for Frente de Todos

31-10-2022 12:57 President Alberto Fernández is willing to go to bat to defend the PASOs and will run as a candidate, despite pressure from his coalition allies. Dialogue has broken down with delays to definitions likely to be the end result.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Victoria Tolosa Paz, pictured in the offices of the Social Development Ministry.

INTERVIEW

Victoria Tolosa Paz sets priorities: ‘There can be no excessive overlap of social plans’

17-10-2022 17:32 New Social Development Minister is settling into her new office, anticipating a new line for her stewardship. “You’re going to have to go out to work if you want to earn more than a minimum wage,” assures Victoria Tolosa Paz. New official feels that she has the support of all internal sectors within Frente de Todos and that they will only manage to be electorally competitive if they can succeed in “sorting out the lives of those with work and those without.”

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández meets with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

WHEN ALBERTO MET KRISTALINA

‘Doing well’ – IMF chief backs Argentina's course in meeting with president

19-09-2022 17:05 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva briefs media on “excellent” meeting with President Alberto Fernández; Reiterates praise for Economy Minister Sergio Massa, declaring: “Three ministers, one programme.”

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández speaks at a event in San Martín, Buenos Aires Province.

POLITICS

After attack on CFK, Alberto Fernández accepts tighter security

08-09-2022 23:27 The president resumed his agenda with a ceremony in San Martín this week, with some 20 percent of the presidential military staff now assigned to bodyguard duties. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is also more tightly guarded.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s ‘stupid state,’ piqueteros and inflation.

POLITICS / CRISTINA & THE COURTS

CFK looks ahead to 2023 as she awaits request for her conviction

21-08-2022 16:40 Argentina’s vice-president insists that her sentence in a corruption trial has already been signed – today, she is not even connecting to the remote hearings in which prosecutors detail her alleged graft crimes. Instead, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is looking ahead – she will stand for office in 2023, but where and on which ballot has not yet been decided.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernández, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Sergio Massa.

INSIDE TRACK

Soap opera over? The private meeting between Alberto, Cristina and Massa

07-07-2022 23:29 On Wednesday, July 6, at 8pm, president, vice-president and lower house speaker sat down for their first face-to-face meeting of the year so far.

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández meets with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders Summit in Bavaria.

REPORT FROM BAVARIA

Fernández highlights Malvinas claim in meeting with Boris Johnson

27-06-2022 15:07 Argentina’s president discusses sovereignty dispute with British prime minister on sidelines of G7 summit; Johnson responds that “issue was resolved 40 years ago.”

by Rosario Ayerdi

Summit of the Americas

Fernández and Bolsonaro meet for only second time at Americas Summit

10-06-2022 12:42 For Argentina's government, what was only the second face-to-face meeting between the leaders was just an informal exchange, but it is also the beginning of the thawing of a relationship that has had many flashpoints.

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, pictured at an event marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of state oil and energy firm YPF.

Reunion at Technopolis

Alberto and CFK expose their differences yet again – but with good manners

04-06-2022 10:41 President and the vice-president re-appear together at event marking 100 years of YPF; There were smiles – but also warnings from both sides.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Internal Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti.

POLITICS

Argentina’s ‘war against inflation’ provokes unrest in ruling coalition

05-04-2022 12:26 Officials in the ruling Frente de Todos coalition disagree on the best strategy for tackling this crucial battle.

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández is greeted by dignitaries from the government of Barbados after landing in the country on February 7, 2022.

PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN TOUR

President on IMF deal: ‘The majority of our political force will accompany us’

08-02-2022 22:38 President grants Zoom interview to journalists from Barbados, the final stop of his foreign tour, offering a balance of his trip and revealing his conversation from Beijing with Cristina Fernández Kirchner.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Máximo Kirchner, the 43-year-old son of two former presidents.

THE INSIDE TRACK

Máximo’s post-resignation plans and IMF deal strategy

03-02-2022 22:25 Frente de Todos lawmaker will not obstruct debate of the government’s IMF bill in Congress. The orders to his troops in Congress and what comes next.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina and Cristina Kirchner, vice president.

FRENTE DE TODOS

Cristina sets stage for IMF talks – with a message to the opposition and a memo for Alberto

30-11-2021 16:06 Argentina's vice-president breaks her silence, asking the opposition to accompany negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez arrive in Rome, October 29, 2021.

Alberto heads to Europe

Alberto Fernández arrives in Rome searching for key to unlock IMF deal

29-10-2021 21:55 President gets off plane at Fiumicino airport convinced that the G20 Leaders Summit may help unblock talks with the International Monetary Fund.

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez pose for a photograph with the flight crew of the plane taking his to Rome for the G20 Leaders Summit.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Fernández flies to Rome for G20 with a dozen bilaterals on his agenda

29-10-2021 01:28 President has meetings lined up with Kristalina Georgieva, Angela Merkel, Pedro Sánchez, Úrsula von der Leyen, Queen Máxima and the director-general of the World Health Organisation, among others.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Alberto Fernández.

CRISTINA & ALBERTO

Cristina gets what she wanted: a lot of Cabinet changes

18-09-2021 09:14 Manzur comes in as Cabinet chief, with Aníbal Fernández to Security portfolio; Cafiero becomes foreign minister, with De Pedro, Guzmán and Kulfas retained in key positions.

by Rosario Ayerdi

The battle for Buenos Aires Province: Facundo Manes, Victoria Tolosa Paz, Diego Santilli.

PASO PRIMARIES 2021

Frente de Todos seeks to turn around election in Buenos Aires Province

17-09-2021 14:03 Juntos por el Cambio finished ahead by more than four points in the key battleground province. The government will now go chasing the votes of Florencio Randazzo, Facundo Manes – as well as the ‘disappointed’ who didn’t turn out.

by Rosario Ayerdi

President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Frente de Todos doubles down in Buenos Aires Province

04-09-2021 10:09 Ruling coalition to stage two closing campaign rallies – Wednesday in Mar del Plata and Thursday at La Plata’s Estadio Unico stadium – as voting time draws near. Frente de Todos are confident of the race in Buenos Aires Province, but the opposition believes it’s more of an open contest.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Hurlingham Mayor Juan Zabaleta, Argentina's next Social Development Minister.

Politics

Fernández to appoint mayoral ally as minister in Cabinet reshuffle

02-08-2021 15:50 President set to install ally in key position – Hurlingham Mayor Juan Zabaleta will replace Daniel Arroyo as social development minister in upcoming reshuffle.

by Rosario Ayerdi

MIDTERMS 2021

Alberto and Cristina reunite to chart economic course for campaign

14-07-2021 14:27 President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner huddled with Santiago Cafiero, Martín Guzmán and Axel Kicillof recently at the Olivos presidential residence. Sides agreed on no more austerity in order to inject money into upcoming electoral tussle.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Midterms 2021

Fernández de Kirchner spearheads midterms campaign – with an eye on youth

19-06-2021 09:16 Vice-president has an ambitious target in mind ahead of this year’s midterms: she wants to win over a sector of young voters disillusioned with politics.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof (left).

POLITICS

Behind the scenes, Kicillof and Rodríguez Larreta seek to rebuild bridges

24-04-2021 00:42 City government believes fixing ties with Kirchnerite governor of Buenos Aires Province will repair the relationship at national level.

by Rosario Ayerdi

United: Axel Kicillof and Máximo Kirchner are the political leaders most listened to by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – and both have the 2023 election on their minds.

COVID RESTRICTIONS

Kirchnerite leaders escalate rhetoric against 'opposition directed by Macri'

17-04-2021 15:37 Axel Kicillof and Máximo Kirchner criticise Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, defend new Covid restrictions and talk up influence of former president Mauricio Macri on opposition coalition.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Martín Soria, Argentina's justice minister.

INTERVIEW: JUSTICE MINISTER

Martín Soria: ‘The manipulation of justice by the Macri family is nothing new’

10-04-2021 07:52 Argentina’s new Justice minister is ready to press ahead with judicial reform. He defines himself as simply a Peronist, laying stress on judges who visited Mauricio Macri for private meetings during his presidency.

by Rosario Ayerdi

From left to right: Larreta, Macri, Fernandez and Santilli.

EX-PRESIDENT IN SIGHTS?

Government wants Macri at forefront of election campaign

20-03-2021 08:07 With polls showing voters have economic crisis fresh in their mind, Peronist leaders give the order to attack former president during campaigning. Criminal complaint against former president over IMF debt deal is first step.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Argentina's next justice minister Martín Soria (left) and President Alberto Fernández.

NEW JUSTICE MINISTER

Martín Soria named new justice minister, replacing Marcela Losardo

15-03-2021 21:57 A week after he announced Marcela Losardo would be resigning her post, President Alberto Fernández taps 45-year-old Río Negro lawmaker Martín Soria to be Argentina’s new justice minister.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Kirchner.

ALBERTO´S FIRST YEAR

Covid, crisis, coalition tensions: Alberto Fernández's first year in office

12-12-2020 09:45 One year on from his inauguration, the president is pinning his hopes on a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign to kickstart Argentina’s economic recovery. Infighting in his Frente de Todos coalition is increasingly visible, but nobody wants to create a new rift which would end up favouring the opposition.

by Rosario Ayerdi

PERONIST LOYALTY DAY

Frente de Todos infighting as Alberto prepares to chair the PJ

17-10-2020 08:38 Today, on Peronist Loyalty Day, Alberto Fernández will be offered the chairmanship of the Partido Justicialista, in a bid to boost his presidency. Unity, however, may not last long, with infighting a problem for his Frente de Todos coalition.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Legal & Technical Secretary Vilmar Ibarra, pictured in her office.

INTERVIEW

Vilmar Ibarra: 'Both Alberto and Cristina know this coalition works with both of them'

20-07-2020 10:35 Legal & Technical secretary Vilmar Ibarra is one of President Alberto Fernández's most trusted officials. In an interview, she discusses the relationships within the ruling Frente de Todos coalition, judicial reform and the potential legalisation of abortion in Argentina.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Caamaño announced that the government would be reviewing the Mauricio Macri administration’s decision to make 500 agents permanent AFI employees.

INTELLIGENCE

Streamlined AFI to mind its own business

08-02-2020 10:42 Trustee Cristina Caamaño downsizes AFI intelligence budget (especially “reserve funds”), limits role in judicial investigations and seeks to salvage neglected AMIA files.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof and National Congressman and block leader of the Frente de Todos Máximo Kirchner met today at the Buenos Aires provincial government house, January 15, 2020.

PERONIST COALITION

Máximo Kirchner emerges from shadows to play key role for government

22-01-2020 09:00 42-year-old national lawmaker is increasingly comfortable with Peronism's return to power and is emerging out of the shadows, positioning himself as a "builder" of consensus.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Todesca, Alberto Fernández’s vice-cabinet chief, and Ibarra, the president’s legal and technical Secretary, only met after the general elections on October 27.

FERNÁNDEZ ADMINISTRATION

Vilma Ibarra and Cecilia Todesca: Essential and ‘inseparable’

11-01-2020 08:15 Two officials did not meet each other in person until after Alberto Fernández’s election win. But only weeks in, the duo have become key cogs in the machinery of his government.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernández and Daniel Scioli received a delegation of Brazilian lawmakers.

ARGENTINA-BRAZIL RELATIONS

Daniel Scioli: I’ll de-escalate tensions with Bolsonaro

10-12-2019 10:49 Argentina's next ambassador to Brazil vows support for Lula will not ruin the relationship between the two countries, as both nations will aim for a pragmatic relationship.

by Perfíl/ Rosario Ayerdi

Transition of Power

Talks over Cabinet down to three posts: security, transport, economy

01-12-2019 21:20 Less than five days out from Alberto Fernández's December 6 deadline for announcing his Cabinet, at least three key posts remain unfulfilled. Who will head the security, economy and transport portfolios?

by Rosario Ayerdi

Roberto Lavagna (second left) with members of his 2019 electoral team.

2019 Elections

Lavagna team meets to reaffirm 'third option' message

02-06-2019 08:46 Economist Roberto Lavagna continues touring the country as a presidential hopeful despite growing signs of Peronist unity which would hurt his chances in a polarised race.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner outside Comodoro Py courthouse in May, 2019.

FERANDEZ-FERNANDEZ

CFK to return underground to negotiate candidacies

22-05-2019 17:41 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is expected to spend the coming weeks away from the spotlight to focus on seeking the broadest coalition possible behind her running mate, presidential hopeful Alberto Fernández.

by Rosario Ayerdi

2019 ELECTIONS

TV star Marcelo Tinelli tours BA province in search of political allies

29-03-2019 06:32 Tinelli wants to compete with the support of a similar coalition structure like the one Sergio Massa had when his coalition beat the Kirchners during the 2013 mid-terms.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Peronist mayors protest Macri government policies at the national Congress (file).

2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS

Decades after first taking office, BA province mayors prepare for last re-election

14-12-2018 07:31 A law passed in the Buenos Aires Provincial Leglislature in 2016 restricts sitting mayors from seeking reelection.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Senator for Buenos Aires province, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, pictured in a file photograph from May earlier this year.

PRESIDENTIAL PLANS

Fernández de Kirchner orders nationwide expansion of electoral front

28-07-2018 09:15 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has given the order to march forward.

by Rosario Ayerdi