News of buenos aires

NEW MINISTER

Hernán Lacunza begins work after being sworn in as new finance minister

20-08-2019 08:58 "I want to thank Hernán Lacunza for accepting this complex responsibility in such a difficult time," declares President Macri at Casa Rosada ceremony.

MASTICAR

10th annual Masticar food festival draws large crowds, despite the August chill

19-08-2019 12:11 Popular food festival delivers another record turn-out, offering attendees artisanal vendors, international dishes, cooking classes and plenty of beer.

by Lucas Robinson

ANALYSIS

Macri, Fernández play game of chicken as Argentine markets sink

13-08-2019 12:42 Who’s to blame for the epic Argentina market sell-off over the past two days?

PASO FALL-OUT

'We need more time to reflect,' says Vidal after PASO loss to Kicillof

12-08-2019 16:34 Buenos Aires Province Governor María Eugenia Vidal admits her government has to 'listen' to voters in the province in run-up to October's decisive vote, after steep loss to Kirchnerite hopeful Axel Kicillof.

ELECTION EXPLAINER

Argentina's PASO primaries: What you need to know

08-08-2019 21:34 Argentina goes to the polls on Sunday for “open, simultaneous and obligatory primaries.” Confused? Here's a breakdown of what you need to know.

GENDER VIOLENCE

47% of violent homicides against women in capital last year were femicides

08-08-2019 14:37 Report released by a prosecutorial unit specialising in violence against women found 19 violent murders of women over last year, of which nine were considered to carry hallmarks of a femicide.

PASO

Campaigns gear up for final PASO sprint

05-08-2019 15:27 The primary's final week will see Macri campaign in the City and the 'Fernández-Fernández' ticket reuniting in Rosario.

25TH BORGES LECTURE

A little history of the Buenos Aires Herald: Pâté, brandy and bomb threats

03-08-2019 12:30 The following column is adapted from the 25th Jorge Luis Borges Lecture, which was due to be delivered on July 23, 2019, by Andrew Graham-Yooll, before the Anglo-Argentine Society in London. Thanks to the kind permission of his family, we are able to print one of the late journalist and writer’s final, unfinished pieces of writing, as Andrew’s last column for the Times.

by Andrew Graham-Yooll

ELECTION 2019

Axel Kicillof dismisses labels, takes aim at critics in sweeping interview

22-07-2019 09:31 Candidate to become Buenos Aires Province governor denies he was ever part of a 'Trotskyist or Marxist' party in interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia.

Buenos Aires province

Vidal, Kicillof up the ante ahead of neck-and-neck provincial race

20-07-2019 09:43 As Axel Kicillof steps up efforts, Governor Vidal must surpass her 2015 result and overcome political differences with mayors.

AMIA BOMBING

Remembrance and renewed calls for justice as Argentina remembers AMIA victims

18-07-2019 15:19 Government officials attend commemorative event in capital as AMIA's acting president reiterates demand that those who carried out attack be brought to justice.

by Lucas Robinson

AMIA BOMBING

Victims of 1994 AMIA bombing still waiting for justice, 25 years on

18-07-2019 08:35 The 25th anniversary of the infamous bombing attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre arrives today – but the relatives of victims are still waiting for justice.

GREATER BUENOS AIRES

The megalopolis of the metropolis

13-07-2019 09:50 Greater Buenos Aires is relatively new as a factor in Argentine history. It can be described as really coming into its own with the 1960 census, which for the first time recorded more people as living beyond the city limits as within them – four million as against three million in an Argentina of 20 million people.

by Michael Soltys

2019 elections

Campaigning heats up with signs of highly polarised election

11-07-2019 12:00 President Macri's official coalition launch event dominated by references to inheritance left by Fernández de Kirchner administration.

OBITUARY

History, humour and humility: Remembering Andrew Graham-Yooll

06-07-2019 22:07 Respected, influential and talented writer and journalist, whose experiences with Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship he shared with the world, has died in London aged 75. 

by James Grainger

IN LONDON

Writer and journalist Andrew Graham-Yooll passes away aged 75

06-07-2019 12:00 It is with great sadness that we can confirm that ex-Buenos Aires Herald editor and weekly Times columnist Andrew Graham-Yooll has died in London. An icon of the English-speaking community, the Argentine-born writer was a titanic figure in local journalism.

by James Grainger

Solar Eclipse

There will be a solar eclipse July 2: here is where to view it

28-06-2019 15:42 The cosmic event will last around five minutes and Argentines will have an especially good view. There will be another eclipse in 2020.

'BLUE BALLOT'

Convicted anti-abortion doctor confirms congressional run

25-06-2019 19:10 Leandro Rodríguez Lastra was found guilty last month of misconduct by a Cipoletti court for failing to carry out a legally-warranted abortion on a woman who had been raped.

Nationwide power outage

Macri gov't officials left scratching heads after historic blackout

17-06-2019 09:42 Energy Secretary Gusavo Lopetegui: 'We still have no information about what happened'.

VP candidate

CFK granted permission to visit daughter in Cuba

13-06-2019 15:44 Federal court allows candidate for vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, can travel to Cuba to visit her daughter Florencia.