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Airing IMF criticism, Máximo Kirchner deepens ties with China

Yesterdat 10:02 National deputy and La Cámpora leader slams International Monetary Fund’s recipes for “indebted countries” during visit to China.

by Ariel Maciel

RELATIONS WITH CHINA

Economy Minister Sergio Massa to fly to China for swap line talks

28-05-2023 10:08 Argentina's economy minister will travel to China next week in a bid to free up more cash from a currency swap line that could help stem a peso sell-off before this year’s presidential election.

POLITICS

Máximo Kirchner to join Sergio Massa on trip to China

24-05-2023 18:05 National lawmaker and vice-president’s son will form part of Argentine delegation travelling to China between May 29 and June 4, stopping in Beijing and Shanghai. This will be the first trip he has made outside the country.

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS

Who is Lucía Cámpora, the new leader of La Cámpora?

03-04-2023 14:43 Thirty-two-year-old activist and City lawmaker Lucía Cámpora, the grand-niece of former president Héctor Cámpora, has taken over the leadership of the Kirchnerite youth organisation.

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Without time, desire nor margin, Peronism resigns itself to a PASO

29-03-2023 14:11 Unless there is a surprise move, Peronism is resigned to face – for the first time since their creation – a Simultaneous and Compulsory Open Primary (PASO).

by Ramón Indart

POLITICS

La Cámpora's generational transition

20-03-2023 12:56 The leaders of La Cámpora, the Kirchnerite political grouping founded by Máximo Kirchner, are getting older. A new generation, led by new secretary-general Lucía Cámpora, are taking over at the top as the organisation refreshes its youth appeal.

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

POLITICS

Máximo Kirchner: ‘I don't think Cristina will be a candidate in 2023’

24-10-2022 16:17 Frente de Todos national deputy says that “today, Peronism has no candidates” but that his mother, Cristina Fernándex de Kirchner, is unlikely to run for president next year.

OCTOBER 17

Demands ring out as divided Peronism marks Loyalty Day

17-10-2022 20:40 Demands rang out from trade union groups and politicians on Monday as Peronist Loyalty Day was marked with rallies across the country.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Patricia Bullrich: ‘Argentina needs convictions to come out of the crisis’

04-03-2022 17:50 PRO party chair, opposition leader and former security minister Patricia Bullrich on Argentina and the IMF, upheaval in the ruling coalition and Mauricio Macri’s future role.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

Into More Frustration

04-02-2022 23:13 The distinction between an “agreement” and an “understanding” might seem like semantic quibbling but there is a world of difference. Máximo Kirchner and other critics within and beyond the government might be entitled to a certain scepticism as to the rosy picture painted by President Fernández a week ago.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF chief: No alternative to deal with Argentina

04-02-2022 18:41 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warns that there is “no alternative” to Argentina's pending agreement with the Washington-based crisis lender, warning that country’s struggle with inflation and poverty will worsen without a deal.

IMF DEBT DEAL

IMF focus on saving Argentina from dangerous inflation path

04-02-2022 11:00 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says lessons have been learned from 2018 and that the Fund's "main focus" is to help Argentina tackle high inflation.

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

Congress & Politics

‘Grateful’ president picks Germán Martínez as Máximo Kirchner’s successor

03-02-2022 16:03 Close to former cabinet minister Agustín Rossi, Santa Fe deputy has been sitting in Congress since 2019. Germán Martínez belongs to the Corriente Nacional de la Militancia, a Kirchnerite grouping headed by Rossi in Rosario.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Five key hurdles Argentina must overcome before a final IMF deal

03-02-2022 15:09 The remaining obstacles that analysts and investors are going to look to see answered in the final rounds of talks with the International Monetary Fund.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Argentina seeks to reach IMF staff-level agreement before March

02-02-2022 14:19 Argentina’s government expects to reach a staff-level agreement on a new programme with the International Monetary Fund in the next three to four weeks before sending it to Congress for approval.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Resignation throws doubt on Argentina's IMF agreement

02-02-2022 14:11 A dose of uncertainty has been injected into the market after Máximo Kirchner's resignation highlights opposition to IMF deal within the ruling coalition.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Máximo Kirchner quits Argentina Congress role in IMF protest

01-02-2022 14:21 Argentina’s tentative IMF agreement suffers a setback as Máximo Kirchner, the ruling coalition’s leader in the lower house, resigns in protest over the deal.

FRENTE DE TODOS

Máximo Kirchner resigns lower house post over IMF deal

31-01-2022 21:49 Leader of the ruling coalition’s bloc in the Chamber of Deputies steps down in protest over government's new deal with IMF. President admits in a TV interview that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner "has a different view" to him.

Politics

Máximo Kirchner becomes chairman of Buenos Aires Province branch of PJ

26-12-2021 12:41 La Cámpora leader Máximo Kirchner formally assumes chairmanship of the Buenos Aires Province branch of the Justicialist (Peronist) Party.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Gabriela Cerruti: ‘Cristina expresses herself how she wants, when she wants’

03-12-2021 23:16 Presidential Spokesperson Gabriela Cerruti discusses the creation of her post, attempting to represent all sectors of the ruling coalition and how the media interprets Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Fernández de Kirchner, children cleared in money-laundering case

27-11-2021 00:31 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her two children, Florencia and Máximo, have been cleared in the 'Hotesur-Los Sauces' case investigating alleged money-laundering.

Politics

The Berni Headlock and the Cristina Shake

16-10-2021 00:01 Whether on purpose or not, the pan-Peronist coalition led by Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is trying to drag the conversation away from the economic failures during their tenure in an attempt to claw back votes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Chaos In Power

Vive la résistance?

24-09-2021 21:44 Minister Guzmán’s courage and President Alberto’s newfound heroism could be part of the ‘resistance’ against the onslaught of Kirchnerism within the ranks of the Frente de Todos.

by Agustino Fontevecchia