And that reminds me… A fireworks summit 05-11-2022 06:14 There is a strong case for presenting that Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata exactly 17 years ago today and the surrounding anniversaries as the true birth of Kirchnerism. by Michael Soltys
CORRUPTION Fernández de Kirchner oversaw 'corruption matrix' as president, says prosecutor 01-08-2022 18:52 Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner oversaw an "extraordinary corruption matrix" when she was head of state from 2007 to 2015, the prosecution argued Monday in her corruption trial.
AND THAT REMINDS ME… The maybes of May 14-05-2022 00:01 Today’s anniversary is nowhere in the current agenda with plenty of issues to absorb our attention, yet stopping to recall the Menem years would not go amiss. by Michael Soltys
ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE Game-changer? Argentina launches tender for construction of enormous gas pipeline 22-04-2022 09:40 President Alberto Fernández on Thursday launched a tender for construction of an enormous gas trunk pipeline beginning at Vaca Muerta gas field. What is the ‘Gasoducto Néstor Kirchner’ and why is it so important for Argentina?
ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE Government launches construction tender phase of mega gas pipeline 22-04-2022 01:35 President Alberto Fernández launches tender for construction of game-changing gas trunk pipeline from the Vaca Muerta unconventional gas field in southwestern Argentina.
ENERGY AUTONOMY FOR ARGENTINA? Argentina’s next president to benefit from gas export dollars 22-04-2022 01:14 President Alberto Fernández's government is speeding up construction of the Néstor Kirchner pipeline. If all goes well, it would be ready for the second half of 2023, but in the meantime, Argentina will spend at least two winters importing gas.
POLITICS The end of Kirchnerism? 31-12-2021 10:55 The question of Kirchnerism’s resilience pierces the socio-political-economic ecosystem in Argentina, and will help determine the near future of the beleaguered nation. by Agustino Fontevecchia
IMF DEBT TALKS Argentina ‘will not go down on its knees’ before the IMF, says president 29-10-2021 02:22 President Alberto Fernández ramps up rhetoric against International Monetary Fund as he heads tributes to the late Néstor Kirchner on the 11th anniversary of the former head of state’s death.
LATIN AMERICA Venezuela ex-intel chief claims Hugo Chávez sent Kirchners US$21 million 22-10-2021 21:16 Venezuela's former intelligence chief, General Hugo Armando Carvajal, allegedly tells Spanish courts that Caracas sent some US$21 million to Argentina to help fund Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s 2007 presidential campaign.
AND THAT REMINDS ME… Germany is the capital of Paris 29-05-2021 11:20 Argentina is an old story for the Paris Club – indeed the oldest story of them all since its very first agreement back in 1956 was with the military regime which had just toppled Peronism. by Michael Soltys
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Inflation near 50% puts Argentina on path that failed before 20-05-2021 16:04 Argentina’s new ban on exports of its famed beef won’t quell runaway inflation if previous interventions are any guide.
Surviving Covid-19 Rough awakenings, after more than a month in intensive care 07-05-2021 15:54 The intensive care ward of the Hospital Néstor Kirchner in Florencia Varela has been swamped for the past year, ever since the coronavirus pandemic reached Argentina. Most people who enter with respiratory problems spend several weeks or even months there.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Exhausted and with few beds free, doctors struggle amid second wave 17-04-2021 07:45 Emotions run high in the intensive care unit of one public hospital in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Province, where fatigued doctors are battling to save the lives of Covid-19 patients.
MARCH 24 Nation pauses to remember victims of military dictatorship 23-03-2021 22:05 On Wednesday, nation pauses for a public holiday to mark the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice, in remembrance of victims of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Lázaro Báez gets 12 years, but no immediate return to jail 27-02-2021 08:28 Iconic Kirchnerite businessman sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for money-laundering an estimated US$55 million between 2010 and 2013.
K-Money trail Lázaro Báez sentenced to 12 years in jail for money-laundering 24-02-2021 17:49 Businessman Lázaro Báez, at the centre of a corruption probe involving ex-presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Néstor Kirchner, was sentenced to 12 years in jail Wednesday on money-laundering charges