News of administration

Upcoming IMF report assessing 2018 loan promises to stir up local politics

03-12-2021 21:56 IMF’s board set to discuss report reviewing the record stand-by programme worth US$57 billion granted to the Mauricio Macri government.

ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE CASE

Former president Mauricio Macri charged with illegal espionage

01-12-2021 17:11 Former president Mauricio Macri accused of ordering illegal surveillance on the families of the 44 dead crew-members of the ARA San Juan submarine tragedy.

UNITED STATES

Biden scrambles between multiple political fires

23-09-2021 13:34 US President Joe Biden races to extinguish political fires on the left and right, at home and abroad, in an attempt to save his hopes of transforming the United States.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Biden urges 'highest' ambition at UN climate summit

17-09-2021 13:39 President Alberto Fernández joins US President Joe Biden for virtual meeting designed to galvanise efforts to confront the global climate crisis.

LATIN AMERICA

Trans workers breaking barriers in Brazil

22-07-2021 09:58 A growing number of training programmes aimed specifically at transgender people are helping workers break through barriers in Brazil.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Domingo Cavallo: ‘It'd be good if the government had a bad election’

17-07-2021 09:18 Economist, former government minister and ex-Central Bank chief warns that Argentina’s economy is “very badly oriented” and calls for a “major reorganisation.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela's Maduro says Mexico to host talks with opposition

13-07-2021 09:35 Venezuelan leader says Mexico will host talks between his government and the opposition, but insists he will only take part if international sanctions are lifted. Little comment on latest arrest of another opposition leader, Freddy Guevara.

LGBT+ RIGHTS

Argentina’s Senate approves transgender job quota law

28-06-2021 16:11 Senate backs sweeping legislation that reserves one percent of all public sector jobs for members of the trans community.

COURTS

Interpol issues red notice for arrest of 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón

09-06-2021 16:25 Ex-Macri administration official and alleged ‘judicial operator,’ accused of "extortion and illicit association,” has been living in Uruguay since the end of 2020. Rodríguez Simón has requested asylum due to political “persecution.”

COURTS

Judge issues arrest warrant for ex-Macri government official who fled to Uruguay

19-05-2021 22:11 Judge issues international arrest warrant for Fabián 'Pepín' Rodríguez Simón, former Macri government official and alleged "judicial operator" accused of extortion, a fugitive from justice in Uruguay.

COURTS

CFK asks Supreme Court not to transfer illegal espionage case

19-02-2021 12:29 Vice-president's lawyer asks theSupreme Court to keep the illegal espionage case against the preceding Mauricio Macri administration in Lomas de Zamora, instead of the Federal Capital’s Comodoro Py courthouse.

BLOOMBERG

Professionalism returns to the White House with Biden

23-01-2021 09:43 Policy expertise and political savvy are already on display. That’s a welcome contrast to Trump, but no guarantee of success.

UNIQUE HANDOVER IN WASHINGTON

Insurrection, impeachment, infamy, inauguration

23-01-2021 09:11 On a strange, security-heavy inauguration day in Washington, Joe Biden vows to unite a country in the face a series of unprecedented crises.

by Julia Logue

TRANS RIGHTS

Trans footballer Mara Gómez makes history with women's league debut

09-12-2020 09:58 Footballer Mara Gómez makes history, becoming first transgender player to play a match in Argentina's women's championship.

COVID-19 VACCINE

Pfizer applies for vaccine approval in Argentina as government details targets

05-12-2020 08:28 President Alberto Fernández says 300,000 could be vaccinated using Russian vaccine in next few weeks, followed by 10 million more by end of February.

Trans rights

Argentina's Army must comply with 1% quota for trans individuals

24-11-2020 09:10 Argentina's Army has been included on a list of official bodies that must comply with new legislation guaranteeing the incorporation of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people into the workplace, according to press reports.

TRANS RIGHTS

Argentina establishes 1% quota for trans workers in civil service jobs

04-09-2020 16:40 One percent of state jobs must be reserved for transgender people, according to a decree published yesterday in the Official Gazette.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Controversial judge sends Dujovne to trial before stepping down

01-08-2020 09:32 Federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral ends long court career in explosive style, sending former economy minister Nicolás Dujovne to trial on charges of malfeasance and abuse of authority.

JUDICIAL CONTROVERSY

Council of Magistrates votes to review transfer of 10 key Macri-era judges

01-08-2020 09:27 Opposition criticises move, alleging Kirchnerite-led incursion into the judicial branch.

Causa peajes

Judge sends two ex-Macri administration officials to trial

21-07-2020 21:50 Charges against former National Highways director Javier Iguacel and ex-Treasury prosecutor Bernardo Saravia Frías relate to presumed irregularities in the awarding of highway toll concessions.

ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE CLAIMS

22 arrests in illegal espionage probe, including ex-Macri official

02-07-2020 02:47 Susana Martinengo, co-ordinator of presidential documentation during the 2015-2019 Macri presidency, and 21 others detained on charges of illegal espionage against various political leaders.