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South America rain offers hope for relief in world food prices

15-11-2022 21:28 Rain finally fell in Argentina over the weekend and soy farmers started revving up tractors to make up for lost planting time.

Latin America is slipping out of the US orbit

14-11-2022 06:37 Must the US kiss Latin America goodbye? To woo back the region, the Biden administration needs to offer it a better deal than China’s.

CFK hints at 2023 run in speech linking failed attack to Macrismo

04-11-2022 21:45 "I will do whatever I have to do so that our people can organise themselves into a project for a country,” declares former president in first public appearance since failed assassination attempt.

Fernández de Kirchner stokes speculation on presidential run

04-11-2022 21:27 Vice-president calls for a political 'reorganisation,' on Friday, hinting at the possibility of a presidential run next year as speculation builds about her candidacy.

Mauricio Macri: ‘Argentina is on the point of leaving behind decades of populism’

29-10-2022 06:48 Former president Mauricio Macri discusses his ideals, beliefs, Juntos por el Cambio’s chances in the 2023 elections, the last three years of President Alberto Fernández’s government and his four-year spell in office – and what he would do differently in retrospect.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Budget or judge it (or fudge it)

29-10-2022 06:00 It looks like Argentina will have next year the Budget which it never could in this – that is the main upside after long hours of parliamentary debate which have done nothing to redeem politics from its current disrepute.

‘Plan M’: Ratify leadership, promote competition and delay definitions

28-10-2022 14:28 Mauricio Macri has yet to answer whether he intends to run for a return to the presidency, a question he plans to resolve between next March and April. Meanwhile, he will continue encouraging competition while seeking to position himself as the leader insisting on the need to underwrite change.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Argentina downgraded by Fitch on rising debt repayment risk

26-10-2022 17:14 Nation's credit score cut by a notch to CCC- from CCC as Fitch Ratins agency warns of “highly constrained” external-liquidity position will undermine its ability to repay debt.

Micaela Morán to replace Tolosa Paz in lower house

11-10-2022 14:37 Victoria Tolosa Paz to take on Social Development Ministry, with ex-Transport ministry official and Frente Renovador politician Micaela Morán entering the Chamber of Deputies.

Alberto, the solitary president who ‘resists with endurance’

11-10-2022 14:25 The president set about his latest Cabinet reshuffle on his own. He did not want to pick up the phone and generate a consensus on key portfolios such as Social Development and Labour.

by Ramón Indart

Election showed Brazil's far-right was sold short, say analysts

06-10-2022 01:20 Jair Bolsonaro was not the only one to have a surprisingly strong night in Brazil's elections: the far-right incumbent's allies also outperformed expectations in key congressional and governor's races.

Inconclusive vote: Brazil wakes up to four more weeks of uncertainty

03-10-2022 10:15 After an inconclusive first round of presidential elections, Brazilians woke up Monday to another month of uncertainty.

A Holy War is raging between Google, Facebook, and the media industry

24-09-2022 06:00 The power that Google, Facebook and a few other companies hold over the information ecosystem, where they’ve become the de facto gatekeepers, is troubling. Ultimately they've taken over an editorial role that used to be controlled by media companies, in particular news publishers.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Neither magic nor realism

23-09-2022 13:00 The theatre of the absurd would seem to have found a home in Argentina. Yet amid all this surrealism there are real problems awaiting real solutions and until these arrive, there seem no limits as to what will fill the vacuum.

Inflation hits 79% ahead of likely rate hike

15-09-2022 15:20 Annual inflation in Argentina surged to 78.5 percent in August, almost certainly cementing another Central Bank interest rate hike as early as this week. 

Inflation is upending politics in the most unequal region on Earth

15-09-2022 02:22 In Latin America, persistent high inflation is widening the gap between rich and poor in what is already the world’s most unequal region.

Eduardo Levy Yeyati: ‘Devaluation is political kryptonite’

02-09-2022 12:00 Economist, public policy specialist and dean of the Government School of Torcuato Di Tella University Eduardo Levy Yeyati on the challenges facing Sergio Massa and Argentina’s economy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Cristina 2023?

01-09-2022 15:28 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has taken full advantage of her opportunity, shepherding the entire pan-Peronist front behind her as she flirts with a potential 2023 presidential candidacy.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Cristina has her back against the wall

27-08-2022 00:01 Cristina’s arraignment and her followers’ reaction to it are having an ambiguous effect on the country’s reputation.

by James Neilson

Debt has grown almost US$3 billion a month for last year

26-08-2022 11:11 Last month, the gross debt in a situation of normal payment rose to US$378.307 billion – around US$17 billion more than at the start of the year and US$35.747 billion more than July last year. In other words, the current fiscal deficit is close to three percent of gross domestic product, far from the targets pledged to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose review will begin in a few weeks. To meet them, the Central Bank would have to recover almost US$6 billion of reserves by December.