News of buenos aires herald

Who will wield the chainsaw?

23-09-2023 05:00 The marked reluctance of Peronist and Radical politicians to countenance anything that smacks of austerity has not made many Argentines better off. On the contrary, it is the main reason living standards for most have declined.

by James Neilson

As I see it

An election campaign like no other

16-09-2023 05:42 As far as Sergio Massa is concerned, the short term is all that matters. He takes it for granted that, once in office, he will be able to do whatever it takes to repair the damage.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The wild ride of Javier Milei

09-09-2023 05:40 After having given the world such “iconic” political novelties as Evita Perón and Che Guevara, Argentina has come up with another: Javier Milei.

by James Neilson

As I see it

A sense of impending doom

02-09-2023 06:17 There are plenty of reasons to feel gloomy about the prospects facing not just the West but also the available alternatives.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Things are getting hotter by the moment

26-08-2023 06:37 It is becoming more difficult for the Peronists to deny they have had anything to do with Argentina’s fall from grace.

As I see it

The real campaign is about to start

19-08-2023 08:14 Attractive as letting Milei take a wrecking ball to the established order may be, it would probably be better for most if someone a bit less eccentric took charge.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Electioneering has become a way of life

11-08-2023 07:20 For most of the rest of the year almost all politicians are preoccupied with electioneering than with anything else even though the country is cart-wheeling towards a monumental disaster.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The great squeeze is already underway

06-08-2023 19:13 When money is in short supply, even the most talented politicians soon find themselves in trouble.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Zigzagging on the way to the top

15-07-2023 06:58 Were Massa to overcome the odds stacked against him and win the forthcoming election, he would be most unlikely to let himself be bossed around by Cristina or anyone else.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Getting from here to there

08-07-2023 06:55 All four serious presidential hopefuls strike financiers and businessmen as “right-wingers” who are properly determined to put an end to populist folly. For believers in free enterprise, it is a welcome development.

by James Neilson

JOURNALISM & HUMAN RIGHTS

Robert Cox awarded honorary doctorate by Rosario University

28-06-2023 22:42 “Journalism can save lives,” declares the former editor of ‘Buenos Aires Herald’ newspaper as he is honoured for his ethics and quest for truth during the military dictatorship’s era of state terrorism.

As I see it

Prospects for demagogues look bright

17-06-2023 06:58 When people come to the conclusion that they simply cannot trust run-of-the-mill democratic politicians to do anything that might make their lives easier because they are in cahoots with the rich, they will turn to populists who at least appear to share their way of thinking.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The fading lure of consensus politics

10-06-2023 06:28 It would be better for everyone, apart from the gung-ho Kirchnerites, if the leaders of Juntos por el Cambio were to make an effort to show that, despite their differences, they still have much in common.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Let them eat abstractions

03-06-2023 06:03 Alberto’s successor had better come up with some appealing slogans and as exciting a narrative as those deployed by his tyrannical friends.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Things from cyberspace

27-05-2023 06:47 As well as having nightmares about what would happen to us were a self-programming AI machine to free itself from human control, researchers fear they could be providing evil humans with tools which, like nuclear bombs, would make it easier for them to cause great harm.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The queen bee is leaving the hive

20-05-2023 07:00 Unfortunately for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and for the movement that sprung up around her, almost all her acolytes are minor figures, as are most of her allies.

by James Neilson

As I see it

On planet K, the rule of law is undemocratic

13-05-2023 08:41 The attempt to impeach the four members of the Supreme Court is going nowhere, and the government’s predictably furious reaction is unlikely to enhance its image either here or in the rest of the world.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Waiting to step into Alberto’s shoes

29-04-2023 05:14 No matter who wins the electoral contest that is getting underway, he or she will face the dilemmas that Alberto refused to confront.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Cartwheeling towards chaos

22-04-2023 06:45 A programme of government based on nothing more than contempt, whether deserved or not, for almost everything that already exists would be most unlikely to make life better for the country’s inhabitants.

by James Neilson

As I see it

And we all fall down

15-04-2023 06:28 Unless Argentina gets a genuine government before the year is out, there will be nothing left standing between her and what could be a truly cataclysmic disaster.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Politicians playing with fire

08-04-2023 06:29 Much of the population is in a very angry mood. Unless the authorities do more to deter criminals, many more politicians could get roughed up whenever they venture into unfriendly territory.

by James Neilson

As I see it

What now for Mauricio Macri?

31-03-2023 14:08 Now that Macri has made public his decision to sit out the next presidential elections, his friends, enemies and the many whose opinions about him are mixed are asking what he intends to do in the coming months and years.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Make way for the climate bomb

25-03-2023 05:09 Although most agree that global warming is a genuine problem, they are unwilling to impoverish themselves in an attempt to solve it.

by James Neilson

And that reminds me…

Marching in March

24-03-2023 12:49 There is every reason to keep Memory Day alive for generations to come.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me…

A day for wearing green but also black

18-03-2023 03:56 Since 1992 Saint Patrick’s Day has had to co-exist with an appalling tragedy in Argentina at least – the terrorist car-bomb destruction of the Israeli Embassy.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

A crack-up waiting to happen

18-03-2023 03:53 A few days ago, the official annual inflation rate topped 100%. No doubt it will continue to rise; since slowing it down would require a large amount of political will, a commodity which these days is in short supply in official circles.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Alberto hints he is on a secret mission

11-03-2023 06:12 Alberto has made no significant attempt to extricate himself from the trap he had cheerfully walked into. But it would seem that, with elections approaching, he has finally undestands that Cristina will never forgive him.

by James Neilson

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Pebbles in the shoes of the fisherman

11-03-2023 03:16 Even if Jorge Bergoglio was actively encouraging slum priests at grass roots level from the start, he was doing good by stealth while his media splashes largely served to perpetuate the conservative image of the hierarchy.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Buenos Aires City in the cross hairs yet again

04-03-2023 06:00 By fuelling resentment and pitting against the rest of the population the porteños, the president and vice-president hope to distract attention from their own failings.

by James Neilson

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

State of the nation

04-03-2023 05:59 The state-of-the nation speech to open Congress tradition long predates that experience, going all the way back to 1864 and then-president Bartolomé Mitre.

by Michael Soltys

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Lupín and the Liberator

25-02-2023 08:08 This is not just about José de San Martín but also the other birthday boy Néstor Kirchner. The question arises whether the two men had anything in common beyond their date of birth…

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Putin and the culture wars

25-02-2023 08:05 By forcing people to consider the possibility that the world is a far tougher place than the hypersensitive wanted others to believe, Putin has moved the intellectual centre of gravity rightwards.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The great balloon scare

18-02-2023 06:50 All significant countries spy on one another, so it is hardly surprising that the Chinese dictatorship is busily collecting data about the US and the rest of the world, though it is a bit strange that it would use such a primitive device.

by James Neilson

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

CFK: Threescore and ten

18-02-2023 06:05 A very happy birthday to you, Madam Vice-President.

by Michael Soltys

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Candles in the wind

11-02-2023 07:00 Perhaps it is the frequency of savage crimes which creates the need to single one out in order to restore inhumanity to human dimensions.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Crime, punishment and the law

11-02-2023 07:00 Few will shed many tears over what awaits the eight hooligans who killed Fernando Báez Sosa, but the trial, conducted as it was before a vociferous audience of millions, leaves a bad taste behind.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The French are at it again

04-02-2023 06:50 The time when a reasonable degree of economic equality seemed to be within reach now belongs to the past.

by James Neilson

As I see it

On Planet K, inflation is all in the mind

28-01-2023 00:33 To bring things under control, Alberto’s government would have to slow down the printing presses and greatly reduce public spending, measures that, needless to say, it refuses to contemplate.

by James Neilson

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Oktoberfest in January

27-01-2023 10:59 With German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in town this coming week, the Teutonic presence in Argentina seems as good a topic for today’s column as any.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me…

Court between a rock and a hard place

21-01-2023 06:56 Both the 1947 and the 2002-2003 purges accomplished their missions but we may well be taking current events too seriously if we expect a similar outcome now.

As I see it

Going gently into that good night

21-01-2023 05:41 It has been evident for decades that plummeting birth rates would cause major problems in the medium term and that, unless they were reversed, they would eventually lead to the extinction of our species.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Grande irmão

14-01-2023 06:58 Lula might have rallied a hostile Congress, the Supreme Court and most people behind him in outrage against last Sunday’s barbarous assault but nobody wins.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

The intractable migrant problem

14-01-2023 06:17 While a stalwart minority continues to insist that all comers with a legitimate claim should be allowed in and taken care of, in most places doubts about the wisdom of clinging to what in effect is an open-borders policy are now shared by a rapidly growing majority of their compatriots.

by James Neilson

As I see it

After a brief moment of togetherness

23-12-2022 15:26 Politicians and their associates have yet to make out what the reaction to winning the World Cup means for them. If only they could be fêted with such adulation!

by James Neilson

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

The Cup runneth over

23-12-2022 15:16 Over and above singling out Messi, Martínez and Di María, this trophy is a triumph of teamwork, not a one-man show.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me…

Dry rot or drought rout

17-12-2022 05:32 Argentina’s numerous crises are invariably a fertile field for extended analysis by pundits and economists but this columnist would argue that in many cases the causes can be reduced to a single word – drought.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

A short spell in an alternative universe

17-12-2022 03:00 Whatever else Argentina may be, unlike her football team, she is not a meritocracy.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Cristina’s reign is almost over

10-12-2022 05:50 It is perfectly feasible that, before too long, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s once imposing political capital will dwindle almost to vanishing point, as did Carlos Menem’s 20 years ago.

by James Neilson

And that reminds me…

The 39 steps

10-12-2022 04:45 Raúl Alfonsín’s election victory and inauguration gave most people every impression of a fresh start even if a Radical party then nearing its centenary could hardly be described as a new force.

by Michael Soltys

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

'Argentina, 1985' revisited

03-12-2022 05:49

by Michael Soltys

News of buenos aires herald

Who will wield the chainsaw?

An election campaign like no other

The wild ride of Javier Milei

A sense of impending doom

Things are getting hotter by the moment

The real campaign is about to start

Electioneering has become a way of life

The great squeeze is already underway

Zigzagging on the way to the top

Getting from here to there

Robert Cox awarded honorary doctorate by Rosario University

Prospects for demagogues look bright

The fading lure of consensus politics

Let them eat abstractions

Things from cyberspace

The queen bee is leaving the hive

On planet K, the rule of law is undemocratic

Waiting to step into Alberto’s shoes

Cartwheeling towards chaos

And we all fall down

Politicians playing with fire

What now for Mauricio Macri?

Make way for the climate bomb

Marching in March

A day for wearing green but also black

A crack-up waiting to happen

Alberto hints he is on a secret mission

Pebbles in the shoes of the fisherman

Buenos Aires City in the cross hairs yet again

State of the nation

Lupín and the Liberator

Putin and the culture wars

The great balloon scare

CFK: Threescore and ten

Candles in the wind

Crime, punishment and the law

The French are at it again

On Planet K, inflation is all in the mind

Oktoberfest in January

Court between a rock and a hard place

Going gently into that good night

Grande irmão

The intractable migrant problem

After a brief moment of togetherness

The Cup runneth over

Dry rot or drought rout

A short spell in an alternative universe

Cristina’s reign is almost over

The 39 steps

'Argentina, 1985' revisited

Cumbia singer L-Gante released from jail after three months

Una encuesta del círculo rojo entusiasmó el voto empresario: le cerró el almuerzo a Massa y vetó a Milei

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