News of buenos aires province

Kicillof wins re-election for Peronism in Buenos Aires Province

22-10-2023 22:09 Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof brushes off Martín Insaurralde scandal to easily win re-election; Rounding off disappointing night for Juntos por el Cambio, Néstor Grindetti scrapes to second, just seeing off libertarian challenge from Carolina Píparo.

Election 2023: Not just a presidential vote

21-10-2023 05:57 No less than 18 of the 23 provinces have already voted with Corrientes and Santiago del Estero not renewing their governors until 2025. But the few remaining contests are far from minor – almost half the national electorate (or 48.39 percent, to be exact) between Buenos Aires City and Province, Catamarca and Entre Ríos.

by Michael Soltys

Of dirty money and ‘dirty wars’

07-10-2023 06:40 With corruption being rubbed in its face by Insaurralde’s Marbella yacht jaunt and with the ballot-box in only a fortnight’s time as a readymade outlet, how will the citizenry react?

Insaurralde: Have lords of gambling lost their provincial ‘croupier’?

07-10-2023 06:18 Martín Insaurralde’s exit as Cabinet chief in Buenos Aires Province has also created a vacuum in the world of the unwritten rules of the gambling business.

The poverty of politics

30-09-2023 05:00 One can only tremble at what levels poverty might reach for the second half of this year after last month’s double-digit inflation.

Milei targets big cities in bid for first-round win

26-09-2023 13:23 La Libertad Avanza presidential candidate shifts campaign focus to urban centres, targeting heavily populated areas of Buenos Aires Province, Córdoba and the nation’s capital; As presidential debate nears, Milei targets victory on October 22 and avoid a run-off.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

Kicillof offers ruling coalition reason to be cheerful with PASO win

16-08-2023 15:45 Grindetti rules out an electoral pact with La Libertad Avanza rival in Buenos Aires Province as primary boosts incumbent governor’s re-election hopes.

Kicillof wins Buenos Aires Province PASO by three points

14-08-2023 16:37 The temporary result shows a trend towards the ruling party. Néstor Grindetti and Diego Santilli racked up 32.93%, with little difference between them. The third place went to Javier Milei’s libertarianism with her candidate Carolina Píparo, who got 23.76% of the votes.

Election 2023 calendar – what comes next?

29-06-2023 14:44 Campaigning, electoral rolls, political propaganda and curfews…. What’s still to come in the next few weeks before the PASO primaries on August 13.

Twists and turns to the last as PASO primary line-ups confirmed

26-06-2023 17:44 Dramatic last few days before the deadline for finalising line-up for the August 13 PASO primaries; Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced as “unity” candidate for ruling coalition.

Sergio Berni walks the line as the coalitions bend

26-11-2022 06:26 Sergio Berni is once again walking on the edge of a tightrope, a situation he knows all too well.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

María Eugenia Vidal: ‘Opposition has to compete in a PASO without hostility’

01-11-2022 12:22 National deputy and former Buenos Aires Province governor on her presidential ambitions, relations with key opposition leaders and why libertarian lawmakers should have helped avoid a tax hike.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

05-07-2022 15:09 Courts recognise that planes from Campo de Mayo military garrison were used to throw disappeared detainees to their death in Río de la Plata; Four ex-Army officers handed life terms for crimes against humanity.

21 injured as train carrying 500 passengers derails near Olavarría

08-03-2022 21:05 A long-distance train carrying around 500 passengers on board derailed on Tuesday near Olavarría, leaving at least 21 people injured, authorities said.

Contaminated cocaine: Authorities probing six new hospitalisations in Rosario

07-02-2022 15:14 Authorities are investigating whether the hospitalisation of six people in the city of Rosario is linked to the contaminated cocaine tragedy that has already taken 24 lives.

‘Laced cocaine’ tragedy exposes reality of drug trade in Argentina

07-02-2022 14:49 Expert prosecutor Mónica Cuñarro says drug business “diversified and atomised” during the coronavirus pandemic, creating the conditions for last week's tragedy.

Eight killed, 14 hospitalised from 'cocaine intoxication' in Buenos Aires Province

02-02-2022 15:12 Ten people died, 14 others hospitalised in Hurlingham, Tres de Febrero and San Martín as a result of cocaine consumption. Authorities probing if substance sold as drug was 'adulterated' or laced with poison.

Tourism experts predict ‘record season’ in Argentina

07-01-2022 22:46 More than 16 million people are expected to travel in the first three months of this year; National government reveals more than 4.5 million tourists used its PreViaje programme in 2021.

Judge leading probe into Facundo Castro's disappearance removed from case

29-12-2021 15:12 Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation has removed judge overseeing probe into disappearance and death of Facundo Astudillo Castro from the investigation.

Villa Dálmine lets 16 players go as spotlight falls on play-off defeat

03-12-2021 01:55 Second-tier side Villa Dálmine lets 16 players go in wake of play-off defeat to Barracas Central. Allegations of match-fixing emerge, or are the players being punished for a bad performance?