ELECTIONS 2025 Chaco elections: LLA–UCR pact delivers over divided Peronists 12-05-2025 12:03 President Milei’s party joined forces with the UCR to defeat Jorge Capitanich and divided Peronists; Lowest turnout in northern province since 1983.
POLITICS Chaco and Milei’s electoral strategy for October 15-03-2025 07:36 Chaco shows that Milei is willing to seal alliances with the local political establishment — a.k.a. “the caste” — as it best suits them. And the Casa Rosada has leverage in this negotiation with the governors: cash. by Marcelo J. García
CRIME & SECURITY Chaco: Cecilia Strzyzowski femicide case sent to trial 01-05-2024 10:26 Former partner César Sena, his parents Emiliano Sena and Marcela Acuña, and four assistants of powerful local picket-leader, look set to face trial by jury.
ELECTIONS 2023 Juntos por el Cambio dethrones Jorge Capitanich in Chaco 18-09-2023 14:34 Sixteen years of Kirchnerite rule in Chaco comes to an end; Leandro Zdero elected new governor, scoring 46.13% in first round victory; Provincial strongman Jorge Capitanich ejected from office, months after presumed murder of Cecilia Strzyzowski.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS It’s the election, stupid! 16-09-2023 05:37 By all but abolishing income tax, Massa has also abolished the contradiction between his simultaneous economic stewardship and presidential candidacy by chucking away his ministerial hat in favour of his electioneering cap. by Michael Soltys
DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI Cecilia Strzyzowski's mother and sister say they're leaving Chaco 13-09-2023 14:55 Both Ángela Strzyzowski and Gloria Romero, missing 28-year-old’s sister and mother, have been living under police protection since she disappeared in early June in Resistencia; Investigators believe she was slain by her husband and his parents.
DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI Expert report: Bones thought to belong to Cecilia Strzyzowski were burnt 05-09-2023 13:48 Investigators into the disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski in Resistencia told bones believed to belong to the victim were burnt for at least three hours before being dumped in a river.
ART & CULTURE Chaco's David: Copy of Michelangelo's sculpture arrives in Resistencia 28-08-2023 12:52 Copy of monumental Italian Renaissance sculpture, created with the aid of 3D printing, arrives to capital of Chaco Province. A story crowning the dream of sculptor Fabriciano Gómez, who died in 2021.
ELECTIONS 2023 Next electoral tests: Santa Fe, Chaco and Mendoza 23-08-2023 21:58 After the national PASO primaries, September arrives with three key provincial elections that will shape the new political map. Santa Fe, Chaco and Mendoza will choose their next governors with Jorge Capitanich’s re-election hopes in doubt. by Pablo Varela
CRIME & SECURITY Cecilia Strzyzowski: Victim’s blood found on Sena family mattress 13-07-2023 14:11 Key breakthrough in case investigating disappearance of 28-year-old in Chaco Province; DNA testing on mattress, furniture from Sena family home indicate victim’s blood.