News of column

Burnin’ and a-lootin’ tonight

26-07-2022 12:42 Social tensions in Argentina have experienced and in crescendo in tandem with the value of the alternative peso-dollar exchange rates which have been reaching record highs as of late—which means the value of the peso has never been lower—to the point where massive protests and looting are no longer out of the question.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Argentina’s opportunity

The opposite of drowning in a glass of water

15-07-2022 13:00 Argentina, eternally in crisis and trained in resilience, clearly has an opportunity, and the worsening of the situation may be pushing the country toward a resolution, even if certain politicians do all they can to resist it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GUEST VOICE

Mecca: The core of the Muslim world

11-07-2022 14:39 In Islam, the pilgrimage to the Kaaba or "Hajj" is a unique event in its importance with international relevance.

Currency crisis

The fateful 30th month of the Fernández-Fernández administration

02-07-2022 07:00 President Alberto Fernández has been hit by a crippling run on the peso that has stretched out over several weeks during the 30th month of his Presidency, as an exhausted economic model has failed to generate confidence and Central Bank reserves.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Political dirt

The Kulfas saga and the never-ending Néstor Kirchner pipeline

10-06-2022 20:40 Kulfas was a thorny character for the Kirchnerites within the ruling Frente de Todos coalition from day one. One of the few 'Albertistas' in the Cabinet, he is said to have expressed President Fernández’s own view of the economy.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

TENSIONS AT TECHNOPOLIS

The hand that moves the pen

06-06-2022 16:38 At the YPF event at Tecnópolis fronted by President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, it was very clear that progress in mending the rift within the government was conspicuous by its absence.

by Nelson Castro

And that reminds me…

Not getting the hang of it

28-05-2022 01:00 The Kirchnerite wing of the Frente de Todos coalition has come to the final conclusion that the “war on inflation” is irreversibly lost, leading to a refusal to have any official of its kidney attached to that failure.

by Michael Soltys

A 'QUIXOTIC' PRESIDENTIAL BID

The Milei Experience

21-05-2022 00:13 Like a long-distance runner who starts sprinting as soon as the whistle blows, Javier Milei has started his presidential campaign much earlier than anybody else.

by Eduardo Reina

Paradigm shifts

Fear, uncertainty, doubt

14-05-2022 00:01 A paradigm shift for Argentina, global geopolitics, and cryptocurrencies.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

SOCIAL MEDIA SALE

Elon Musk’s Twitter Labyrinth

30-04-2022 01:17 Musk claims his intention is to guard Twitter’s role as “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated” by protecting free speech. To do that he decided to buy the company for some US$44 billion and take it private.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CASTRO IN KYIV

Odours, shots and bombs

25-03-2022 20:57 There are thousands of souls left to God’s mercy in Ukraine.

by Nelson Castro

FOREIGN MINISTER'S FAUX PAS

Communication, diplomacy and dickheads

18-03-2022 21:14 Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero's use of the English language comes under the spotlight.

by James Grainger

ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta: a failed opportunity that will cost Argentina

16-03-2022 21:13 When trying to explain why we fail as a country, look no further than the Vaca Muerta debacle.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

IMF DEBT TALKS

Guzmán’s wet dream

28-01-2022 22:14 It isn’t entirely clear whether this is a good or a bad agreement for Argentina, but there should be no doubts that the beleaguered nation needed to reach some sort of deal with the IMF ahead of an impossible debt calendar.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS: THE INSIDE TRACK

Alberto needs a new Cabinet chief: Manzur has decided to leave

23-01-2022 21:12 The governor of Tucumán, who took leave from post to serve as Cabinet chief, wants to return to his province, frustrated by his loss of power. President Fernández does not intend to keep him either.

by Javier Calvo

Politics heating up

Hypocrisy rules!

15-01-2022 03:00 The heatwave that hit the Southern Hemisphere and Argentina with particular virulence this week seems to have fried the circuits of more than just the systems controlling the energy grid in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GUEST VOICE

Will 2022 be a year of consolidation for Latin America’s left?

14-01-2022 02:04 Three of the four Latin American presidential elections held last year were won by progressive candidates – and similar scenes could be repeated in Brazil and Colombia in the next 12 months.

by Clarisa Demattei*

PARTY POLITICS & REVENGE

‘The Foot,’ the ‘Gestapo,’ and the dark basements of Argentina’s democracy

07-01-2022 22:56 Cristina and her acolytes abused the Judiciary to rid themselves of problems during their tenure. Unfortunately, Macri’s Cambiemos coalition followed in their exact same footsteps, despite having won elections on an anti-corruption platform.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

PERONIST POLITICS

Things are not going as Cristina planned

07-01-2022 22:41 Things have not been turning out as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expected, starting with the electoral year.

by Gustavo González

GUEST VOICE

20 years on from 2001, society has yet to find a balance

18-12-2021 08:30 Social demands multiply in a scenario like the present day and might reach that level of social fatigue before reaching the 20 percent unemployment then.

by Guido Lorenzo

Guest voice

Housing crisis in Argentina: the need for a broader perspective

30-11-2021 09:00 Could a repeal of the new rental law solve the massive debt situation of the tenant population? Or improve access to homes?

by Joaquín Tome

JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO

Rodríguez Larreta’s long and winding road to 2023

26-11-2021 22:46 City mayor wishes to avoid entering into any arguments over the presidential race for now – there is still a long time to go and he prefers avoiding the wear and tear.

by Rodis Recalt

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

Left’s great election provides support for the battles to come

20-11-2021 12:13 We know that we’re living in hard times for the working-class majorities who expressed their social discontent at the ballot box.

by Nicolás del Caño, via Noticias Argentinas

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

How to freak out the IMF, an Argentine story

20-11-2021 11:55 It is difficult to fathom an IMF that will ink a deal with a nation that upholds dual exchange rates, price controls, relentless monetary expansion, and massive energy and utility subsidies in the context of perpetual deficits and extremely high inflation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

The second half

20-11-2021 11:54 Lessons from last Sunday’s election – and pointers for what lies ahead.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

Todos contentos

15-11-2021 16:10 With less catastrophic results than those anticipated by the PASO primaries, all the politicians have to do now is open dialogue and get the country out of the national crisis...

by Carlos De Angelis

Heightened uncertainty

Deep in the rabbit hole, Argentina searches for its soul

12-11-2021 22:17 Once the dust settles, Argentina will find itself deeper in the rabbit hole it has lived in for nearly a century and with even less margin than it had in the past.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Greenwashing?

Overseas trips and the green agenda

05-11-2021 17:59 Argentina’s international agenda had moderate pretensions. President Fernández needed to show himself as the proactive leader of a country that has a say in world affairs, even if we don’t.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Digital dystopia

The lies behind Zuckerberg’s Meta & Google’s Goodness

29-10-2021 23:37 It is clear that the level of complexity behind managing and supervising content on the Facebook family of products is extreme, yet Zuckerberg simply doesn’t seem interested in it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Politics

The ‘Pact’

22-10-2021 21:58 The real question isn’t about macroeconomics or philosophy, but rather about whether Team Mauricio and Team Cristina can actually leave aside their differences and work together.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ENVIRONMENT

Critics question climate crisis benefits of deep seabed mining

16-10-2021 09:00 Commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, but momentum is building. In response, a growing number of experts are sounding the alarm about a variety of environmental, food security, financial, and biodiversity concerns.

by Marta Montojo & Ian Urbina

Guest voice

The case for streamlining Congress

16-10-2021 00:01 Streamlining Congress would establish criteria of austerity, meritocracy and transparency in the use of human resources, but has not been considered for the past two decades.

by Gabriel C. Salvia

Politics

The Berni Headlock and the Cristina Shake

16-10-2021 00:01 Whether on purpose or not, the pan-Peronist coalition led by Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is trying to drag the conversation away from the economic failures during their tenure in an attempt to claw back votes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

And that reminds me

D’(H)ont ask me

18-09-2021 00:01 The autistic power plays now underway are only likely to sustain voting anger against a dysfunctional coalition.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me…

Twenty years can be something

11-09-2021 09:35 Just as in the preceding generation everybody seemed to remember exactly what they were doing on the day of John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, so 9/11 has remained the object of universal recall in the last 20 years.

by Michael Soltys

GUEST VOICE

The challenge of reducing the gap between exchange rates

04-09-2021 10:39 Continuing the current chasm is a recipe threatening economic revival and halting investments.

by Miguel Kiguel

Scandal

Partying in Olivos

14-08-2021 07:22 The line between being an able negotiator with the capacity to speak “eye to eye” with almost anyone, and becoming a charlatan is a fine one, particularly in politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

VACCINES FOR SALE?

The Sputnik saga continues

07-08-2021 11:44 Several sub-national jurisdictions throughout Argentina have announced their own plans to procure Covid-19 vaccines. Both Buenos Aires City and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza, Salta and Jujuy have come out publicly with their plans to purchase the inoculations, yet not a single one has arrived to the country yet.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

United States should look south for better supply chains

04-08-2021 11:31 When it comes to 'friendshoring,' Latin America has much to offer, and much to gain.

As I see it

Life after the great pandemic

01-05-2021 00:43 Hopes that the pandemic would abolish history by putting things in perspective and unite the world are still floating around, but they owe more to wishful thinking than to anything else.

by James Neilson

AS I SEE IT

A country caught in a time warp

27-03-2021 07:57 Obsessed as they are by the world of almost half a century ago, Cristina and her admirers have little interest in the country they are now governing.

by James Neilson

CARLOS MENEM (1930-2021)

The first post-modern president

20-02-2021 07:56 Menem was the emblem of Argentina’s eternal aspiration to be a First World cosmopolitan society.

by Gustavo González

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

Charlie was my darling

20-02-2021 07:40 A selection of purely personal memories and perceptions of Carlos Menem, including some that differ from conventional wisdom.

by Michael Soltys

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.

NEW SERIES

And that reminds me…

09-01-2021 07:28 Yours truly has been a columnist in this newspaper since its very first edition in four different incarnations. A new year, a new column.

by Michael Soltys

AS I SEE IT

The opposition takes to the streets

22-08-2020 09:58 These days demonstrators are well-behaved men and women who wear facemasks not for fear of getting recognised by the cops, but because they have no desire to get infected by the coronavirus.

by James Neilson

News of column

Burnin’ and a-lootin’ tonight

The opposite of drowning in a glass of water

Mecca: The core of the Muslim world

The fateful 30th month of the Fernández-Fernández administration

The Kulfas saga and the never-ending Néstor Kirchner pipeline

The hand that moves the pen

Not getting the hang of it

The Milei Experience

Fear, uncertainty, doubt

Elon Musk’s Twitter Labyrinth

Odours, shots and bombs

Communication, diplomacy and dickheads

Vaca Muerta: a failed opportunity that will cost Argentina

Guzmán’s wet dream

Alberto needs a new Cabinet chief: Manzur has decided to leave

Hypocrisy rules!

Will 2022 be a year of consolidation for Latin America’s left?

‘The Foot,’ the ‘Gestapo,’ and the dark basements of Argentina’s democracy

Things are not going as Cristina planned

20 years on from 2001, society has yet to find a balance

Housing crisis in Argentina: the need for a broader perspective

Rodríguez Larreta’s long and winding road to 2023

Left’s great election provides support for the battles to come

How to freak out the IMF, an Argentine story

The second half

Todos contentos

Deep in the rabbit hole, Argentina searches for its soul

Overseas trips and the green agenda

The lies behind Zuckerberg’s Meta & Google’s Goodness

The ‘Pact’

Critics question climate crisis benefits of deep seabed mining

The case for streamlining Congress

The Berni Headlock and the Cristina Shake

D’(H)ont ask me

Twenty years can be something

The challenge of reducing the gap between exchange rates

Partying in Olivos

The Sputnik saga continues

United States should look south for better supply chains

Life after the great pandemic

A country caught in a time warp

The first post-modern president

Charlie was my darling

Professionalism returns to the White House with Biden

And that reminds me…

The opposition takes to the streets

Analysts estimate inflation could surpass 90% this year

Economy minister shakes up energy secretary in consolidation of power

March in Caracas protests against detained plane in Argentina

Social organisations renew demand for greater inflation aid

Brazil against replaying abandoned Argentina World Cup qualifier

Paro de colectivos en el AMBA: desde cuándo rige la medida y a qué líneas afecta

Cristina Kirchner se mostró malhumorada e irónica en la sesión especial del Senado

Furia contra Macri y juicio a la Corte: quién es Joanna Picetti, la "testaferro" de Juntos por el Cambio apuntada por Elisa Carrió

Belliboni: "Pasé una noche muy dura en el acampe como para escuchar a un ministro que durmió cómodo"

Ceferino Reato, testigo de un hecho histórico: "Después de 20 años, De Mendiguren y Cavallo se dieron un abrazo"