News of column

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

INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA

2023: Interesting challenges for investors in the year to come

25-01-2023 12:56 Having a global vision helps us understand that there are economic problems that transcend borders and the mechanisms used to solve them have consequences in different geographies.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Relaunching the strategic alliance between Argentina and Brazil

24-01-2023 00:17 In a special text for PERFIL, the Argentina and Brazilian presidents detail the strategic alliance which they signed Monday in Buenos Aires, defending democracy, Mercosur and economic integration.

GUEST VOICE

Kirsty Hayes: UK must build new long-term partnerships with the countries that will shape the future

17-12-2022 04:32 "With rapidly growing populations and a growing share of global wealth, we know that countries across the global south will play a far greater role in shaping the way the world looks over the century to come," writes UK Ambassador to Argentina Kirsty Hayes.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Hebe de Bonafini, 1928-2022

26-11-2022 06:44 The traumas of 1977, when Hebe de Bonafini lost both her sons, were the turning-point in her life, taking her from complete obscurity to a place in Argentine history and even the world spotlight.

by Michael Soltys

GUEST COLUMN

Islam: a guardian or a threat to religious freedom?

25-11-2022 13:45 As a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Argentina, whose motto is "Love for all, Hatred for none," I express my position to promote religious freedom.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

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.

And that reminds me…

Ah, but Macri…

29-10-2022 06:00 My first interaction with Mauricio Macri started off on the wrong foot but, far more importantly, I would argue that he started off on the wrong foot.

by Michael Soltys

On 'Fake news'

The weaponisation of information in Latin America

22-10-2022 06:00 Disinformation is not new and has been used for millennia. Yet its digital iteration harnesses the power of the Internet which has brought together the largest and most interconnected communications network in the history of humanity.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

As I see it

Rumblings from below

17-09-2022 02:55 The botched attempt to assassinate Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has encouraged fears that Argentina could see the return of political violence.

by James Neilson

POLITICS & ECONOMY

What do the Kirchnerites think of Massa?

16-09-2022 16:13 Why is Economy Minister Sergio Massa allowed to do what Martín Guzmán wasn’t? And furthermore, is the ex-Tigre mayor doing enough?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

The King and I

16-09-2022 02:50 With seven decades of preparation, Charles knows his way around the world and its leaders and stands to be as professional as mother – green only in his environmental passions.

by Michael Soltys

As I see it

Something is knocking on the door

10-09-2022 02:00 As was to be expected, the government wasted no time in trying to take advantage of what had happened last week outside Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's apartment building in Recoleta.

by James Neilson

A SODA STEREO FAN WRITES

Argentina, a través de mis ojos Americanos

03-09-2022 16:12 I have spent the last two years now as a spy, a spectator, enchanted from a distance by Argentina, and Buenos Aires specifically. And it’s all thanks to Soda Stereo.

by Andy Meek

opinion and analysis

Blame the rich

19-08-2022 17:31 Weirdly enough it seems that several of the major constituents of the Frente de Todos have acknowledged that, at least for the time being, they are all in the same boat. And that boat appears adrift at sea.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

COMMUNITY

Taiwanese find their feet in Argentina

13-08-2022 12:21 Growing up in Taiwan and living abroad in recent years, I have discovered that the challenges posed only make Taiwanese people stronger. They are finding their way around diplomatically, economically, and culturally – even in Argentina.

by Erica Wu

Social Tensions

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

News of column

Oktoberfest in January

2023: Interesting challenges for investors in the year to come

Relaunching the strategic alliance between Argentina and Brazil

Kirsty Hayes: UK must build new long-term partnerships with the countries that will shape the future

Hebe de Bonafini, 1928-2022

Islam: a guardian or a threat to religious freedom?

Latin America is slipping out of the US orbit

Ah, but Macri…

The weaponisation of information in Latin America

Rumblings from below

What do the Kirchnerites think of Massa?

The King and I

Something is knocking on the door

Argentina, a través de mis ojos Americanos

Blame the rich

Taiwanese find their feet in Argentina

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

India overtakes China in population

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

10 hidden spots in Argentina to enjoy this summer

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay launch World Cup 2030 bid

Qué dice la ley y en qué momento podrían salir de prisión los cinco rugbiers condenados a perpetua

La Policía de la Ciudad recluta jóvenes para unirse a la fuerza: cuáles son los requisitos y cuál es el sueldo

Recusan a Horacio Rosatti y acusan a la Corte de ocultarlo

Vuelos de la muerte | Repatriarán el avión desde donde arrojaron al mar a las Madres de Plaza de Mayo

Marta Cohen: “Tanta vacunación no hace bien al sistema inmune, aumenta la artritis"