News of criticism

Vaccine delays force government onto defensive, Fernández preaches caution

20-03-2021 07:18 President Fernández admits Argentina has received only 6% of the vaccines it has ordered, as another shipment of 330,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine lands at Ezeiza.

'VIP vaccine' scandal

Political tension soar as anger builds against body bags protest

02-03-2021 21:29 Fernández and government officials clash with opposition figureheads on social media in wake of last Saturday's anti-government protest, as president condemns use of body bags at rally condemning 'VIP vaccine' scandal.

DIPLOMACY

Ecuador angered by CFK's 'intervention' into 'domestic affairs'

09-12-2020 18:33 Ecuador's Foreign Ministry protests "inopportune statements" made by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, after Argentina's vice-president expressed concern over a presumed lack of democracy in the country.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump fraud claims meet with limited Republican criticism

06-11-2020 18:42 Trump's unfounded accusations of fraud in the US presidential election condemned by some Republicans, but top party figures refuse to criticise remarks.

BLOOMBERG

Creditors blast Argentina for post-restructuring bond blow-up

22-10-2020 22:22 Argentina Exchange Bondholders group and the Argentina Creditor Committee rip government for mismanaging the economy, saying country is headed for disaster just seven weeks after restructuring US$65 billion in debt.

SPEECH TO CONGRESS

Fernández vows to send abortion bill to Congress ‘in next 10 days’

01-03-2020 23:42 Peronist president says he will seek to legalise abortion, reform the Judiciary and make Argentina’s debt burden sustainable, as he opens new sessions in Congress.

BBC INTERVIEW

Stiglitz: 'Macri bet the house and lenders followed him blindly'

29-01-2020 12:19 Famed economist and mentor to Martín Guzmán offers his take on renegotiation of Argentina's debt, questioning creditors and criticising the Mauricio Macri government.

End of 'Chocobar doctrine'?

Bullrich bemoans security minister's move to remove Macri-era protocols

24-12-2019 13:04 Recently departed security minister accuses new government of holding "ideological apparatus that is always on the side of the thief."

ELECTION 2019

Alberto Fernández renews criticism of deal after meeting with IMF team

27-08-2019 09:04 Peronist candidate reiterates criticism of Fund, saying that "those who have generated this crisis have the responsibility of putting an end to and reversing it."