News of frente de todos

Peronist gradualism

21-01-2023 05:46 Once again Sergio Massa has taken the spotlight. As the electoral year gets going, he seems to be placing his bets on managing to bring inflation down while keeping the economy in positive territory to become the main candidate for the pan-Peronist coalition, Frente de Todos.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Sergio Massa: ‘Argentina is a country which has a lot to offer a world in crisis’

14-01-2023 06:38 In his first long interview since assuming office as Argentina’s ‘super economy minister,’ Sergio Massa analyses his first few months in office and outlines his goals for 2023.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Argentina’s black-market peso slumps to record ahead of holidays

29-12-2022 15:33 Argentina's black market exchange rate plunged to a record low this week, with the blue dollar hitting 357 pesos per greenback.

Christmas this Sunday or last (or both)?

24-12-2022 06:45 The word “catharsis” has been overused in the past month because of its tempting overlap with the World Cup host country’s name but the shoe fits – there was an element of catharsis for a country still emerging from the coronavirus pandemic and enduring over a decade without any sustained growth since that 2010 bicentenary.

Hanging in the balance (of powers)

26-11-2022 01:52 Argentina has very concrete problems resulting from the seemingly abstract factor of legal security.

Emmanuel Álvarez Agis: ‘The challenge is to halt inflation with everybody aboard’

25-11-2022 09:14 Director of PxQ consultants and former deputy economy minister ​​Emmanuel Álvarez Agis on Sergio Massa’s approach, turning down the chance to head the portfolio and the challenges facing Argentina in the next two years.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Eliminating the primaries: Cristina & Alberto’s new face-off

05-11-2022 06:50 The debate regarding the suspension of Argentina’s controversial PASO primaries is dictated by the personal interests of the involved parties.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos: ‘Argentina has an exemplary labour movement’

05-11-2022 06:10 New Labour Minister Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos on Argentina’s labour movement, employment rights, collective bargaining, and Alberto Fernández’s re-election hopes.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The hypocrisy of calling for consensus in an era of polarisation

29-10-2022 06:00 The distance between what politicians say in public and their actions is incredibly large, and it’s not clear whether this is a prerequisite or a consequence of the profession.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Fernández de Kirchner reignites infighting with inflation jab

26-10-2022 17:37 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reignites infighting in the ruling coalition by criticising price increases authorised by her own government.

Government offers food bonus to destitute as price crisis bites

20-10-2022 23:32 Sergio Massa, Fernanda Raverta confirm adults without income will be eligible for 45,000-peso bonus to help meet nutritional needs amid deepening inflation crisis.

Victoria Tolosa Paz sets priorities: ‘There can be no excessive overlap of social plans’

17-10-2022 17:32 New Social Development Minister is settling into her new office, anticipating a new line for her stewardship. “You’re going to have to go out to work if you want to earn more than a minimum wage,” assures Victoria Tolosa Paz. New official feels that she has the support of all internal sectors within Frente de Todos and that they will only manage to be electorally competitive if they can succeed in “sorting out the lives of those with work and those without.”

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto, the solitary president who ‘resists with endurance’

11-10-2022 14:25 The president set about his latest Cabinet reshuffle on his own. He did not want to pick up the phone and generate a consensus on key portfolios such as Social Development and Labour.

by Ramón Indart

Bolsonaro and Manes: the victors in Brazil and Argentina?

08-10-2022 07:00 While President Alberto Fernández and his boss Cristina, both Lula fanboys, could celebrate another victory for the “progressives” of Latin America, the true reasons to raise a glass could have more to do with what’s happening in the Argentine opposition.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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

Government's budget bill forecasts 60% inflation in 2023

16-09-2022 09:01 Argentina's government will forecast inflation hitting 60% in 2023 in its proposed budget, according to sources in Economy Ministry.

Gabriel Rubinstein appointed economic planning secretary

22-08-2022 10:38 Massa taps ex-central banker to craft response to economic crisis.

Argentina taps ex-central banker to craft response to crisis

22-08-2022 10:14 Sergio Massa taps Gabriel Rubinstein as secretary of economic planning. Veteran economic will help craft the policy response to currency slump and runaway inflation.

Inflation hits 64% year-on-year, analysts fear worse yet to come

14-07-2022 19:05 No respite from price hikes in Argentina: Inflation hit 5.3% in June, increases totalled 36.2% in first half of this year.

Batakis: Argentina will honour economic goals agreed with IMF

11-07-2022 13:34 New Economy Minister Silvina Batakis tells the press that ​​Argentina is “not going to spend more than we have," but experts warn that “seeing is believing.”