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CENSUS 2022

Government launches 2022 census, first to feature digital element

18-03-2022 13:27 Argentina’s last census, carried out in 2010, revealed that the country’s population was 40.11 million, although current estimates place the figure at around 45 million people.

As I see it

Adrift in a world out of kilter

21-01-2022 22:00 Imperfect as the order installed by the United States in the late 1940s may have been, it, or what remains of it, is surely preferable to what seems likely to come next.

by James Neilson

EUROPEAN POLITICS

'Hamstrung' Europe searches for a post-Merkel leader

28-12-2021 10:15 Angela Merkel's departure from the political stage after 16 years as chancellor has not only ushered in a new era in Germany but also shaken up the power balance in the European Union.

Energy & Environment

Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists

27-12-2021 23:20 The climate crisis has put the end of oil onto the agenda, but achieving that is a colossal task given the world economy's deep dependence on petroleum.

Bloomberg

Rio Tinto buys US$825-million lithium project in battery push

21-12-2021 18:24 Rio Tinto Group agrees to buy a lithium mine in Argentina for US$825 million as the world’s second-biggest miner accelerates its push into battery materials.

ELECTIONS 2021

Macri on election: ‘It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another’

15-11-2021 00:00 “The result confirms that it is the end of one era and the beginning of another," declares former president Mauricio Macri.

EDITORIAL

Is all the world a stage or something more?

29-10-2021 21:51 In general, green thinking in Argentine politics spells greenbacks rather than environmental conservation – a tendency underlined by the total absence of the issue in the electoral debates earlier this month.

EDITORIAL

The beginning of the end?

17-09-2021 22:07 The Frente de Todos coalition, with the vice-presidential tail wagging the presidential dog, has been a rare experiment premised on a united Peronism being big enough to contain its own historic contradictions by guaranteeing electoral victory and thus power. That myth was rudely shattered by last Sunday’s voting.

COALITION TENSIONS

Kirchnerites pressure Guzmán over use of new IMF funds

08-05-2021 01:19 Kirchnerite wing of ruling Frente de Todos coalition wants economy minister to deploy new IMF special drawing rights funds in fight against Covid-19.

THE RUMOUR MILL

Question marks over Guzmán’s tenure as economy minister

04-05-2021 22:09 Martín Guzmán’s bid to force out Energy Undersecretary Federico Basualdo – frustrated for now despite counting on the support of President Alberto Fernández – has reignited rumours over the economy minister’s future and exposed infighting among the ruling coalition.

LATIN AMERICA: LANDSLIDE IN REFERENDUM

Chile embarks upon a new path after landslide vote

31-10-2020 10:14 Chileans are eager for change, but a long road lies ahead in the search for a new constitution.

75 YEARS OF UNITED NATIONS

Born to prevent war, UN at 75 faces a deeply polarised world

21-09-2020 23:44 “We have a surplus of multilateral challenges and a deficit of multilateral solutions,” declares António Guterres, as UN secretary general leads celebrations marking organisation's 75th anniversary.