News of future

DEBT RESTRUCTURING TALKS

Government defaults on bond payments, deadline dance continues

23-05-2020 07:47 Four years after returning to the capital markets, Argentina’s defaults for the ninth time in history. Government and creditors continue negotiating, as Economy Ministry extends deadline for talks until June 2.

Coronavirus pandemic

Pandemic prompts fears for the future from crisis-weary citizens

22-03-2020 16:02 The coronavirus outbreak has paralysed the global economy – and that could not have happened at a worse time for Argentina...

Wine business

Tariffs, coronavirus fears threaten wine show buzz

04-03-2020 12:51 Threatened by Trump's tariffs and the coronavirus epidemic, winegrowers are facing a high level of uncertainty that raises doubts over the future of the industry.

AS I SEE IT

The challenges ahead

28-12-2019 09:38 The many who find merely materialistic values hollow may feel the constant worrying about economic developments and the subordination of education to the labour market distasteful, but for the 40 percent or so of the Argentine population which is already below the poverty line to enjoy a better life, its members will need not just handouts paid for by money taken from the marginally better off but also the skills and aptitudes they will require to prosper in an ever more demanding world.

by James Neilson

AS I SEE IT

Cristina is back, on steroids

07-12-2019 12:19 Unless the new president manages to tie her down, next week Argentina will fall into the hands of a lady many of her compatriots, and most foreign leaders and businessmen, believe to be extremely corrupt.

by James Neilson

TRANSITION 2019

What will Alberto Fernandez do in his first 100 days?

07-12-2019 10:21 Three days out from his inauguration and following the announcement of his Cabinet yesterday, Alberto Fernández can now look ahead to his first 100 days in office, which will have one main driver: averting a debt default.

by Marcelo J. Garcia

EDITORIAL

A month is an even longer time in politics

09-11-2019 12:11 His future Cabinet remains a mystery while his road map for a stricken economy does not go beyond a broad socio-economic agreement, with a 2020 wage and price ceiling of 35 percent widely floated but far from confirmed.

ELECTIONS 2019

Optimistic about the future of Argentina

26-10-2019 08:28 Pessimism is widespread as Argentine assets have fallen off a cliff, and the real question is how big a haircut will Argentina’s creditors have to face.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GUEST COLUMN

Anger and environmental idealism

19-10-2019 08:30 The thrust of our political, economic and environmental systems must be urgently changed because their divergence is catastrophic.

by Ricardo Lorenzetti

CLIMATE CHANGE

Young climate activists file UN complaint against Argentina, four other nations

23-09-2019 17:33 Complaint by 16 young climate activists, led by Greta Thunberg, accuses Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey of failing to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed 30 years ago.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Argentine climate activist makes waves at UN climate summit

23-09-2019 14:50 From the streets to the summit: local activist 19-year-old Bruno Rodríguez among the young climate leaders mobilising in New York City for climate summit ahead of UN General Assembly.

ELECTION 2019

Checkmate Macri?

21-09-2019 11:19 Everyone and their mother have agreed that Argentina needs a socio-politicaleconomic pact

by Agustino Fontevecchia

AS I SEE IT

Cometh the hour, cometh Alberto

17-08-2019 11:56 Nobody saw it coming. Before people started casting their votes last Sunday morning, just about all the professional pollsters assured us that Mauricio Macri and Alberto Fernández were running neck-and-neck, some even suggested that the president was edging ahead.

by James Neilson

ON CAUSALITY

Argentina and the point of no return

29-09-2018 11:45 Macri and his team need to reach difficult political agreements with society’s primary actors: the political opposition, businessmen, and the electorate.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Albiceleste must ensure history doesn’t repeat itself

15-09-2018 12:57 Messi-less Argentina put through paces against Colombia and Guatemala – but what about Paulo Dybala?

by Dan Edwards

THE VALUE OF QUALITY

Archaeology and futurology: media’s ‘new’ model

01-09-2018 09:16 In a decade, the business model of legacy media companies had become obsolete, sending the industry into despair as the prophets of doom predicted the end of print.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

AS I SEE IT

Cleaning up a crumbling economy

18-08-2018 11:17 Here, a former president who has been plausibly accused of stealing billions of dollars not only remains at large, but still has a chance of returning in triumph to the Pink House and stealing a few billion more.

by JAMES NEILSON

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Green lights on Flag Day

23-06-2018 10:51 Does Argentina now turn the corner after almost a decade as a frontier market? Hard to say at present.

THE IMF AND GRADUALISM

IMF stands firm behind Argentina as Macri looks to regain economic mojo

23-06-2018 10:21 As the government receives the first disbursement of a US$50-billion credit line, has Argentina lost its economic mojo?

by Federico Poore