Venezuelan election 2024 Time for 'democratic transition' in Venezuela, says opposition candidate 24-04-2024 22:03 Little-known career diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia will face President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela's elections this coming July 28.
POLITICS & HUMAN RIGHTS Alberto González: ESMA torturer – and vice-president’s mentor 29-03-2024 21:02 He headed the dreaded “underground” of the ESMA Navy Mechanics School concentration camp. Convicted for crimes against humanity, Alberto González was also the first dictatorship-era criminal to be sentenced for rape. He is also the mentor of Argentina’s Vice-President Victoria Villarruel. by Juan Luis González
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Silvia Labayrú: ‘I was the first, I believe, to give birth at ESMA’ 17-02-2024 06:43 Silvia Labayrú is a survivor of one of Argentina’s darkest places during the 1976-1983 era of state terrorism. Held at the ex-ESMA Navy Mechanics School, which served as a clandestine detention centre during the dictatorship’s rein of terror, she was kidnapped, tortured and raped several times during her captivity. In a feature interview, she recalls her experience and reveals the horrors she suffered during those black days. by Jorge Fontevecchia
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Biden’s top Latin America adviser Juan Gonzalez to step down 14-02-2024 21:29 Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to US President Joe Biden and the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere, will depart his post in mid-March.
CINEMA & FILM Milei backtracks on cinema cuts after protests spread abroad 23-01-2024 20:41 President Javier Milei’s plan to strip Argentina's film industry of public funding, along with other cultural areas, may be prompting the government to backtrack in part.
CRIME Violent land dispute in La Matanza leaves five dead 15-01-2024 19:10 Shots fired in violent dispute over land involving members of the Paraguayan, Peruvian and Bolivian communities in González Catán, La Matanza. At least five killed and half-a-dozen injured.
MILEI'S INAUGURATION Zelenskyy headlines guestlist as leaders confirm for inauguration 08-12-2023 00:45 Javier Milei will be sworn-in as Argentina's new head of state on Sunday in a ceremony set to be attended by a host of regional and world leaders.
Milei in America Milei makes contact with Biden administration in Washington 28-11-2023 22:52 Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei makes first contact with officials from US President Joe Biden's government.
EL LOCO'S BIOGRAPHER Milei has won – what next for Argentina? 20-11-2023 00:58 The outspoken libertarian is Argentina's next president. An unstable leader taking the reins of an unstable country. How much of his promises will he keep, or want to keep? by Juan Luis González
Profile: Ecuador's next president Daniel Noboa, banana empire heir to Ecuador's youngest president 16-10-2023 10:18 Voted in as Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect, Daniel Noboa vowed Sunday after his election win to work to "restore peace" to the country in the grips of a bloody drug gang war.
Election in Ecuador Daniel Noboa, Ecuador's youngest-ever president, vows to 'restore peace' 16-10-2023 09:55 Banana empire heir Daniel Noboa is Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect at 35; Candidate vows to "restore peace" to a country ravaged by a bloody drug gang war.
Election in Ecuador Polar opposite candidates set to vie for Ecuador presidency 21-08-2023 09:24 Ecuador election heads for a second-round showdown that will pit leftist frontrunner Luisa González against Daniel Noboa, the conservative son of one of the country's richest men.
Election in Ecuador Ecuador heads to presidential run-off pitting left against right 21-08-2023 09:16 Luisa González, a lawyer close to divisive former leader Rafael Correa, emerges as frontrunner after Ecuador presidential election; She will face Daniel Noboa in a second-round showdown in October.
POLITICS 'Governors and mayors have started getting in touch with Milei’s team' 18-08-2023 16:35 Following Javier Milei's stunning triumph in the presidential primary last weekend, the candidate's inner circle is drawing up a list of possible officials who could be appointed should he win the Presidency.
ELECTION 2023 Candidacy-buying allegations pile pressure on Javier Milei 14-07-2023 07:45 Libertarian lawmaker rejects multiple claims from former allies that his party is selling candidacies and places on its electoral lists for cold hard cash (in dollars, of course).
POLICE VIOLENCE Three police officers given life imprisonment for 17-year-old’s killing 11-07-2023 14:20 Three Buenos Aires City police officers – Gabriel Alejandro Issasi, Juan José Nieva and Fabián Andrés López – sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of 17-year-old Lucas González in November 2021.
VENEZUELA HEALTH Vaccine battle against HPV thwarted by cost, stigma in Venezuela 09-05-2023 16:25 Although their government promised years ago to include the HPV vaccine in its free inoculation schedule, Venezuela remains one of the few Latin American countries not to have done so.
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Lacking agreement, Frente de Todos heads towards decisive month 12-04-2023 23:23 Ruling coalition no closer to deciding its line-up for the PASO primaries; Justicialist Party (PJ) National Council set to meet at the end of April, but President Alberto Fernandez will not define his candidacy until May. by Rosario Ayerdi
CRIME & SECURITY Four ‘crypto-hacker’ gang members arrested after US$800,000 theft 29-03-2023 11:01 Four hackers allegedly responsible for scamming US$800,000 out of crypto firm Buenbit arrested in series of raids across Buenos Aires Province, but gang’s 19-year old leader is still at large.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Fernández to meet Biden at White House on March 29 23-03-2023 14:58 After an eight-month delay part-imposed by Biden’s Covid-19 diagnosis, Argentina’s president finally gets his wish and secures a rescheduled meeting with his United States counterpart in Washington next week.
Qatar 2022 World Cup Albiceleste lose two from squad: Nico González, Joaquín Correa out 17-11-2022 17:49 Fiorentina forward Nicolás González and Inter Milan star Joaquín Correa suffer injuries and miss out on Qatar 2022.
POLITICS The Last Albertistas 01-07-2022 09:55 Who are President Alberto Fernández's last remaining soldiers in the Cabinet? by Rodis Recalt
Bloomberg US needs to see more from Maduro to ease Venezuela sanctions 19-05-2022 14:16 US National Security Council Senior Director Juan Gonzalez says Maduro administration should take more democratic steps before receiving respite from sanctions.