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YPF in talks with supermajors for equity in Argentina LNG plant

08-11-2024 19:02 State-run YPF is in talks with global supermajors to become equity partners in its LNG export project.

YPF chief announces state firm will sell off Metrogas shares

30-10-2024 11:16 Horacio Marín, president of state energy firm YPF, says company will sell off its shares in distributor Metrogas during speech to regional production forum.

Rodríguez Larreta launches new ‘MAD’ political 'movement'

27-08-2024 15:32 Former Buenos Aires City mayor launches new think tank, pitching the 'Movimiento al Desarrollo' as a sober developmentalist voice in Argentine politics.

by James Grainger

YPF chooses Río Negro, not Buenos Aires Province, for new LNG plant

31-07-2024 17:46 Bahía Blanca was one of the areas being considered to house the ambitious project which will require between US$30 billion and US$50 billion; Decision is a major blow for nation's most populous region.

Macri praises ‘honest’ and ‘well-intentioned’ Milei

07-03-2024 14:01 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta voices opposition to ‘co-government’ or ‘merger’ between PRO and La Libertad Avanza, criticises party colleague Patricia Bullrich's decision to join Javier Milei's government.

Milei taps oil vet to run state energy firm YPF

23-11-2023 14:48 Milei plans to tap Horacio Marín, a 35-year industry veteran who has worked in the US and South America, to become president and chief executive officer of YPF SA.

The new political configuration for 2024

07-11-2023 13:53 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta will seek refuge in a new foundation after the implosion of Juntos por el Cambio. Opposition governors, observing as the opposition implodes, are strengthening their regional power bases in time for negotiations with the next president.

by Rodis Recalt

Split ahead? Milei the dividing-line for Juntos por el Cambio

27-10-2023 09:45 UCR, Coalición Cívica and some PRO figures distance themselves from Bullrich and Macri in wake of Milei deal. With just over three weeks to go until the run-off, will the opposition coalition still be united by the time the run-off arrives?

Mendoza court acquits nuns in Próvolo deaf children sex abuse case

19-10-2023 10:12 Nuns from the Antonio Próvolo Institute, investigated for sexual abuse of deaf children, acquitted by court; Victims’ lawyers criticise court and say they will appeal.

Bullrich says Rodríguez Larreta will be Cabinet chief if elected

14-10-2023 07:58 Opposition coalition leader Patricia Bullrich announces that Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the rival she defeated in the Juntos por el Cambio primary, will be named as Cabinet chief if she is elected head of state.

Massa pitches 'national unity' cabinet if elected

22-08-2023 15:22 Sergio Massa opens his arms to moderates. Ruling coalition's presidential candidate also claims Schiaretti's bloc could join part of his hypothetical government. Unión por la Patria leader targets voters who backed Horacio Rodríguez Larreta last time out.

Milei and reaping what you sowed

19-08-2023 08:05 There could be another 1.2 million voters heading to the ballots on October 22 from increased participation. Assuming Bullrich and Massa absorb all of their primary rivals’ voters, will they be able to capture enough of those ‘new’ voters?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Outsider Milei leads Argentina’s primary with strong showing

13-08-2023 23:05 Libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei leads crucial primary vote with stronger-than-expected performance that upends presidential race, increasing uncertainty ahead of October election.

Milei delivers blow to main coalitions at ballot box

13-08-2023 22:43 Libertarian lawmaker emerges as candidate with most votes in initial results from PASO primaries; With 61% of polling stations reporting, Milei has 32.57%, trailed by Massa on 20.64%; Bullrich has large lead over Rodríguez Larreta in Juntos por el Cambio primary, with coalition on 27.57% in total.

Massa wins Greylock’s blessing in bid to save Argentina's economy

09-08-2023 14:52 Argentina’s inflation surged under Massa – Greylock sees him as best to save the economy.

Next president on a collision course with hyperinflation

08-08-2023 13:25 Decades of failed policies and repeated debt defaults have led the country to 116% inflation. The question is who, if anyone, can avert a crash.

Of Mediterranean and other voting

28-07-2023 21:32 If Córdoba’s Peronist government delights in reviling its national comrades, Chubut holding its provincial elections tomorrow goes one better – there the Peronist gubernatorial candidate disowns his own governor despite the common loyalty of both men to Massa.

by Michael Soltys

Presidential candidates remain neck-and-neck

28-07-2023 21:09 If the coming crunch is as painful as some predict, will it be enough to make the entrenched political elite decide that the time has come for whoever is in power to apply policies that have worked well enough elsewhere?

by James Neilson

Voter turnout set to be defining factor in Argentina’s election

26-07-2023 15:04 Voter turnout will impact Argentina's presidential race, benefiting passionate candidates Bullrich and Milei, while low expected turnout poses challenges for Larreta.

More losers than winners

22-07-2023 19:42 Apart from confounding the opinion polls, last Sunday’s PASO primaries in Santa Fe also defied the grieta logic of a zero-sum game whereby one side or the other of the chasm has to win – last weekend both extremes lost.

by Michael Soltys