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Milei denies role in 'cryptogate' after 'pay for access' reports

03-03-2025 09:36 The La Libertad Avanza leader said he posted about the cryptocurrency in "good faith" and denies wrongdoing.

Alberto Fernández: ‘Milei has the problem of being completely dogmatic’

23-02-2025 06:08 In the final part of a feature interview, former president Alberto Fernández discusses the insurance corruption allegations he faces in the courts, President Javier Milei, Peronism and his relationship with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Milei talks relations with ‘docile’ IMF and ‘generous’ Trump in interview

29-11-2024 12:58 President Javier Milei grants lengthy interview to UK magazine 'The Economist' detailing how he cut state spending, his relationship with US president-elect Donald Trump, ties with China and is seeking new deal with the International Monetary Fund.

Mujica: Left’s return to power in Uruguay is ‘a farewell prize’

29-11-2024 11:40 José ‘Pepe’ Mujica is perhaps the most famous Uruguayan in the world, but that doesn't faze him. “I'm not a phenomenon; I'm an ordinary guy with some eccentricities,” says the 89-year-old former president.

Martin Schulz: ‘The result of the war in Ukraine is decisive for the future of the EU’

02-08-2024 07:05 Former President of the European Parliament, German ex-lawmaker and MEP Martin Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament, on politics in the Old Continent, the EU’s ties with Latin America and the global rise of the far right.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Santiago Caputo breaks his silence

01-08-2024 15:02 Javier Milei’s influential advisor gave his first public interview, a few hours from the conversation held by the head of State with Macri at Olivos.

Milei compares himself to ‘The Terminator’ in interview

07-06-2024 17:40 President vows to cut another 50,000 state jobs as part of his sweeping austerity drive.

'They raped me’ – Journalist recounts allegation against ex-Vélez players

21-05-2024 15:59 The young female sports journalist who has accused three former Vélez Sarsfield footballers of raping her back in March has repeated her allegations in a new interview.

EU-Mercosur deal is ‘win-win,’ says Poland’s ambassador to Argentina

03-05-2024 08:17 Aleksandra Piątkowska, Warsaw’s envoy in Buenos Aires, discusses the stalled free-trade deal between the Mercosur and European Union, bilateral relations with Argentina and the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

by Julia Oleszynska

Jorge Lanata: ‘President Milei has the right to speak and criticise, but not to say just anything’

27-04-2024 05:15 One of Argentina’s most important journalists on his court case against President Javier Milei, pro-government reporters, the challenges facing the media and the nation’s new political order.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

‘No alternative’ to austerity in Argentina, says top World Bank official

10-04-2024 17:59 Economist William Maloney comes out in support of Milei’s government’s reform plans; World Bank says Argentina's economy will decline 2.8% in 2024.

Martín Lousteau: ‘I’m not afraid of leaders with an authoritarian streak’

06-04-2024 06:09 Senator and UCR chair on why the mega DNU emergency decree was unconstitutional, President Milei’s economic plan and Radical renewal.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Milei doesn’t see Argentina dollarising before midterm vote

01-04-2024 09:33 “I don’t think we’ll get there before next year’s mid-term elections," declares president in TV interview with CNN en Español.

Agüero wants consistent criteria for use of VAR in football

29-03-2024 05:22 Former Independiente, Manchester City and Argentina star Sergio Agüero reminisces about winning an Olympic gold medal and tips wonderkid Claudio Echeverri to do well at his former club.

by Dan Edwards

Waldo Wolff: ‘With tougher penalties in the City, we can lower crime by 50%’

19-02-2024 17:26 Buenos Aires City Security Minister Waldo Wolff details reforms implemented by the new administration, explains how crime could be further slashed and why “Jorge Macri is a modern leader.”

by Ezequiel Spillman

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

Rodolfo Barra: ‘Emergency decrees are for when the going gets tough’

13-01-2024 06:41 Argentina’s new Treasury attorney defends President Javier Milei’s emergency decree in a feature-length interview that also touches on protest rights, the Supreme Court and his Nazi past during adolescence.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Pablo Gerchunoff: ‘People voted for a scream of fury… inside it lies change’

06-01-2024 07:23 Renowned economist, essayist and researcher Pablo Gerchunoff analyses the ascent of Javier Milei to the Presidency.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

‘Carlitos has the courage’ – Agüero impressed by Tevez’s start at Independiente

02-12-2023 10:16 Ex-Rojo favourite Sergio Agüero says his former Argentina international teammate Carlos Tevez has “handled the pressure well” in his debut season in Avellaneda.

by Dan Edwards

President Alberto Fernández: ‘Milei should give Macri as wide a berth as possible’

01-12-2023 15:04 Just days after meeting with his successor, Argentina’s outgoing president sits down to reflect on his four years of government, the challenges he faced and why he believes Javier Milei won last month’s run-off.

by Jorge Fontevecchia