News of juntos por el cambio

Hernán Lacunza: 'The healthy antidote for avoiding capital flight is confidence'

03-06-2022 10:27 Former economy minister Hernán Lacunza on the IMF debt agreement, eyeing short-term fetishes instead of solutions and capital flight.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Esteban Bullrich: ‘When the future is uncertain, all you have is the present’

13-05-2022 12:21 Former senator and education minister Esteban Bullrich on being diagnosed with ALS, faith and why Argentina must overcome the ‘grieta’ rift that dominates the country’s politics.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Milei lets rip after Juntos por el Cambio rules out electoral alliance

30-04-2022 01:15 Meeting of Juntos por el Cambio’s leaders ends in agreement that no political force will be added to coalition without unanimous approval, putting to bed rumours that outspoken libertarian economist could be asked to join.

Ricardo López Murphy: 'Argentina’s economic regime is very absurd’

15-04-2022 15:10 Lawmaker, economist, former minister and ex-presidential candidate Ricardo López Murphy on Argentina’s struggles with inflation and the future of the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Patricia Bullrich: ‘Argentina needs convictions to come out of the crisis’

04-03-2022 17:50 PRO party chair, opposition leader and former security minister Patricia Bullrich on Argentina and the IMF, upheaval in the ruling coalition and Mauricio Macri’s future role.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The future of coalitions and the end of strong presidents

25-02-2022 13:55 Macri will probably turn out to be the last president who tried – and in some measure succeeded – to exercise absolute power. And Alberto Fernández will probably be the first president of a saga where nobody will again exercise power as in the past.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: 'I’m not seeking absolute leadership'

21-01-2022 22:00 Buenos Aires City mayor and likely 2023 presidential candidate on the IMF, economic policy, Mauricio Macri and why he’s not seeking the “absolute leadership” of Juntos por el Cambio.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

A puzzle nobody wants

24-12-2021 08:35 While it is easy for opposition leaders to criticise the Kirchnerites for their handling of the economy and a great many other things, coming clean about what they themselves would do is far more difficult.

by James Neilson

Rodríguez Larreta’s long and winding road to 2023

26-11-2021 22:46 City mayor wishes to avoid entering into any arguments over the presidential race for now – there is still a long time to go and he prefers avoiding the wear and tear.

by Rodis Recalt

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

20-11-2021 12:07 It would do the government a power of good to admit their defeat and read its message so that they can start addressing its causes.

Facundo Manes: ‘I didn’t become a candidate to represent what lost in 2019’

09-10-2021 12:46 Fresh from an impressive political debut in the recent PASO primaries, neuroscientist Facundo Manes discusses his run for national deputy, the ‘new’ Radicalism and differences within the opposition coalition.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Gerardo Morales: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Mauricio Macri again, no’

02-10-2021 08:36 Jujuy Governor Gerardo Morales on Radicalism, his fellow opposition leaders, the 2021 elections and why cannabis will soon mean more to his province than lithium and renewable energies.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Argentina’s bonds sink as president swears in new Cabinet

20-09-2021 15:55 Argentina’s dollar bonds and US-traded equities slid on Monday, with the local benchmark index posting the worst returns among indexes in the Americas.

Fernández hopes reshuffle will put lid on political crisis

20-09-2021 14:27 President Alberto Fernández has announced a new Cabinet in a bid to smother a political crisis that pitted him bitterly against his own vice-president.

President caves to Fernández de Kirchner in Cabinet reshuffling

18-09-2021 07:43 Appointments come just a day after Fernández de Kirchner called for an overhaul of the Cabinet in an open letter that blamed the president for poor results in last Sunday's PASO primaries.

Sore losers

18-09-2021 00:01 The structural issues facing the Argentine political system are substantially more profound than the superficial and lightweight Alberto Fernández.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

President’s press secretary Biondi resigns after CFK criticism

17-09-2021 19:17 Communications & Press Secretary Juan Pablo Biondi resigns, less than a day after Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accused him of carrying out “operations” in the media against her.

Frente de Todos seeks to turn around election in Buenos Aires Province

17-09-2021 14:03 Juntos por el Cambio finished ahead by more than four points in the key battleground province. The government will now go chasing the votes of Florencio Randazzo, Facundo Manes – as well as the ‘disappointed’ who didn’t turn out.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Alberto Fernández vows to unify coalition after offers to quit

16-09-2021 14:42 President Alberto Fernández vowed to keep his broad ruling coalition unified on Thursday, a day after several cabinet ministers offered to quit their posts.   

Crisis grips Argentina's government, exposing split in ruling coalition

15-09-2021 21:49 Crisis broke out at rapid speed on Wednesday, as a flurry of resignations, urgent meetings and private phone calls laid bare a deep split in the ruling Frente de Todos coalition.

by James Grainger