News of la casa rosada

Mandatory quarantine period

Report: Nationwide lockdown set to be extended until Sunday 12 April

26-03-2020 17:39 Two more weeks of isolation for Argentines is on the cards, according to Casa Rosada sources, but government may ease restrictions in provinces that do not have infections.

MISSION TEAM

Fernández praises Guzmán as IMF confirms team will visit next week

28-02-2020 13:52 International Monetary Fund confirms it will send a mission team to Buenos Aires again next week to continue auditing public accounts.

DIEGO AND ALBERTO

Maradona meets President Fernández at the Casa Rosada

26-12-2019 15:48 President Alberto Fernández – a fan of Argentinos Juniors – welcomed Diego Maradona to the Casa Rosada on Thursday, with the footballing legend later taking to the building's famous balcony.

Bloomberg

Fernández will continue teaching law class at UBA

13-12-2019 18:29 One class of Argentine law students will have a special professor next semester: the President of the Republic.

Transition of Power

Fences removed from Plaza de Mayo ahead of Fernández's inauguration

09-12-2019 13:35 After years of debate around the barriers near the Casa Rosada, city workers removed them overnight Sunday ahead of Peronist leader's swearing-in.

Bloomberg

Macri extends olive branch to Fernández over economy

28-10-2019 14:40 At a meeting Monday morning, the two discussed plans to steer the nation out of the looming economic crisis.

Election 2019

Fernández meets Macri at Casa Rosada as transition of power begins

28-10-2019 12:04 Incoming president Alberto Fernández and outgoing president Mauricio Macri met this morning in the wake of Sunday night's election to plan the handover and discuss tension in the markets.

Election 2019

Fernàndez: We want to end the suffering for all Argentines, for once and for all

28-10-2019 09:48 President-elect confirms he will meet with outgoing leader Mauricio Macri at La Casa Rosada Monday morning.

Turbulence

The campaign or the nation?

31-08-2019 01:30 Argentina’s ninth debt default in its history is but one more stain in an already tarnished reputation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

NEW MINISTER

Hernán Lacunza begins work after being sworn in as new finance minister

20-08-2019 08:58 "I want to thank Hernán Lacunza for accepting this complex responsibility in such a difficult time," declares President Macri at Casa Rosada ceremony.

BLOOMBERG – FEATURE

Argentina's politics are still dominated by Perón

10-08-2019 08:00 Evidenced by the political return of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and President Macri's selection of Peronist senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Perón's legacy is alive and well in Argentina.

COLOMBIAN LEADER VISITS

Macri, flanked by Duque, says mass migration from Venezuela is unsustainable

10-06-2019 16:41 President Mauricio Macri said this afternoon that the current pace of the migratory exodus of Venezuelans from their crisis-stricken nation is unsustainable, as he and Colombian President Iván Duque criticised President Nicolás Maduro.