News of la grieta

ELECTIONS 2021

Massa: Alberto Fernández 'will call for dialogue with opposition' after vote

14-11-2021 17:14 President "will call for dialogue with opposition" after midterm elections whatever the result, says Lower House speaker as he casts vote.

EDITORIAL

The tomorrow after tomorrow

13-11-2021 00:01 Who wins and who loses tomorrow is far less important than what comes next for the country.

Heightened uncertainty

Deep in the rabbit hole, Argentina searches for its soul

12-11-2021 22:17 Once the dust settles, Argentina will find itself deeper in the rabbit hole it has lived in for nearly a century and with even less margin than it had in the past.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

José Mujica: ‘Things cannot function when one half of the country is against the other half’

22-10-2021 22:15 Former Uruguay president José ‘Pepe’ Mujica on heroes and leaders, fanaticism and feminism, Argentina and the River Plate and the meaning of his life.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Politics

The ‘Pact’

22-10-2021 21:58 The real question isn’t about macroeconomics or philosophy, but rather about whether Team Mauricio and Team Cristina can actually leave aside their differences and work together.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

Pacts falling in line with the facts

22-10-2021 21:53 The midterms might seem to be everything now (not least to the Frente de Todos government) but nothing lies beyond – the paradox is that in the heat of electoral battle, all politicians need to be looking ahead to future agreements.

Peronist loyalty day

Peronist Loyalty Day rallies deliver IMF criticism and controversy

19-10-2021 11:11 Peronist Loyalty Day celebrated over two days with anti-IMF declarations, marchers trampling on stones honouring Covid victims, President Fernández noticeably absent and CGT marchers blocking traffic.

CARTOONIST DENOUNCES 'THREATS'

Opposition demands Aníbal Fernández's resignation after cartoonist clash

13-10-2021 11:25 Aníbal Fernández under fire after clashing with Cristian Dzwonik, a.k.a. Nik; Security minister downplays the message he sent to well-known satirical cartoonist identifying daughters' school.

Scandal

Partying in Olivos

14-08-2021 07:22 The line between being an able negotiator with the capacity to speak “eye to eye” with almost anyone, and becoming a charlatan is a fine one, particularly in politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

politics

Sputniks, dollars and justice: three things we’re missing

24-07-2021 00:38 Over the past few weeks, the so-called “pax cambiaria,” or exchange rate stability, that allowed for a very sluggish decline in inflation and a timid recovery in economic activity has been disturbed by turbulence.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

opinion and analysis

Geopolitics and the ideological populism of Macri and Cristina

17-07-2021 11:23 Beginning to leave the Macri-Cristina grieta in the rearview mirror is a necessary condition for progress.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Politics & the pandemic

Superclásicalisation

05-06-2021 00:38 In a nation of heated discussions and high passions, the political arena has mimicked the deep divisions of a football derby.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Political decrepitude

Inevitability

24-04-2021 10:04 There’s only one word to describe the political use of the exponential surge in Covid-19 infections and the measures being taken to counter it: inevitable.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CITY MAYOR, NEXT PRESIDENT?

Rodríguez Larreta’s labyrinth

17-04-2021 09:06 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta marks out his differences with the government and the hardliners in the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition.

by Gabriel Ziblat

GRIDLOCKED

‘Imbeciles,’ restrictions and elections

10-04-2021 08:06 It is common to hear people in Argentina complaining that issues have become politicised, meaning that powerful people representing conflicting interests have gridlocked an issue.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

PERIODISMO PURO – INTERVIEW

Diego Santilli: ‘I’d like Horacio Rodríguez Larreta as our presidential candidate’

13-03-2021 06:01 Buenos Aires City Deputy Mayor Diego Santilli on the future of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta’s “hands-on” leadership and security in the nation’s capital.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

ALBERTO'S PIVOT TO KIRCHNERISMO

Radicalised

06-03-2021 08:11 It is troubling to see how both President Alberto Fernández and certain leaders in the opposition have given up their “post-grieta” posture all too quickly, proving their political and ideological fragility.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICAL INSTABILITY

On the verge of another nervous breakdown?

14-11-2020 09:16 More of the usual will generate similar outcomes as we’ve seen in the past: stagflation, polarisation, and a growing bureaucracy. It’s time for our political class to take charge of the situation to avert another disaster.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

OCTOBER 17 ANNIVERSARY

Fernández vows to put Argentina ‘back on its feet’ in Peronist loyalty day speech

19-10-2020 16:24 President Alberto Fernández told his political backers and supporters on Saturday that he wants to rid Argentina of “hatred” and put the country “back on its feet.”

PERONIST LOYALTY DAY

Peronistas vs Camporistas

17-10-2020 08:44 Ahead of today’s historic 75th Peronist Loyalty Day, the movement’s various strands seem more concerned with jostling for space than making the most of a historic opportunity to overcome polarisation.

by Gustavo González

LA GRIETA

Macri: Peronism has been 'kidnapped' by CFK for more than a decade

13-10-2020 11:27 “Peronism has been kidnapped by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for more than 10 years and co-opted by irrationality, charges former president in first major interview since leaving office.

BLOOMBERG

Wealthy Argentines flee taxes, politics to settle in Uruguay

07-10-2020 17:01 Nearly half of the 504 Argentines who’ve taken up tax residency abroad this year have chosen Uruguay.

EDITORIAL

The poverty trap

03-10-2020 09:27 It is a sad reflection on a general resignation to economic decline that this confirmation of massive poverty failed to act as a national wake-up call in most circles.

'LA GRIETA'

Coronavirus quarantine revives Argentina famous ‘grieta’

28-09-2020 18:36 Nearly seven months of quarantine and a deep economic crisis have only fuelled the radical polarisation that splits Argentina in two.

ALBERTO & HORACIO

Past the point of no return?

05-09-2020 09:26 The early days of the Covid-19 outbreak generated unparalleled collaboration between Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio. Are we past the point of no return?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

LA GRIETA

‘The Peronists aren’t fighting, they’re copulating’

18-07-2020 10:22 Is it possible to build a unity government with this level of internal aggression, and with Cristina as the major power broker within your leading coalition?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLARISATION AT WHAT PRICE?

Argentina: Great at failing miserably at democracy

11-07-2020 08:19 What level of tolerance to dissent are we willing to accept? And at which point does the discussion about who thinks what shut out the underlying debates we should be having?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLARISATION & POLITICS

So much for unity: La grieta returns with a vengeance

11-07-2020 07:42 Tensions between government and opposition soar in week Argentina celebrated Independence Day.

News of la grieta

Massa: Alberto Fernández 'will call for dialogue with opposition' after vote

The tomorrow after tomorrow

Deep in the rabbit hole, Argentina searches for its soul

José Mujica: ‘Things cannot function when one half of the country is against the other half’

The ‘Pact’

Pacts falling in line with the facts

Peronist Loyalty Day rallies deliver IMF criticism and controversy

Opposition demands Aníbal Fernández's resignation after cartoonist clash

Partying in Olivos

Sputniks, dollars and justice: three things we’re missing

Geopolitics and the ideological populism of Macri and Cristina

Superclásicalisation

Inevitability

Rodríguez Larreta’s labyrinth

‘Imbeciles,’ restrictions and elections

Diego Santilli: ‘I’d like Horacio Rodríguez Larreta as our presidential candidate’

Radicalised

On the verge of another nervous breakdown?

Fernández vows to put Argentina ‘back on its feet’ in Peronist loyalty day speech

Peronistas vs Camporistas

Macri: Peronism has been 'kidnapped' by CFK for more than a decade

Wealthy Argentines flee taxes, politics to settle in Uruguay

The poverty trap

Coronavirus quarantine revives Argentina famous ‘grieta’

Past the point of no return?

‘The Peronists aren’t fighting, they’re copulating’

Argentina: Great at failing miserably at democracy

So much for unity: La grieta returns with a vengeance

Fernández calls for Argentina's incorporation into the BRICS group

Argentina's national team to prepare for World Cup in Abu Dhabi

The Supreme Court has Cristina in its sights

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s ‘stupid state,’ piqueteros and inflation

Is Colombia’s run-off Argentina’s run-up?

Por qué un empresario propone colocar "estatuas de Cristina Kirchner en cada rincón de Uruguay"

Gimena Macri está embarazada y hará debutar como abuelo a Mauricio Macri

Todos contra todos, el oficialismo cada vez más lejos de sostener la “unidad hasta que duela”

Feinmann cruzó a Kicillof por el lenguaje inclusivo: "Si quieren ser alguien importante, no hablen como él"

Corte en el Obelisco: mujeres piqueteras se concentran para anunciar “CFK, con nosotras no”