News of leaders

Taliban announce hardline government as protests grow

07-09-2021 14:16 The Taliban announced the top members of their government on Tuesday, a move that cements the group's power over Afghanistan, just days after a chaotic US troop pullout.

Chile election 2021

Chilean presidential hopeful Sichel wants to save Chile's model, not scrap it

01-07-2021 10:56 Sebastián Sichel, a former government minister under President Sebastián Piñera, says Chile’s pro-business economic model can be improved from within and doesn’t need radical reform.

G20 SUMMIT

United States urges Covid cooperation at G20, China sounds cautious tone

29-06-2021 21:15 The United States led calls at a G20 meeting Tuesday for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis as China insisted that multilateralism should not just be a slogan.

MARCH 24

Rights groups call for 30,000 trees to be planted in memory of disappeared

24-03-2021 14:04 Human rights groups, marking the 45th anniversary of the coup that brought the 1976-1983 military dictatorship to power, are planting frees in honour of those who disappeared at the hands of the military junta.

MARCH 24

Nation pauses to remember victims of military dictatorship

23-03-2021 22:05 On Wednesday, nation pauses for a public holiday to mark the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice, in remembrance of victims of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Fernández urges Argentina to remember dictatorship ‘horror’

22-03-2021 16:36 Peronist leader calls on citizens to keep memory of crimes against humanity committed by 1976-1983 military dictatorship alive, with this year’s remembrance services set to be limited by coronavirus pandemic.

AGRICULTURE

Tensions with producers lowered after talks with agricultural leaders

13-02-2021 10:19 President agrees not to set further quotas or hike taxes, provided agreement is reached to keep prices down.

AS I SEE IT

Censorship is on the march

16-01-2021 09:05 Once upon a time, progressives, or “liberals” as North Americans call them, agreed that censorship was bad. They would have been appalled by the notion that the richest men on Earth were entitled to prevent the sitting US president, however obnoxious many thought him, from communicating with his followers.

by James Neilson

G20 Leaders Summit

Fernández asks G20 for ‘cooperation and solidarity’ in face of pandemic

22-11-2020 16:22 President Alberto Fernández calls on G20 member nations to prioritise"cooperation and solidarity" in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, while warning Latin America faces a likely "second wave" in the coming months.

AS I SEE IT

Dreaming of a military alternative

29-08-2020 10:04 Military rule may no longer be an alternative, but chaos most certainly is.

by James Neilson

INTERVIEW

Robert Jervis: 'There’s a danger of an arms race between the United States and China'

25-07-2020 08:27 Professor of International Relations at Columbia University says Donald Trump’s approach foreign policy reflects his ego and says if Joe Biden wins the election, Democrat would seek to improve Washington’s relationship with Argentina.

by Leandro Dario

G20 MEET

Argentina asks for help as Saudi hosts G20 virtual talks on virus recovery, debt crisis

18-07-2020 07:00 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá says he will urge the G20 to set up a global "solidarity-based fund" to address the increase in poverty in virus-battered countries.

EDITORIAL

Apocalypse now

11-07-2020 08:27 Quarantine saves thousands of lives but lockdown spells meltdown – both these truths are irrefutable and yet completely in conflict despite the efforts to present this as a false dilemma.

Global pandemic

Bolivian leader Áñez, Venezuela's Cabello test positive for Covid-19

09-07-2020 22:41 Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Áñez announced Thursday that she has tested positive for coronavirus. Venezuela's Constitutional Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, widely considered the second-most powerful person in the country, also contracts virus.

ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE CLAIMS

AFI conducted illegal espionage on more than 400 journalists during Macri era

08-06-2020 00:12 Cristina Caamaño, government-appointed trustee of AFI federal intelligence agency, files complaint alleging officials conducted illegal espionage on 500 journalists, academics and business leaders, including two Buenos Aires Times staffers, during the Mauricio Macri administration's time in office.

Post-quarantine plan

‘Segmented’ reopening of shops, factories on cards to avoid bankruptcies

08-04-2020 11:20 Business leaders and trade unionists witnessing a government shift from isolation to “social distancing,” in order to allow for a resumption of activities amid fears of bankruptcy.

by Patricia Valli

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Nations across globe ramp up measures as coronavirus death toll hits 5,000

14-03-2020 09:35 US President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency as WHO names Europe the new epicentre of the coronavirus. Nations seal borders, shut schools and cancel events in a frenzied attempt to slow the ballooning pandemic.

Miguel Díaz-Canel

Cuban leader Díaz-Canel arrives in Argentina ahead of inauguration

09-12-2019 14:56 The first international leader to arrive in Buenos Aires for Tuesday's ceremonies is Miguel Díaz-Canel. Others will soon follow.

TRANSITION 2019

Alberto Fernández has ‘splendid’ talk with France's Macron

10-11-2019 07:57 Incoming leader has telephone conversation with French president Emmanuel Macron lasting almost an hour.

News of leaders

Taliban announce hardline government as protests grow

Chilean presidential hopeful Sichel wants to save Chile's model, not scrap it

United States urges Covid cooperation at G20, China sounds cautious tone

Rights groups call for 30,000 trees to be planted in memory of disappeared

Nation pauses to remember victims of military dictatorship

Fernández urges Argentina to remember dictatorship ‘horror’

Tensions with producers lowered after talks with agricultural leaders

Censorship is on the march

Fernández asks G20 for ‘cooperation and solidarity’ in face of pandemic

Dreaming of a military alternative

Robert Jervis: 'There’s a danger of an arms race between the United States and China'

Argentina asks for help as Saudi hosts G20 virtual talks on virus recovery, debt crisis

Apocalypse now

Bolivian leader Áñez, Venezuela's Cabello test positive for Covid-19

AFI conducted illegal espionage on more than 400 journalists during Macri era

‘Segmented’ reopening of shops, factories on cards to avoid bankruptcies

Nations across globe ramp up measures as coronavirus death toll hits 5,000

Cuban leader Díaz-Canel arrives in Argentina ahead of inauguration

Alberto Fernández has ‘splendid’ talk with France's Macron

Government unveils plan to ease Covid restrictions, reopen borders

Argentina's economy shrank in second quarter amid worst Covid wave

Bolsonaro tells UN he rejects vaccine passports

Argentina retains quarantine for citizens who travel overseas for work

OECD lowers global growth forecast, but improves Argentina's to 7.6%

Los errores ortográficos de Macri que se volvieron virales

Cecilia Moreau marca diferencias con Juan Manzur y cuenta que le perdió el respeto a Fernanda Vallejos

El fuerte cruce entre Pablo Duggan y López Murphy: "Duraste 15 días como ministro de Economía"

Carlos Melconian apuntó a la "onda bonaerense" de Kicillof: "Es económicamente insostenible"

Quién era Gabby Petito, la joven youtuber encontrada muerta que conmocionó a Estados Unidos