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Government to raise income tax floor following pressure from Massa

26-05-2022 23:31 The government will raise the income tax floor for all employees in the fourth category, with both the Christmas and mid-year bonuses exempt from taxation, according to reports.

AMCHAM SUMMIT 2022

Guzmán tells AmCham that Argentina needs ‘common sense,’ not ‘fairy tales’

11-05-2022 01:19 Argentina’s economy minister addresses coalition tensions and inflation at AmCham summit; Opposition leaders Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Patricia Bullrich pitch their visions to business leaders.

As I see it

Lingering outside the cemetery

01-04-2022 19:24 For a politician like Sergio Massa, the government is merely a vehicle he boarded because he thought it would take him towards his chosen destination.

by James Neilson

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Sergio Massa: ‘I stopped basing my politics on articles or opinion polls a long time ago’

25-03-2022 12:00 Lower House speaker on tensions in the ruling coalition, the approval of the IMF debt deal and whether he’ll run for the Presidency in 2023.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

IMF DEBT DEAL

IMF bill reaches Congress to a backdrop of uncertainty

04-03-2022 23:32 Bill outlining agreement between Argentina and the IMF sent to lower house; Doubts persist over support from Kirchnerite lawmakers in ruling coalition; Opposition says it will wait to hear presentation from Guzmán.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Argentina’s draft IMF agreement heads to Congress

02-03-2022 23:46 Sources close to Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa confirm to local media outlets that a bill outlining Argentina’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund will be sent to Congress this Thursday.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Argentina has reached a deal with IMF staff, says president

01-03-2022 22:01 President Alberto Fernández announces government has reached an agreement with the staff of the International Monetary Fund on details needed to refinance the country’s loan with the Washington organisation.

THE INSIDE TRACK

Máximo’s post-resignation plans and IMF deal strategy

03-02-2022 22:25 Frente de Todos lawmaker will not obstruct debate of the government’s IMF bill in Congress. The orders to his troops in Congress and what comes next.

by Rosario Ayerdi

POLITICS: ANALYSIS

Argentina, trying to sit at the ‘big boys’ table’

21-01-2022 23:30 It’s a curious thing how Argentina manages to invite itself to the ‘big boys’ table’ just as things are about to get hairy.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

With these results, Cristina loses control and quorum in the Senate

14-11-2021 22:12 Preliminary results confirm PASO losses in La Pampa, Chubut and Santa Fe. Add in the seats lost in Córdoba and Corrientes and Frente de Todos has just 35 senators to play with.

by Gabriel Ziblat

ELECTIONS 2021

Polling stations close as authorities reveal turnout up to 71%

14-11-2021 18:52 Interior Minister Eduardo 'Wado' de Pedro confirms that 71% of voters had cast a ballot by the time polling stations closed at 6pm. When the PASO primaries were held last September, turnout reached 67%.

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.

Congress

Lower house unanimously approves tax relief bill pushed by Massa

28-10-2021 17:29 With the unanimous support of both government and opposition legislators, Chamber of Deputies approves tax relief bill pushed by Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

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

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

What’s at stake in Argentina’s PASO primaries?

10-09-2021 14:12 Argentines take to the polls on September 12 in a PASO primary vote that will measure the political strength of the federal Peronist government and the opposition ahead of midterm elections on November 14.

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

PASO preview: Even nationwide, parliamentary majorities uncertain

10-09-2021 01:41 Apart from the dispute for seats and majorities, this election is the start of the 2023 presidential race for at least three forces.

by Nicolás Cereijo

ELECTIONS 2021

PASO Primaries: Round 1

27-08-2021 23:26 It will be a tough election for the pan-Peronist coalition in the Province of Buenos Aires.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

US-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Massa talks debt and football with Bill Clinton as he wraps up US visit

19-06-2021 09:23 Renewal Front leader holds talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, as he pushes to secure future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Massa heads to US on a special mission for Alberto Fernández

14-06-2021 17:15 Renewal Front leader lines up talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, and hopes to seal a date for a future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

Passing up PASO

10-04-2021 08:16 The PASO primaries system now stands at a crossroads between postponement, suspension and even elimination. Neither the government nor the opposition speak with a single voice on this issue where public health realities are as much a factor as political preferences.

by Michael Soltys

THE WEEK

Justice for Al(-berto)

13-03-2021 08:09 It's clear words no longer suffice and that Kirchnerites want to see results on the judicial front.

by Martín Gambarotta

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

Massa seeks to lower income tax floor

13-02-2021 10:23 The government stands to lose some 40,000 billion pesos in revenue from these changes but hopes to recover much of this from the beneficiaries spending this extra money on items subject to IVA value-added taxation and other levies.

EXTRAORDINARY SOLIDARITY CONTRIBUTION

‘Extraordinary Solidarity Contribution’ – details of the ‘wealth tax’ bill

21-11-2020 10:27 Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Wednesday approved a bill that will see the nation’s wealthy citizens slapped with a one-off capital levy on assets.

CONGRESS & POLITICS

Frente de Todos advances Congress agenda with marathon session

20-11-2020 11:01 Favourable outcomes for ruling coalition in Congress. After more than 20 hours of debate in lower house, deputies back ‘wealth tax’ bill and initiative to stop commercial redevelopment of fire-destroyed land.

Coronavirus pandemic

Guzmán, Pesce, Massa in isolation after IMF officials gets Covid-19

15-11-2020 20:55 A number of government officials – including Martín Guzmán, Miguel Pesce and Sergio Massa – went into preventative isolation on Sunday, after a member of a visiting IMF mission tested positive for Covid-19.

ABORTION BILL

Fernández set to relaunch delayed bid to legalise abortion

28-10-2020 22:40 President Alberto Fernández is preparing his government to send a bill to allow the voluntary interruption of pregnancy to Argentina’s lower house before the end of the year. Inside Congress, however, the countdown has already begun.

CRISTINA & ALBERTO

Is she winning?

27-06-2020 08:23 The major shock to the president’s credibility, though, was the failed expropriation of agro-giant Vicentín. Not only are a lot more people against the measure, but also the sensation that it’s of Cristina’s making, not Alberto’s.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

News of massa

Government to raise income tax floor following pressure from Massa

Guzmán tells AmCham that Argentina needs ‘common sense,’ not ‘fairy tales’

Lingering outside the cemetery

Sergio Massa: ‘I stopped basing my politics on articles or opinion polls a long time ago’

IMF bill reaches Congress to a backdrop of uncertainty

Argentina’s draft IMF agreement heads to Congress

Argentina has reached a deal with IMF staff, says president

Máximo’s post-resignation plans and IMF deal strategy

Argentina, trying to sit at the ‘big boys’ table’

With these results, Cristina loses control and quorum in the Senate

Polling stations close as authorities reveal turnout up to 71%

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

Lower house unanimously approves tax relief bill pushed by Massa

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

What’s at stake in Argentina’s PASO primaries?

PASO preview: Even nationwide, parliamentary majorities uncertain

PASO Primaries: Round 1

Massa talks debt and football with Bill Clinton as he wraps up US visit

Massa heads to US on a special mission for Alberto Fernández

Passing up PASO

Justice for Al(-berto)

Massa seeks to lower income tax floor

‘Extraordinary Solidarity Contribution’ – details of the ‘wealth tax’ bill

Frente de Todos advances Congress agenda with marathon session

Guzmán, Pesce, Massa in isolation after IMF officials gets Covid-19

Fernández set to relaunch delayed bid to legalise abortion

Is she winning?

Fernández calls for Argentina's incorporation into the BRICS group

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

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

IMF board approves first review of Argentina debt programme

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

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”