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ELECTORAL RACE

Battle-lines drawn with last-minute veeps

Yesterday 07:43 Pichetto, Urutbey picked to accompany Macri and Lavagna, Massa formalises deal with Kirchnerism.

Election 2019

Pichetto: 'There will be a lot of Peronism behind the president'

14-06-2019 18:20 Peronist leaders met for lunch Friday in Buenos Aires. Yesterday Pichetto participated in a cabinet meeting.

Peronist unity?

Massa's successor in Tigre decries local gov't coup

13-06-2019 15:12 Mayor of Tigre Julio Zamora complains Massa and Renewal Front are blocking primaries race that would allow him to retain his control of wealthy district in Greater Buenos Aires.

by Anabella Gonzalez

Election 2019

Urtubey to contest presidency as his former allies abandon Alternativa Federal

12-06-2019 10:12 The departure of Miguel Angel Pichetto and Sergio Massa from the Alternativa Federal ('Federal Alternative') front leaves Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey contesting the presidency solo.

AS I SEE IT

Fun time for politicians

08-06-2019 10:51 Politicians like electioneering so much that they have put in place a series of obstacles candidates must jump over before reaching the finishing straight.

by James Neilson

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

Alberto Fernández leaves hospital after three days of tests

06-06-2019 17:52 "I'm very well, I'm going home to work," says presidential hopeful, who is standing for election on a Kirchnerite ticket.

2019 Elections

Reports: Lavagna, Urtubey working to salvage 'third option'

04-06-2019 10:44 Alternativa Federal member, Governor of Salta Juan Manuel Urtubey, and presidential hopeful Roberto Lavagna are reportedly in talks to salvage the so-called "third option" campaign.

Provincial elections

Peronists score big in San Juan, Misiones elections

03-06-2019 12:41 Incumbent Governor of San Juan Sergio Uñac calls for primaries race between Alberto Fernández, Sergio Massa and Roberto Lavagna.

2019 Elections

Lavagna team meets to reaffirm 'third option' message

02-06-2019 08:46 Economist Roberto Lavagna continues touring the country as a presidential hopeful despite growing signs of Peronist unity which would hurt his chances in a polarised race.

by Rosario Ayerdi

MASSA’S TURN

Speculation

01-06-2019 09:50 Macri has also become a listener, calling for a pact to take the nation forward while inviting his allies to question his authority. He appears willing to even consider a vice-president from the Radical Civic Union (UCR).

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ELECTIONS 2019: CAMPAIGN WATCH

Never underestimate a ruling party

01-06-2019 09:02 This principle applies especially to this ruling party too, which has not been capable of sorting out the country’s severe and chronic economic problems but has proved to be a committed group of professionals whose electoral marketing is well above the local political median.

by Marcelo J. Garcia

ELECTORAL RACE

Massa, torn between Kirchnerites and Peronists, takes centre stage

01-06-2019 08:49 Renewal Front Sergio Massa held his convention on Thursday, calling for a new “opposition majority” to oust Macri, as he negotiates with Alberto Fernandez and Alternativa Federal.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Bottom lines and battlegrounds

25-05-2019 11:26 Beyond Kirchnerism, the Peronist panorama is confused between Roberto Lavagna, Sergio Massa and various others with its strongest candidate, recently re-elected Córdoba Governor Juan Schiaretti, not even in the running. Even the Fernández-Fernández ticket is not engraved in stone.

‘FERNÁNDEZ-FERNÁNDEZ’ TICKET

Two less polarised poles

25-05-2019 10:29 Until last Saturday, Argentina’s polarisation was a force of pressure: as if one were inside a scrap cruncher.

by By ANDRÉS MALAMUD

DISSIDENT PERONISTS

Lavagna's absence at Alternativa Federal summit raises eyebrows

22-05-2019 18:43 At dissidents' summit, Schiaretti, Massa and Urtubey urge clarity over primaries race. TV star Marcelo Tinelli and former BA governor Daniel Scioli invited to join ranks.

by Diamela Rodríguez

ELECTION 2019

Roberto Lavagna makes up his mind: 'I am a candidate for president'

20-05-2019 17:07 With the deadline for candidates to register for the PASO primaries fast approaching, the line-up is becoming more defined by the day: Roberto Lavagna has now confirmed that he will run for the presidency.

INTERVIEW: SERGIO MASSA

Sergio Massa: 'Argentina should not have gone to the IMF'

20-10-2018 09:11 Opposition leader Sergio Massa on the IMF deal, economic turmoil and why it’s too early to think of elections.

by Santiago del Carril

BORROWED TIME

Macri: Time, pesos and politics

26-05-2018 10:12 The intention, it seems, is for Macri to ease on his technocrat vision of the state and to begin to behave politically in order to create a broader social pact that will allow him to pass much-needed reforms.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GIOJA OUT, BARRIONUEVO IN

Peronism in crisis: Ousted leader Gioja cries foul over court intervention

11-04-2018 13:24 Federal Judge Servini de Cubría’s decision to intervene in the party has highlighted the major cracks in what is, traditionally, Argentina’s most powerful political party.

by Jayson McNamara

'Michetti acts like the Holy Virgin'

CFK attacks Michetti, Lanata, Massa in new leaked recordings

23-02-2018 10:57 The leaks have captivated Argentines not only for their insight into the former president’s frame of mind and political tactics, but for her use of profanity to describe her opponents.

MEETING TODAY

CFK's place in possible electoral alliance continues hindering full Peronist unity

08-02-2018 12:51 Across the motley crew of ideas and leadership styles within the Peronist movement, there is a clear understanding of the need to form electoral alliances well before the 2019 presidential and general elections.